MSI Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 313 342 343
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +1
Contract jobs citing MSI 207 222 246
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.498% 0.416% 0.436%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.488% 4.405% 4.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 134 124
Average daily rate £350 £311 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.44% -26.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 5
Average hourly rate £16.25 £35.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-53.57% +16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.05 £29.53 £23.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.45 £37.90 £32.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-52.55% +14.16%
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 4612 5040 6025
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.10% 9.447% 10.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 2954 3058 3462
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £580
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 200 317
Average hourly rate £37.80 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.88 £23.94
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSI
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MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MSI across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England MSI Jobs Demand Trend

MSI
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MSI across the England region.

England MSI Daily Rate Trend

MSI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MSI across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England MSI Daily Rate Histogram

MSI
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MSI across the England region.

England MSI Hourly Rate Trend

MSI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +1 84 £400 +23.07%
South East +26 56 £300 -8.04%
North West +26 22 £285 -9.88%
West Midlands +8 13 £375 +41.50%
East of England +5 8 £298 +0.84%
South West +13 7 £310 +7.82%
East Midlands +4 6 - -
Midlands - 6 £375 -
Yorkshire +1 4 £403 +35.97%
North East - 1 - -
MSI
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MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MSI also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MSI.

1 326 (86.47%) Windows
2 227 (60.21%) Microsoft App-V
2 227 (60.21%) Windows 7
3 200 (53.05%) Microsoft
4 193 (51.19%) SCCM
5 118 (31.30%) Windows XP
6 112 (29.71%) VBScript
7 111 (29.44%) Application Packaging
8 105 (27.85%) Active Directory
9 102 (27.06%) Citrix
9 102 (27.06%) InstallShield
10 82 (21.75%) Security Cleared
11 78 (20.69%) VB
12 65 (17.24%) PowerShell
13 64 (16.98%) Windows Server 2008
14 63 (16.71%) Wise Package Studio
15 60 (15.92%) Migration
16 57 (15.12%) VMware
17 53 (14.06%) XenApp
18 51 (13.53%) SC Cleared
18 51 (13.53%) Finance
18 51 (13.53%) QA
19 50 (13.26%) Windows Server 2003
20 48 (12.73%) VMware Infrastructure
21 45 (11.94%) MS Excel
22 44 (11.67%) AdminStudio
23 42 (11.14%) Microsoft Certification
24 38 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
25 36 (9.549%) OpenView Configuration Management
26 35 (9.284%) Banking

