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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank699780
Rank change on same period last yearUp+81
Matching permanent IT job ads219208
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.114 %0.086 %
As % of the category below1.362 %1.028 %
Salaries quoted182149
Average minimum salary£34,650£36,744
Average salary£37,045£38,832
% change on same period last year-4.60 %
Average maximum salary£39,440£40,921
UK excluding London average salary£33,567£33,341
% change on same period last year+0.67 %
Development Applications EnglandDevelopment Applications
England
Matching permanent IT job ads1608420226
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.397 %8.345 %
Salaries quoted1383016261
Average minimum salary£36,125£37,270
Average salary£39,459£40,610
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum salary£42,793£43,950
UK excluding London average salary£34,844£35,828
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
MSI UKMSI
UK

MSI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MSI across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England MSI Demand Trend

MSI
Salary Trend

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

England MSI Salary Trend

MSI
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSI across the England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

England MSI Salary Histogram

MSI
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing MSI within the England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+6387£42,223-11.93 %
South EastUp+5961£33,292-14.77 %
East of EnglandUp+4355£33,984-8.15 %
North WestDown-15£40,000+45.45 %
East MidlandsDown-35£31,000+12.91 %
YorkshireDown-43£40,000+63.26 %
West MidlandsDown-482£27,500-12.33 %
MidlandsUp+181--
MSI UKMSI
UK

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

1287 (65.38 %)Windows
2168 (38.27 %)Active Directory
3134 (30.52 %)Microsoft
4113 (25.74 %)InstallShield
595 (21.64 %)Application Packaging
685 (19.36 %)VB
777 (17.54 %)Windows XP
876 (17.31 %)VBScript
974 (16.86 %)MS Excel
1071 (16.17 %)Citrix
1165 (14.81 %).NET
1264 (14.58 %)Microsoft Certification
1363 (14.35 %)MCSE
1456 (12.76 %)MS Exchange
1554 (12.30 %)Finance
1653 (12.07 %)Altiris
1653 (12.07 %)XML
1752 (11.85 %)SQL
1849 (11.16 %)TCP/IP
1948 (10.93 %)Visual Studio
2046 (10.48 %)Pensions
2046 (10.48 %)QA
2144 (10.02 %)C++
2241 (9.339 %)VMware
2340 (9.112 %)MFC
2439 (8.884 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
2538 (8.656 %)MS Office
2538 (8.656 %)SMS
2637 (8.428 %)Windows Server 2003
2637 (8.428 %)Exchange Server 2003

