MSI Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 82 90 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing MSI 13 13 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.796% 0.580% -
As % of the Development Applications category 9.848% 6.341% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 0
Average daily rate £363 £265 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.79% -
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 £15.00 £34.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year
-56.20% +14.16%
All Development Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 132 205 122
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 8.083% 9.144% 6.448%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 106 70
Average daily rate £325 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +13.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £250 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £358
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 7
Average hourly rate £37.80 £37.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.80% +29.31%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Shropshire +4 6 £380 +43.39%
Birmingham - 2 - -
Coventry - 1 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
MSI
England

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 21 (91.30%) SCCM
2 18 (78.26%) Microsoft App-V
3 15 (65.22%) Windows
4 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
5 11 (47.83%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 9 (39.13%) HP
6 9 (39.13%) Citrix
7 8 (34.78%) Software Packaging
7 8 (34.78%) Windows 7
8 7 (30.43%) Migration
9 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (26.09%) XenApp
10 5 (21.74%) Windows XP
11 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
11 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
11 4 (17.39%) VMware
11 4 (17.39%) Supplier Management
11 4 (17.39%) Technical Architecture
11 4 (17.39%) Application Packaging
11 4 (17.39%) QA
12 3 (13.04%) SCOM
12 3 (13.04%) Finance
12 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
13 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
13 2 (8.696%) SQL
13 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
13 2 (8.696%) SLA
13 2 (8.696%) Cisco
13 2 (8.696%) Dell

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (34.78%) Software Packaging
2 4 (17.39%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) SharePoint
1 2 (8.696%) MS Exchange
1 2 (8.696%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.348%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) Firewall
1 2 (8.696%) Wireless
1 2 (8.696%) SAN
1 2 (8.696%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
2 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Applications Packager
2 4 (17.39%) Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Technical Architect
3 2 (8.696%) Administrator
3 2 (8.696%) SCCM Administrator
4 1 (4.348%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Implementation Specialist
4 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (4.348%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 15 (65.22%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Windows 7
3 6 (26.09%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (21.74%) Windows XP
5 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Migration
2 4 (17.39%) Supplier Management
2 4 (17.39%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (8.696%) Change Control
3 2 (8.696%) Software Deployment
4 1 (4.348%) Software Distribution
4 1 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (4.348%) Configuration Management
4 1 (4.348%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.696%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) BC Cleared
1 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
1 1 (4.348%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 2 (8.696%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (26.09%) XenApp
3 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (8.696%) XenDesktop
5 1 (4.348%) XenServer
5 1 (4.348%) VMware ESX
5 1 (4.348%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (91.30%) SCCM
2 11 (47.83%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 3 (13.04%) SCOM
4 1 (4.348%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 13 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (39.13%) HP
2 9 (39.13%) Citrix
3 4 (17.39%) VMware
4 2 (8.696%) Cisco
4 2 (8.696%) Dell
5 1 (4.348%) Novell
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