The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 22 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 South West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 104 120 112
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -8
Contract jobs citing MSI 7 19 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.340% 0.575% 0.290%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.382% 5.444% 2.524%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 4
Average daily rate £310 £288 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.82% -37.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.25 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-52.55% +14.16%
All Development Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
207 349 317
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 10.04% 10.57% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 215 135
Average daily rate £335 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £288 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 26 49
Average hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -1.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £23.88 £32.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £40.25 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSI
England

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Gloucestershire - 6 £310 -
Devon -1 1 - -
MSI
England

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 18 (90.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Security Cleared
2 17 (85.00%) Windows 7
3 15 (75.00%) DV Cleared
4 13 (65.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 13 (65.00%) Windows XP
5 12 (60.00%) PowerShell
6 10 (50.00%) Application Packaging
7 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
8 8 (40.00%) Software Packaging
8 8 (40.00%) ITIL
8 8 (40.00%) Telecoms
9 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (30.00%) SCCM
11 5 (25.00%) Compatibility Testing
11 5 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (25.00%) Software Distribution
11 5 (25.00%) JSP
12 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
13 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
13 3 (15.00%) VB
13 3 (15.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
13 3 (15.00%) Finance
13 3 (15.00%) VMware
13 3 (15.00%) Service Management
14 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
14 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
14 2 (10.00%) Altiris
14 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (10.00%) Windows Vista

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 10 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 8 (40.00%) Software Packaging
3 5 (25.00%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Wise Package Studio
2 1 (5.000%) InstallShield
General
1 8 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support
2 1 (5.000%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
2 1 (5.000%) Applications Support
2 1 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (5.000%) Administrator
2 1 (5.000%) Windows Administrator
2 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (5.000%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (5.000%) Applications Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 18 (90.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Windows 7
3 13 (65.00%) Windows XP
4 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 5 (25.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 5 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (25.00%) Software Distribution
3 3 (15.00%) Service Management
4 1 (5.000%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (15.00%) VB
3 2 (10.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (5.000%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.000%) Degree
System Software
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
3 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) SCCM
2 3 (15.00%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Altiris