Scotland MSI Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) skills within the Scotland 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England England Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Midlands Newbury Newcastle North East North West Peterborough Reading Runcorn Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Surrey Taunton Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	126
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.481 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£190
Average daily rate	-	£190
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£190
UK excluding London average daily rate	£306	£311
% change on same period last year	-1.89 %
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	£35.14	£23.50
% change on same period last year	+49.51 %
Development Applications Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads	247	416
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.348 %	0.420 %
Daily rates quoted	42	96
Average minimum daily rate	£262	£323
Average daily rate	£277	£331
% change on same period last year	-16.52 %
Average maximum daily rate	£292	£340
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£328
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	9	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.88	£17.13
Average hourly rate	£40.88	£19.00
% change on same period last year	+115.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£44.88	£20.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.49	£31.36
% change on same period last year	+3.60 %
MSI UK

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 2 (100.00 %) SMS 2 1 (50.00 %) Active Directory 2 1 (50.00 %) Windows 2 1 (50.00 %) Windows XP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Communications & Networking 1 2 (100.00 %) SMS	Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Applications Packager
Operating Systems 1 1 (50.00 %) Windows 1 1 (50.00 %) Windows XP	System Software 1 1 (50.00 %) Active Directory