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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
195 (21.64 %)Application Packaging
265 (14.81 %).NET
353 (12.07 %)XML
440 (9.112 %)MFC
532 (7.289 %)STL
625 (5.695 %)WebServices
719 (4.328 %)WSDL
817 (3.872 %)SOAP
915 (3.417 %)JMS
1014 (3.189 %)HTML
1113 (2.961 %)ASP.NET
1113 (2.961 %)Software Packaging
1211 (2.506 %)WMI
139 (2.050 %)COM+
146 (1.367 %)CSS
146 (1.367 %)XSD
146 (1.367 %)WCF
146 (1.367 %)WF
155 (1.139 %)WS-I
155 (1.139 %).NET Framework
Application Platforms
156 (12.76 %)MS Exchange
237 (8.428 %)Exchange Server 2003
313 (2.961 %)IIS
412 (2.733 %)Exchange Server 2007
511 (2.506 %)Exchange Server 5.5
69 (2.050 %)SharePoint
78 (1.822 %)Exchange Server 2000
78 (1.822 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
84 (0.911 %)BizTalk Server
93 (0.683 %)Site Server
93 (0.683 %)CMS
93 (0.683 %)TeamSite
93 (0.683 %)SharePoint Server 2007
102 (0.456 %)Lotus Notes
111 (0.228 %)MQSeries
111 (0.228 %)ATG Dynamo
111 (0.228 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Applications
174 (16.86 %)MS Excel
238 (8.656 %)MS Office
37 (1.595 %)MS Visio
44 (0.911 %)RoboHelp
53 (0.683 %)MS Project
61 (0.228 %)Acrobat
61 (0.228 %)CA Clarity
Business Applications
119 (4.328 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.228 %)SimCorp Dimension
21 (0.228 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
Communications & Networking
149 (11.16 %)TCP/IP
238 (8.656 %)SMS
336 (8.200 %)DHCP
435 (7.973 %)DNS
517 (3.872 %)WAN
517 (3.872 %)HTTP
615 (3.417 %)SSH
615 (3.417 %)FTP
713 (2.961 %)Internet
88 (1.822 %)VPN
97 (1.595 %)SAN
97 (1.595 %)IPsec
103 (0.683 %)ADSL
112 (0.456 %)Firewall
112 (0.456 %)iSCSI
121 (0.228 %)Network Security
121 (0.228 %)Wireless
121 (0.228 %)IP Telephony
121 (0.228 %)DMZ
121 (0.228 %)X.25
Database & Business Intelligence
120 (4.556 %)SQL Server
24 (0.911 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (0.911 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (0.683 %)MS Access
33 (0.683 %)RDBMS
33 (0.683 %)MySQL
42 (0.456 %)SQL Server 7
42 (0.456 %)DTS
51 (0.228 %)OLAP
51 (0.228 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.228 %)Oracle OLAP
51 (0.228 %)Hyperion Essbase
51 (0.228 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1113 (25.74 %)InstallShield
248 (10.93 %)Visual Studio
329 (6.606 %)AdminStudio
413 (2.961 %)QuickTest Pro
57 (1.595 %)VSS/SourceSafe
62 (0.456 %)WinRunner
62 (0.456 %)TestPartner
71 (0.228 %)StarTeam
71 (0.228 %)TestDirector
71 (0.228 %)Ant
71 (0.228 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.228 %)Dreamweaver
General
154 (12.30 %)Finance
246 (10.48 %)Pensions
332 (7.289 %)Insurance
429 (6.606 %)Health
520 (4.556 %)Banking
614 (3.189 %)Publishing
710 (2.278 %)Law
89 (2.050 %)Animation
98 (1.822 %)Games
106 (1.367 %)3D Graphics
106 (1.367 %)Legal
106 (1.367 %)Manufacturing
114 (0.911 %)Back Office
114 (0.911 %)Military
114 (0.911 %)Investment Banking
123 (0.683 %)Government
123 (0.683 %)Front Office
132 (0.456 %)Financial Institution
132 (0.456 %)Advertising
132 (0.456 %)Retail
Job Titles
1102 (23.23 %)Applications Packager
275 (17.08 %)Analyst
338 (8.656 %)Software Engineer
436 (8.200 %)MSI Packager
526 (5.923 %)Consultant
623 (5.239 %)Team Leader
623 (5.239 %)Desktop Analyst
720 (4.556 %)Administrator
720 (4.556 %)Support Analyst
819 (4.328 %)Developer
917 (3.872 %)QA Engineer
1016 (3.645 %)Network Technician
1114 (3.189 %)Integration Engineer
1213 (2.961 %)Desktop Support
1213 (2.961 %)Systems Engineer
1213 (2.961 %)Technical Support
1312 (2.733 %)Support Engineer
1312 (2.733 %)Test Analyst
