The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 19 June 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 London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 274 315 290
Rank change year-on-year
+41 -25
Contract jobs citing MSI 110 95 157
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.482% 0.357% 0.499%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.971% 3.435% 4.280%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 57 108
Average daily rate £380 £338 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.59% -20.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £241 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £300 £278
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-30.65% +14.16%
All Development Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
2770 2766 3668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.15% 10.40% 11.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2053 1886 2552
Average daily rate £405 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.70% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £558 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 29 25
Average hourly rate £41.50 £37.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.16% +17.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.25 £22.50 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £59.00 £45.00 £69.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £36.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.04% +5.00%
MSI
England

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +2 40 £388 +14.81% 7
Croydon - 1 £325 -
Kingston Upon Thames - - - -
New Malden - - - - 1
MSI
England

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 143 (91.67%) Windows
2 110 (70.51%) Windows 7
3 88 (56.41%) Microsoft App-V
4 70 (44.87%) Application Packaging
5 66 (42.31%) Microsoft
6 64 (41.03%) Citrix
7 59 (37.82%) SCCM
8 53 (33.97%) Active Directory
9 38 (24.36%) PowerShell
9 38 (24.36%) Windows Server 2008
10 37 (23.72%) VB
11 36 (23.08%) InstallShield
11 36 (23.08%) Banking
12 30 (19.23%) Migration
12 30 (19.23%) VBScript
13 29 (18.59%) Windows Server 2003
14 28 (17.95%) Windows XP
14 28 (17.95%) Investment Banking
14 28 (17.95%) XenApp
15 27 (17.31%) ITIL
16 26 (16.67%) AppSense
17 24 (15.38%) C#
18 23 (14.74%) Workflow
19 22 (14.10%) Finance
19 22 (14.10%) Change Control
20 21 (13.46%) User Acceptance Testing
21 19 (12.18%) VMware
21 19 (12.18%) SQL Server
22 16 (10.26%) Wise Package Studio
22 16 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 70 (44.87%) Application Packaging
2 15 (9.615%) .NET
3 13 (8.333%) WSH
4 7 (4.487%) XML
4 7 (4.487%) WF
5 6 (3.846%) Software Packaging
5 6 (3.846%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.923%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.641%) COM
7 1 (0.641%) Web Services
7 1 (0.641%) ASP
7 1 (0.641%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 11 (7.051%) IIS
2 10 (6.410%) MS Exchange
3 4 (2.564%) Lync
4 3 (1.923%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.923%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (1.282%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.282%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.641%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.641%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.641%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.641%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 13 (8.333%) MS Office
2 10 (6.410%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.641%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 12 (7.692%) DNS
2 8 (5.128%) DHCP
2 8 (5.128%) SAN
3 6 (3.846%) Firewall
4 5 (3.205%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.564%) NAS
5 4 (2.564%) Internet
5 4 (2.564%) Wireless
6 3 (1.923%) SMS
7 2 (1.282%) NetScaler
7 2 (1.282%) SSL
7 2 (1.282%) VPN
7 2 (1.282%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.641%) HTTP
8 1 (0.641%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.18%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.769%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (5.769%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.282%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (0.641%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.641%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (0.641%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.641%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 36 (23.08%) InstallShield
2 16 (10.26%) Wise Package Studio
3 15 (9.615%) MSBuild
3 15 (9.615%) AdminStudio
4 14 (8.974%) CruiseControl
4 14 (8.974%) NUnit
5 13 (8.333%) WiX
6 12 (7.692%) Subversion
7 11 (7.051%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (5.128%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 5 (3.205%) Visual Studio
10 2 (1.282%) Selenium
10 2 (1.282%) WinRunner
10 2 (1.282%) QuickTest Pro
10 2 (1.282%) LoadRunner
10 2 (1.282%) Bugzilla
11 1 (0.641%) PVCS
11 1 (0.641%) Ant
11 1 (0.641%) JUnit
11 1 (0.641%) Git (software)
General
1 36 (23.08%) Banking
2 28 (17.95%) Investment Banking
3 22 (14.10%) Finance
4 10 (6.410%) French Language
5 9 (5.769%) Law
6 8 (5.128%) Publishing
7 6 (3.846%) Financial Institution
7 6 (3.846%) Legal
8 2 (1.282%) Retail
8 2 (1.282%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.641%) Advertising
9 1 (0.641%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 51 (32.69%) Applications Packager
2 15 (9.615%) Analyst
3 11 (7.051%) Consultant
3 11 (7.051%) Applications Specialist
4 9 (5.769%) Build Engineer
5 8 (5.128%) Support Engineer
6 7 (4.487%) Systems Analyst
6 7 (4.487%) SCCM Engineer
6 7 (4.487%) Systems Integration Analyst
6 7 (4.487%) Integration Analyst
7 6 (3.846%) Release Engineer
8 5 (3.205%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (3.205%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.564%) Deployment Engineer
9 4 (2.564%) Software Build Engineer
9 4 (2.564%) Support Analyst
9 4 (2.564%) Software Engineer
9 4 (2.564%) Developer
9 4 (2.564%) C++ Developer
10 3 (1.923%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.769%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (2.564%) Clustering
3 2 (1.282%) Fat Client
3 2 (1.282%) Thin Client
4 1 (0.641%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.641%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 143 (91.67%) Windows
2 110 (70.51%) Windows 7
3 38 (24.36%) Windows Server 2008
4 29 (18.59%) Windows Server 2003
5 28 (17.95%) Windows XP
6 15 (9.615%) Windows 8
7 7 (4.487%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (3.205%) Windows Vista
9 4 (2.564%) Windows 2000
10 3 (1.923%) Linux
11 2 (1.282%) UNIX
11 2 (1.282%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (19.23%) Migration
2 27 (17.31%) ITIL
3 23 (14.74%) Workflow
4 22 (14.10%) Change Control
5 21 (13.46%) User Acceptance Testing
6 13 (8.333%) System Testing
6 13 (8.333%) Software Deployment
7 12 (7.692%) Release Management
8 8 (5.128%) Project Management
9 7 (4.487%) Change Management
9 7 (4.487%) Continuous Integration
10 6 (3.846%) Software Distribution
11 5 (3.205%) Software Engineering
12 4 (2.564%) HOOD
13 3 (1.923%) Scrum
13 3 (1.923%) Wealth Management
14 2 (1.282%) Data Protection
14 2 (1.282%) Asset Management
14 2 (1.282%) Service Management
14 2 (1.282%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (24.36%) PowerShell
2 37 (23.72%) VB
3 30 (19.23%) VBScript
4 24 (15.38%) C#
5 11 (7.051%) SQL
6 4 (2.564%) VBA
6 4 (2.564%) C++
7 3 (1.923%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.641%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.641%) Python
8 1 (0.641%) Java
8 1 (0.641%) Perl
8 1 (0.641%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (7.051%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.769%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.564%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.923%) MCSE
4 3 (1.923%) CCA
4 3 (1.923%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (1.282%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.282%) Degree
5 2 (1.282%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (1.282%) ISEB
6 1 (0.641%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.641%) LPIC
6 1 (0.641%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.769%) QA
2 7 (4.487%) SLA
3 3 (1.923%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.641%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.641%) HL7
System Software
1 88 (56.41%) Microsoft App-V
2 53 (33.97%) Active Directory
3 28 (17.95%) XenApp
4 16 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (9.615%) Hyper-V
6 6 (3.846%) XenDesktop
7 4 (2.564%) VMware ESX
8 3 (1.923%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 2 (1.282%) XenServer
9 2 (1.282%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.641%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (0.641%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.641%) vSphere
10 1 (0.641%) Xen
Systems Management
1 59 (37.82%) SCCM
2 15 (9.615%) WSUS
3 11 (7.051%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 7 (4.487%) Tivoli
4 7 (4.487%) SCOM
5 3 (1.923%) AppDNA
6 2 (1.282%) BladeLogic
6 2 (1.282%) ChangeBASE
6 2 (1.282%) MOM
6 2 (1.282%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.641%) Puppet
7 1 (0.641%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 66 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 64 (41.03%) Citrix
3 26 (16.67%) AppSense
4 19 (12.18%) VMware
5 14 (8.974%) Altiris
6 10 (6.410%) LANDesk
7 8 (5.128%) Dell
7 8 (5.128%) HP
8 7 (4.487%) Oracle
9 3 (1.923%) Perforce
9 3 (1.923%) Wyse
9 3 (1.923%) Cisco
10 2 (1.282%) Veeam
10 2 (1.282%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.282%) Compaq
10 2 (1.282%) CA
10 2 (1.282%) NetApp
10 2 (1.282%) Lotus
10 2 (1.282%) IBM
10 2 (1.282%) Reuters
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The successful Application Packager will be responsible for delivering business as usual services & supporting on going live projects eg Desktop Renewal Projects.Technically you have in depth application...
E-Resourcing
Rate: £320 - £325 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
North London
ADMIN STUDIO ORCA ICE APPLICATION PACKAGER - NORTH LONDON needed with the following skills; - In depth experience of application packaging, including use of such concepts as MSI transforms and...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
SCCM Consultant/Engineer/Architect - London - £300 - £400 per day... As the SCCM Consultant you will have experience of SCCM 2007/2012 and packaging experience, either App-V or...
Complete Tech Limited
Rate: From £300 to £400 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
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