The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank - - 111
Permanent jobs citing MSI 0 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire - - 0.246%
As % of the Development Applications category - - 1.639%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
Average salary - - £41,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Development Applications
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
272 342 244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 15.28% 17.52% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 223 305 231
Average salary £35,000 £33,750 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.70% -8.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
MSI
North West

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire MSI Salary Trend

MSI
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 8 (66.67%) Citrix
2 8 (66.67%) Fujitsu
2 8 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 8 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 8 (66.67%) Retail
2 8 (66.67%) Windows 8
3 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 4 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
3 4 (33.33%) Middleware
3 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (33.33%) Middleware
1 4 (33.33%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) WebSphere Application Server
1 4 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
General
1 12 (100.00%) Finance
2 8 (66.67%) Retail
2 8 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Consultant
1 8 (66.67%) Technical Consultant
1 8 (66.67%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Designer
3 3 (25.00%) Middleware Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
1 8 (66.67%) Windows 7
1 8 (66.67%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Citrix
1 8 (66.67%) Fujitsu