1312 (2.733 %)QA Test Analyst
1312 (2.733 %)Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
136 (8.200 %)Asset Management
213 (2.961 %)Blackberry
39 (2.050 %)Mathematics
48 (1.822 %)Multithreading
54 (0.911 %)Device Driver
63 (0.683 %)Clustering
63 (0.683 %)PDA
63 (0.683 %)Data Protection Act
63 (0.683 %)Management Information System
72 (0.456 %)Computer Science
81 (0.228 %)Fat Client
81 (0.228 %)Physics
81 (0.228 %)Client/Server
81 (0.228 %)Thin Client
Operating Systems
1287 (65.38 %)Windows
277 (17.54 %)Windows XP
337 (8.428 %)Windows Server 2003
435 (7.973 %)Windows NT
533 (7.517 %)Windows 2000
617 (3.872 %)NetWare
711 (2.506 %)Linux
85 (1.139 %)Solaris
94 (0.911 %)AIX
103 (0.683 %)UNIX
112 (0.456 %)Windows Vista
121 (0.228 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
130 (6.834 %)User Acceptance Testing
222 (5.011 %)Automated Testing
320 (4.556 %)ITIL
419 (4.328 %)Integration Testing
517 (3.872 %)Validation
616 (3.645 %)Continuous Integration
713 (2.961 %)Configuration Management
713 (2.961 %)Service Delivery
811 (2.506 %)Security Cleared
910 (2.278 %)Workflow
108 (1.822 %)Document Management
108 (1.822 %)Software Engineering
108 (1.822 %)Release Management
117 (1.595 %)OO
117 (1.595 %)Migration
126 (1.367 %)Business Analysis
135 (1.139 %)UML
135 (1.139 %)Change Management
144 (0.911 %)Project Management
144 (0.911 %)Test Scripting
Programming Languages
185 (19.36 %)VB
276 (17.31 %)VBScript
352 (11.85 %)SQL
444 (10.02 %)C++
530 (6.834 %)C#
623 (5.239 %)C
722 (5.011 %)JavaScript
821 (4.784 %)Perl
914 (3.189 %)VC++
1010 (2.278 %)VBA
118 (1.822 %)PowerShell
126 (1.367 %)VB6
126 (1.367 %)VB.NET
135 (1.139 %)Python
144 (0.911 %)Java
153 (0.683 %)Transact-SQL
153 (0.683 %)Korn
153 (0.683 %)Shell Script
162 (0.456 %)Objective-C
171 (0.228 %)Ada
Qualifications
164 (14.58 %)Microsoft Certification
263 (14.35 %)MCSE
328 (6.378 %)Degree
48 (1.822 %)ISEB
56 (1.367 %)CCA
56 (1.367 %)Citrix Certification
56 (1.367 %)MCP
62 (0.456 %)PMP
62 (0.456 %)PMI Certification
62 (0.456 %)MBA
62 (0.456 %)CCEA
71 (0.228 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.228 %)CCNA
71 (0.228 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.228 %)NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
146 (10.48 %)QA
215 (3.417 %)SLA
System Software
1168 (38.27 %)Active Directory
223 (5.239 %)VMware Infrastructure
315 (3.417 %)MSMQ
411 (2.506 %)Backup Exec
510 (2.278 %)MetaFrame
65 (1.139 %)VMware ESX
74 (0.911 %)Citrix Presentation Server
83 (0.683 %)VMware Workstation
83 (0.683 %)Terminal Server
92 (0.456 %)Terminal Services
92 (0.456 %)ISA Server
92 (0.456 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
101 (0.228 %)NDS
Systems Management
139 (8.884 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
233 (7.517 %)OpenView Configuration Management
326 (5.923 %)MOM
421 (4.784 %)ZENworks
58 (1.822 %)SCCM
67 (1.595 %)SCOM
74 (0.911 %)Tivoli
83 (0.683 %)Unicenter
83 (0.683 %)Netcool
83 (0.683 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
83 (0.683 %)Netcool/Webtop
83 (0.683 %)BMC Marimba
92 (0.456 %)Norton AntiVirus
92 (0.456 %)BMC PATROL
101 (0.228 %)Legato
101 (0.228 %)WSUS
Vendors
1134 (30.52 %)Microsoft
271 (16.17 %)Citrix
353 (12.07 %)Altiris
441 (9.339 %)VMware
536 (8.200 %)Macrovision
619 (4.328 %)Novell
718 (4.100 %)Oracle
816 (3.645 %)Sybase
915 (3.417 %)Perforce
915 (3.417 %)LANDesk
1012 (2.733 %)Cisco
118 (1.822 %)HP
126 (1.367 %)Reuters
126 (1.367 %)Bloomberg
126 (1.367 %)Symantec
135 (1.139 %)CA
135 (1.139 %)IBM
135 (1.139 %)Intel
144 (0.911 %)BMC
153 (0.683 %)Interwoven
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