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing MSI also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MSI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 111 (29.44%) Application Packaging
2 33 (8.753%) Software Packaging
3 21 (5.570%) .NET
4 13 (3.448%) XML
5 8 (2.122%) WSH
6 7 (1.857%) HTML
7 6 (1.592%) ASP
7 6 (1.592%) ASP.NET
7 6 (1.592%) WebSphere
8 5 (1.326%) JSP
8 5 (1.326%) jQuery
8 5 (1.326%) WPF
8 5 (1.326%) HTML5
8 5 (1.326%) Caliburn.Micro
9 4 (1.061%) CSS3
9 4 (1.061%) Backbone.js
9 4 (1.061%) KnockoutJS
9 4 (1.061%) WF
9 4 (1.061%) LINQ
9 4 (1.061%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 15 (3.979%) IIS
2 10 (2.653%) MS Exchange
3 5 (1.326%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (1.326%) Lync
3 5 (1.326%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.061%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.531%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (0.531%) ESB
5 2 (0.531%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (0.265%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 45 (11.94%) MS Excel
2 17 (4.509%) MS Office
3 1 (0.265%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.265%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.918%) DNS
2 9 (2.387%) Firewall
3 8 (2.122%) SAN
4 7 (1.857%) Wireless
4 7 (1.857%) DHCP
5 6 (1.592%) LAN
5 6 (1.592%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.592%) NAS
6 5 (1.326%) SMS
7 3 (0.796%) WAN
7 3 (0.796%) Internet
8 2 (0.531%) NetScaler
8 2 (0.531%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.531%) VPN
8 2 (0.531%) SSL
9 1 (0.265%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.366%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.122%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (1.592%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (0.796%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.531%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.265%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.265%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 102 (27.06%) InstallShield
2 63 (16.71%) Wise Package Studio
3 44 (11.67%) AdminStudio
4 14 (3.714%) MSBuild
5 13 (3.448%) Subversion
6 12 (3.183%) CruiseControl
7 11 (2.918%) NUnit
7 11 (2.918%) WiX
8 9 (2.387%) Team Foundation Server
9 8 (2.122%) TeamCity
9 8 (2.122%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 7 (1.857%) Visual Studio
11 5 (1.326%) Selenium
12 4 (1.061%) Moq
12 4 (1.061%) SpecFlow
12 4 (1.061%) ReSharper
13 3 (0.796%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.796%) WebDriver
14 2 (0.531%) WinRunner
14 2 (0.531%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 51 (13.53%) Finance
2 35 (9.284%) Banking
3 23 (6.101%) Investment Banking
4 16 (4.244%) Law
5 14 (3.714%) Publishing
6 12 (3.183%) Telecoms
7 11 (2.918%) Legal
8 10 (2.653%) French Language
9 9 (2.387%) Local Government
10 5 (1.326%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.531%) Advertising
12 1 (0.265%) Retail
Job Titles
1 221 (58.62%) Applications Packager
2 28 (7.427%) Analyst
3 16 (4.244%) Consultant
4 13 (3.448%) Developer
5 11 (2.918%) Administrator
6 9 (2.387%) Support Engineer
6 9 (2.387%) SCCM Engineer
7 8 (2.122%) Software Packager
8 7 (1.857%) Build Engineer
8 7 (1.857%) Systems Integration Analyst
8 7 (1.857%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (1.857%) Applications Specialist
8 7 (1.857%) Systems Analyst
8 7 (1.857%) Desktop Analyst
8 7 (1.857%) Integration Analyst
9 6 (1.592%) Architect
9 6 (1.592%) Support Analyst
10 5 (1.326%) Technical Consultant
10 5 (1.326%) MSI Packager
10 5 (1.326%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (2.653%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (2.387%) Client/Server
3 6 (1.592%) Clustering
4 4 (1.061%) Inversion of Control
5 2 (0.531%) Mathematics
5 2 (0.531%) Fat Client
5 2 (0.531%) Open Source
5 2 (0.531%) Thin Client
5 2 (0.531%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.265%) PDA
6 1 (0.265%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 326 (86.47%) Windows
2 227 (60.21%) Windows 7
3 118 (31.30%) Windows XP
4 64 (16.98%) Windows Server 2008
5 50 (13.26%) Windows Server 2003
6 27 (7.162%) Windows Vista
7 15 (3.979%) Windows 8
8 5 (1.326%) Windows 2000
8 5 (1.326%) Windows NT
9 4 (1.061%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.531%) UNIX
11 1 (0.265%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (15.92%) Migration
2 38 (10.08%) User Acceptance Testing
3 34 (9.019%) ITIL
4 25 (6.631%) Workflow
4 25 (6.631%) Validation
5 22 (5.836%) Change Control
6 20 (5.305%) Software Distribution
7 17 (4.509%) Software Deployment
8 12 (3.183%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (2.653%) Release Management
9 10 (2.653%) Project Management
10 9 (2.387%) Service Delivery
10 9 (2.387%) Compatibility Testing
11 8 (2.122%) Change Management
11 8 (2.122%) Asset Management
12 7 (1.857%) Service Management
12 7 (1.857%) DNA
12 7 (1.857%) Root Cause Analysis
13 6 (1.592%) System Testing
13 6 (1.592%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 112 (29.71%) VBScript
2 78 (20.69%) VB
3 65 (17.24%) PowerShell
4 31 (8.223%) C#
5 17 (4.509%) SQL
6 4 (1.061%) C++
6 4 (1.061%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.061%) VBA
6 4 (1.061%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.796%) VB.NET
7 3 (0.796%) C
Qualifications
1 82 (21.75%) Security Cleared
2 51 (13.53%) SC Cleared
3 42 (11.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 27 (7.162%) MCP
5 21 (5.570%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.448%) MCSE
7 8 (2.122%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (0.796%) CCA
8 3 (0.796%) BC Cleared
8 3 (0.796%) Degree
9 2 (0.531%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.531%) ISEB
9 2 (0.531%) ISEB Practitioner
10 1 (0.265%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.265%) LPIC
10 1 (0.265%) MCDST
10 1 (0.265%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.265%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (13.53%) QA
2 25 (6.631%) SLA
3 2 (0.531%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.531%) HL7
4 1 (0.265%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.265%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 227 (60.21%) Microsoft App-V
2 105 (27.85%) Active Directory
3 53 (14.06%) XenApp
4 48 (12.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (5.836%) XenDesktop
