The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 517 511 558
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +47
Permanent jobs citing MSI 67 126 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.153% 0.235% 0.159%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.995% 1.746% 1.324%
Number of salaries quoted 38 115 48
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £35,000 £35,350
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.26%
All Development Applications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
6733 7216 6949
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 15.40% 13.45% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5786 6358 6062
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £66,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
MSI
England

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London MSI Salary Trend

MSI
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSI across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London MSI Salary Histogram

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 London 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +7 27 £53,750 -25.86%
Croydon - 3 £34,000 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 £67,500 -
MSI
England

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 131 (91.61%) Windows
2 100 (69.93%) Windows 7
3 83 (58.04%) Application Packaging
4 81 (56.64%) Microsoft App-V
5 65 (45.45%) Microsoft
6 62 (43.36%) Active Directory
7 57 (39.86%) Windows XP
8 56 (39.16%) SCCM
9 44 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
10 42 (29.37%) Hyper-V
10 42 (29.37%) VB
11 40 (27.97%) Citrix
11 40 (27.97%) InstallShield
12 36 (25.17%) PowerShell
13 31 (21.68%) MS Office
14 30 (20.98%) XenApp
15 29 (20.28%) VMware
15 29 (20.28%) SQL Server
16 28 (19.58%) VBScript
17 26 (18.18%) WSH
17 26 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
17 26 (18.18%) Wise Package Studio
18 24 (16.78%) Windows Server 2003
19 23 (16.08%) .NET
20 22 (15.38%) SQL
21 21 (14.69%) MS Excel
21 21 (14.69%) Finance
21 21 (14.69%) Law
22 19 (13.29%) SAN
22 19 (13.29%) C#

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 83 (58.04%) Application Packaging
2 26 (18.18%) WSH
3 23 (16.08%) .NET
4 17 (11.89%) Software Packaging
5 12 (8.392%) ASP.NET
6 9 (6.294%) XML
7 6 (4.196%) .NET Framework
7 6 (4.196%) WF
8 3 (2.098%) Web Services
9 2 (1.399%) Ajax
9 2 (1.399%) WCF
9 2 (1.399%) WPF
10 1 (0.699%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 1 (0.699%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (0.699%) HTML
10 1 (0.699%) JSP
10 1 (0.699%) SOAP
10 1 (0.699%) XML Schema
10 1 (0.699%) jQuery
10 1 (0.699%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 18 (12.59%) SharePoint
2 17 (11.89%) MS Exchange
3 9 (6.294%) Lync
3 9 (6.294%) SharePoint 2010
4 6 (4.196%) IIS
5 5 (3.497%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (2.098%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (1.399%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (1.399%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (1.399%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.699%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (0.699%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.699%) CMS
Applications
1 31 (21.68%) MS Office
2 21 (14.69%) MS Excel
3 10 (6.993%) MS Visio
4 8 (5.594%) MS Project
5 4 (2.797%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (1.399%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 4 (2.797%) SimCorp Dimension
1 4 (2.797%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.699%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.29%) SAN
2 11 (7.692%) Firewall
2 11 (7.692%) Wireless
3 9 (6.294%) NAS
4 8 (5.594%) VPN
5 6 (4.196%) VLAN
6 5 (3.497%) DNS
6 5 (3.497%) DHCP
6 5 (3.497%) BSS
7 4 (2.797%) Internet
7 4 (2.797%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.399%) DMZ
9 1 (0.699%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (20.28%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.294%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (5.594%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (5.594%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (4.895%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (4.196%) SSDT
6 5 (3.497%) InterSystems Cache
7 2 (1.399%) SQL Server 2000
7 2 (1.399%) MS Access
7 2 (1.399%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.699%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 40 (27.97%) InstallShield
2 26 (18.18%) Wise Package Studio
3 13 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
3 13 (9.091%) MSBuild
4 12 (8.392%) Visual Studio
5 11 (7.692%) WiX
6 7 (4.895%) AdminStudio
7 6 (4.196%) NUnit
7 6 (4.196%) TeamCity
8 5 (3.497%) JIRA
8 5 (3.497%) Selenium
9 4 (2.797%) CruiseControl
9 4 (2.797%) Hudson
10 3 (2.098%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 1 (0.699%) Jenkins
11 1 (0.699%) Ant
11 1 (0.699%) TestDirector
11 1 (0.699%) Maven
11 1 (0.699%) Subversion
General
1 21 (14.69%) Finance
1 21 (14.69%) Law
2 16 (11.19%) Banking
3 12 (8.392%) Investment Banking
4 7 (4.895%) Legal
5 4 (2.797%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.098%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.699%) Front Office
7 1 (0.699%) Publishing
7 1 (0.699%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 52 (36.36%) Applications Packager
2 20 (13.99%) Analyst
3 18 (12.59%) Desktop Engineer
4 9 (6.294%) Support Analyst
4 9 (6.294%) Technical Specialist
4 9 (6.294%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 7 (4.895%) Applications Support
5 7 (4.895%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (4.196%) Applications Support Analyst
6 6 (4.196%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (4.196%) Technical Leader
6 6 (4.196%) Senior Desktop Engineer
6 6 (4.196%) Developer
6 6 (4.196%) Desktop Support
7 5 (3.497%) SCCM Engineer
7 5 (3.497%) Desktop Analyst
8 4 (2.797%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (2.797%) Deployment Engineer
9 3 (2.098%) Server Support
9 3 (2.098%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.392%) Clustering
2 7 (4.895%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.497%) Blackberry
4 4 (2.797%) SWIFT
5 3 (2.098%) Symmetrix DMX
5 3 (2.098%) Hedge funds
5 3 (2.098%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.098%) Celerra
5 3 (2.098%) EMC Centera
6 2 (1.399%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.699%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.699%) NHS
7 1 (0.699%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.699%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.699%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 131 (91.61%) Windows
2 100 (69.93%) Windows 7
3 57 (39.86%) Windows XP
4 44 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
5 24 (16.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 17 (11.89%) Windows Vista
7 9 (6.294%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (3.497%) UNIX
9 4 (2.797%) OpenVMS
9 4 (2.797%) Solaris
10 2 (1.399%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.699%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.699%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (12.59%) Service Delivery
2 16 (11.19%) ITIL
2 16 (11.19%) Release Management
3 11 (7.692%) Project Management
3 11 (7.692%) Change Control
4 9 (6.294%) Asset Management
5 8 (5.594%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (5.594%) Workflow
6 7 (4.895%) Configuration Management
7 6 (4.196%) Continuous Integration
7 6 (4.196%) