Hampshire MSI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chichester City of London East Midlands East of England Eastleigh Edinburgh England Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kingston Upon Thames Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Reading Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South West Surrey Swindon Taunton Telford Tyne and Wear UK West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	102	124
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching contract IT job ads	4	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	1.724 %	0.714 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£455	-
Average daily rate	£478	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£500	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£269	£341
% change on same period last year	-20.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.58	£21.73
% change on same period last year	+26.93 %
Development Applications Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	232	280
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.309 %	0.283 %
Daily rates quoted	38	62
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£318
Average daily rate	£353	£343
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£375	£369
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£331
% change on same period last year	-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	85
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.69	£36.27
Average hourly rate	£34.91	£37.52
% change on same period last year	-6.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.14	£38.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.89	£34.13
% change on same period last year	-3.63 %
MSI South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MSI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MSI across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

MSI
Daily Rate Trend

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

MSI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MSI across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

MSI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MSI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Eastleigh	-	1	-	-

MSI South East

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 9 (56.25 %) Windows 2 6 (37.50 %) VBScript 2 6 (37.50 %) Intel 3 4 (25.00 %) InstallShield 3 4 (25.00 %) SLA 3 4 (25.00 %) Telecoms 4 3 (18.75 %) Change Management 4 3 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 3 (18.75 %) QA 4 3 (18.75 %) DNS 4 3 (18.75 %) Active Directory 5 2 (12.50 %) MOM 5 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft 5 2 (12.50 %) ASP.NET 5 2 (12.50 %) SMS

5 2 (12.50 %) .NET 5 2 (12.50 %) C# 5 2 (12.50 %) SQL 5 2 (12.50 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 2 (12.50 %) NUnit 5 2 (12.50 %) Bugzilla 5 2 (12.50 %) VMware 5 2 (12.50 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 2 (12.50 %) Continuous Integration 5 2 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 6 1 (6.250 %) iSCSI 6 1 (6.250 %) SC Cleared 6 1 (6.250 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (6.250 %) Military 6 1 (6.250 %) Clustering

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 2 (12.50 %) .NET 1 2 (12.50 %) ASP.NET 2 1 (6.250 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 3 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 2 (12.50 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 2 (12.50 %) Exchange Server 5.5 3 1 (6.250 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (6.250 %) SoftGrid
Communications & Networking 1 3 (18.75 %) DNS 2 2 (12.50 %) SMS 3 1 (6.250 %) DHCP 3 1 (6.250 %) VPN 3 1 (6.250 %) SAN 3 1 (6.250 %) IPsec 3 1 (6.250 %) iSCSI	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (6.250 %) SQL Server 1 1 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2000 1 1 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 4 (25.00 %) InstallShield 2 2 (12.50 %) Bugzilla 2 2 (12.50 %) NUnit	General 1 4 (25.00 %) Telecoms 2 1 (6.250 %) Government 2 1 (6.250 %) Military
Job Titles 1 4 (25.00 %) Developer 2 3 (18.75 %) Applications Developer 2 3 (18.75 %) Applications Packager 3 2 (12.50 %) Consultant 3 2 (12.50 %) Support Specialist 3 2 (12.50 %) Build Manager 3 2 (12.50 %) Technical Support 4 1 (6.250 %) Server Administrator 4 1 (6.250 %) Active Directory Specialist 4 1 (6.250 %) Exchange Specialist 4 1 (6.250 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Applications Support 4 1 (6.250 %) Administrator 4 1 (6.250 %) Network Analyst 4 1 (6.250 %) .NET Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) C# Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) Network Support Engineer 4 1 (6.250 %) Network Administrator 4 1 (6.250 %) ASP.NET Developer 4 1 (6.250 %) SQL Developer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (6.250 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 9 (56.25 %) Windows 2 1 (6.250 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (18.75 %) Change Management 2 2 (12.50 %) Continuous Integration 2 2 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (6.250 %) E-Commerce 3 1 (6.250 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (6.250 %) Workflow 3 1 (6.250 %) Migration 3 1 (6.250 %) Document Management
Programming Languages 1 6 (37.50 %) VBScript 2 2 (12.50 %) C# 2 2 (12.50 %) SQL	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (25.00 %) SLA 2 3 (18.75 %) QA
System Software 1 3 (18.75 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 2 (12.50 %) MOM 2 1 (6.250 %) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors 1 6 (37.50 %) Intel 2 2 (12.50 %) Microsoft 2 2 (12.50 %) VMware 3 1 (6.250 %) Cisco 3 1 (6.250 %) Symantec