6 11 (2.918%) Hyper-V
7 9 (2.387%) Terminal Services
8 7 (1.857%) VMware ESX
9 5 (1.326%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 3 (0.796%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.796%) XenServer
10 3 (0.796%) vSphere
11 2 (0.531%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.265%) Xen
12 1 (0.265%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 193 (51.19%) SCCM
2 36 (9.549%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 19 (5.040%) WSUS
4 17 (4.509%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 14 (3.714%) AppDNA
6 10 (2.653%) SCOM
7 6 (1.592%) ZENworks
8 5 (1.326%) ChangeBASE
9 3 (0.796%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.531%) MOM
10 2 (0.531%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 200 (53.05%) Microsoft
2 102 (27.06%) Citrix
3 57 (15.12%) VMware
4 29 (7.692%) AppSense
5 27 (7.162%) HP
6 20 (5.305%) Altiris
7 11 (2.918%) Oracle
8 9 (2.387%) Dell
8 9 (2.387%) Remedy
9 7 (1.857%) LANDesk
9 7 (1.857%) Novell
10 5 (1.326%) Cisco
10 5 (1.326%) Wyse
11 3 (0.796%) Perforce
12 2 (0.531%) SAP
12 2 (0.531%) Infragistics
12 2 (0.531%) McAfee
12 2 (0.531%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.531%) IBM
12 2 (0.531%) Sybase
App-V Application Packager
London
The Packaging will consist of building silent installation packages in a MSI/MST format and performing initial installation testing on Windows 7 before hand off to the client...
I.T. Skillfinder
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 17 May 2013
Application Packager / App-V
South East England
Job Title: Applications PackagerDuration: 6 monthsLocation: South EastApplications Packager / AppV SpecialistROLE:Working on a high profile global programme. Windows7 migration.Certification and Packaging of PC Desktop and Server...
Rate: £300 - £385 per day
Posted: 25 April 2013
SC cleared Application Packagers required - Farnborough
Farnborough, Hampshire
Ideally candidates will be SC cleared (or willing and eligible to go through the process)... Understanding of packaging technologies - MSI packaging using Installshield and virtualisation using App-V...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 13 May 2013
APPV Packaging Consultant (App-v MSI)
City, London
APP-V Packaging Consultant - Surrey - 6 Months Rolling Contract. App-V - APP V - MSI - Windows 7 migration - XP - Admin Studio - Wise Packaging - Virtulised Roc Search are recruiting for...
Roc Search
Posted: 16 May 2013
Windows 7 Sys Admin, App-sense, App-V, Packaging-City Investment Bank
City, London
Windows 7 System Administrator - App-sense, App-V, Packaging Consultant - City Global Investment Banking Client... This role is City based and a strong knowledge of Windows Systems Administration...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Rate: £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Application Packager APP V 4.5, 4.6 (MSI, WISE)
Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria
Skills: Wise, MSI, APPV, ORCA, Packaging, Enterprise Desktop Deployment, AdminStudio, InstallSheild, Windows 7, SCCM, SCOM... * Good knowledge of VB Scripting and Citrix... * MCDST qualification essential, MCITP / MCSE qualification...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Rate: From £250 to £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Application Migration Lead
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
It would also be beneficial to have experience in working with 3rd party offsite packaging resources and knowledge of CAD applications. The role will involve managing all application...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Competitive rates on application
Posted: 16 May 2013
ZCM Desktop Config Specialist
Surrey
Skills required: Experience of Novell ZENWorks Configuration Management v10... Knowledge of ZENworks Asset Management advantageous... Windows 7 experience. Experience of MSI/Snapshot application packaging- Experience of Novell ZENWorks...
Experis IT
Rate: £200 - £275 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Desktop Engineer / Application Delivery Specialist
City, London
App-V packaging. - Windows 7 migrations. Including AppSense and App-v - Desktop build engineering and updates on a regular basis and enforcing desktop standard policies. - Application packaging and...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Windows 7 - SCCM - Technical Consultant - CONTRACT Vacancy
London
Windows 7, App-sense, App-V, MDT, MDOP, Technical Consultant, Architect, MCITP, MCTS, Contract, Interim, VDI, Desktop transformation, Virtualisation, SCVMM, SCOM, Windows Server 2008... -SCCM, SCOM or SCVMM. -...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Rate: From £350 to £450 per day + strong possibility to extend
Posted: 16 May 2013
Technical Specialist
UK South, South East
The role is to assist in the management of the organisation's technical infrastructure including the network, servers, PCs, voice and other hardware enabling efficient working for all...
Premier Group
Rate: £100.00 - £150.00 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Technical Specialist
South East
The role is to assist in the management of the organisation's technical infrastructure including the network, servers, PCs, voice and other hardware enabling efficient working for all...
Premier Group Recruitment
Rate: £100.00 - £150.00 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Software Release and Build Engineer
City, London
The successful Software Release and Build Engineer will need to have proven experience with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)... *Technical experience of software source control solutions: Microsoft Team...
Connectus
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Software Release / Build Engineer
City, London
The successful Software Release / Build Engineer will be working in a large corporate environment, drawing on previous experience to develop and rollout software build and deployment processes and...
Connectus
Posted: 14 May 2013
C# ASP.Net Developer - Surrey
Guildford, Surrey
Tags - HTML, .NET, MVC, LINQ, TDD/BDD, Mocking, Moq, Ioc Framework, OO, GoF, Design, Application, Architecture, Enterprise, NHibernate, Caliburn.Micro, TeamCity, Nant, resharper, Javascript, Jquery, HTML5, CSS3, Backbone...
Roc Search
Posted: 15 May 2013
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