The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 200 222 195
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -27
Permanent jobs citing MSI 8 5 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.151% 0.081% 0.223%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.368% 0.667% 1.439%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 5
Average salary £40,000 £33,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.51% -3.57%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
All Development Applications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
585 750 834
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 11.02% 12.08% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 491 680 728
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
MSI
South East

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire MSI Jobs Demand Trend

MSI
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MSI across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire MSI Salary Trend

MSI
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading 0 8 £40,000 -15.78%
MSI
South East

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MSI.

1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Telecoms
2 13 (81.25%) Finance
2 13 (81.25%) Retail
2 13 (81.25%) Fujitsu
3 8 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
3 8 (50.00%) Citrix
3 8 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 8 (50.00%) Windows 8
4 6 (37.50%) Unit Testing
4 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
5 5 (31.25%) VBScript
5 5 (31.25%) VB
5 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
5 5 (31.25%) Borland
5 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (31.25%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 5 (31.25%) Configuration Management
5 5 (31.25%) StarTeam
5 5 (31.25%) Software Distribution
5 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
6 3 (18.75%) Mobile App
6 3 (18.75%) SaaS
6 3 (18.75%) MVVM
6 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
6 3 (18.75%) DevExpress
6 3 (18.75%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
6 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (18.75%) Time Management

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MSI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
1 3 (18.75%) Software Packaging
1 3 (18.75%) WPF
1 3 (18.75%) .NET
1 3 (18.75%) COM
1 3 (18.75%) Web Services
1 3 (18.75%) XML
1 3 (18.75%) WSH
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) TCP/IP
2 3 (18.75%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) StarTeam
2 3 (18.75%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 3 (18.75%) InstallShield
General
1 13 (81.25%) Telecoms
1 13 (81.25%) Finance
1 13 (81.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Consultant
1 8 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
1 8 (50.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Mobile App
1 3 (18.75%) SaaS
1 3 (18.75%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 8 (50.00%) Windows 8
3 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Unit Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Configuration Management
2 5 (31.25%) Software Distribution
3 3 (18.75%) MVVM
3 3 (18.75%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (18.75%) Time Management
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
3 3 (18.75%) Use Case
3 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (18.75%) OOA/OOD
3 3 (18.75%) OO
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) VBScript
1 5 (31.25%) VB
2 3 (18.75%) XAML
2 3 (18.75%) C#
2 3 (18.75%) C++
2 3 (18.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) Fujitsu
2 8 (50.00%) Citrix
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (31.25%) Borland
4 3 (18.75%) DevExpress
4 3 (18.75%) HP