The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales 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 Wales 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 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing MSI 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.468% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 4.348% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £333 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £300 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
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
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
46 52 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 10.77% 9.059% 8.869%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 27 22
Average daily rate £325 £383 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.03% +19.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
MSI
UK

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales MSI Daily 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 Wales 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
North Wales - 1 £315 -
South Wales - 1 £350 -
MSI
UK

MSI
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) AppDNA
2 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Vista
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Software Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) ZENworks
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) VMware

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
1 1 (33.33%) Software Packaging
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Packager
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) AppDNA
2 1 (33.33%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) VMware