The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 17 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 140 106 148
Rank change year-on-year
-34 +42
Permanent jobs citing MSI 4 44 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.163% 1.757% 0.578%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.075% 8.696% 3.506%
Number of salaries quoted 4 42 14
Average salary £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.12% -0.60%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,800 £35,000 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,250 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Development Applications
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
372 506 542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 15.16% 20.21% 16.50%
Number of salaries quoted 303 384 478
Average salary £37,500 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £34,550 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £54,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%
MSI
East of England

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire MSI Salary Trend

MSI
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSI across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire MSI Salary Histogram

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 11 (73.33%) Microsoft App-V
4 8 (53.33%) Retail
4 8 (53.33%) Telecoms
4 8 (53.33%) Finance
4 8 (53.33%) Citrix
4 8 (53.33%) Fujitsu
4 8 (53.33%) Windows 8
5 5 (33.33%) SCCM
5 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 5 (33.33%) Windows Vista
6 4 (26.67%) Validation
6 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
6 4 (26.67%) OO
6 4 (26.67%) VB
6 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
7 3 (20.00%) BMC
7 3 (20.00%) InstallShield
7 3 (20.00%) ITIL
7 3 (20.00%) Application Packaging
7 3 (20.00%) BladeLogic
8 2 (13.33%) Altiris
8 2 (13.33%) MS Office
8 2 (13.33%) AdminStudio
8 2 (13.33%) Project Management
8 2 (13.33%) PRINCE

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (20.00%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) InstallShield
2 2 (13.33%) AdminStudio
2 2 (13.33%) InstallAnywhere
General
1 8 (53.33%) Telecoms
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
1 8 (53.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) Technical Consultant
1 8 (53.33%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) Applications Packager
3 1 (6.667%) Developer
3 1 (6.667%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Build Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Senior Build Engineer
3 1 (6.667%) Configuration Manager
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 8 (53.33%) Windows 8
4 5 (33.33%) Windows Vista
5 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (26.67%) Windows XP
5 4 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) OO
1 4 (26.67%) Validation
2 3 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (13.33%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (13.33%) PRINCE
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 1 (6.667%) Workflow
4 1 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) SCCM
2 3 (20.00%) BladeLogic
3 1 (6.667%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Citrix
1 8 (53.33%) Fujitsu
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 3 (20.00%) BMC
4 2 (13.33%) Altiris
5 1 (6.667%) Computacenter