The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 65 62 54
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -8
Contract jobs citing MSI 6 18 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.710% 1.689% 2.611%
As % of the Development Applications category 5.825% 23.38% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 2
Average daily rate - £285 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -18.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £298 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -0.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-52.55% +14.16%
All Development Applications
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
103 77 106
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 12.19% 7.223% 10.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 18 33
Average daily rate £350 £325 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £238 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £372 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £11.00 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.36% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.40 £11.00 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.40 £11.00 £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSI
Berkshire

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading MSI Daily Rate Trend

MSI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading MSI Hourly Rate Trend

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) VBScript
4 7 (58.33%) Citrix
4 7 (58.33%) XenApp
5 5 (41.67%) InstallShield
5 5 (41.67%) VB
5 5 (41.67%) Validation
5 5 (41.67%) VMware
6 4 (33.33%) Altiris
6 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
7 3 (25.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (25.00%) Change Management
7 3 (25.00%) Finance
7 3 (25.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (25.00%) QA
7 3 (25.00%) Software Packaging
8 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
8 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
8 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
8 2 (16.67%) Publishing
8 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (16.67%) Wise Package Studio
9 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
9 1 (8.333%) Migration

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 3 (25.00%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) InstallShield
2 2 (16.67%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Applications Packager
2 1 (8.333%) MSI Packager
2 1 (8.333%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Validation
2 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
4 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
4 1 (8.333%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) VBScript
2 5 (41.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) XenApp
2 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (25.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 2 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (8.333%) SCCM
2 1 (8.333%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (58.33%) Citrix
3 5 (41.67%) VMware
4 4 (33.33%) Altiris
5 1 (8.333%) LANDesk
5 1 (8.333%) Autodesk
5 1 (8.333%) HP
5 1 (8.333%) Sybase
5 1 (8.333%) SAP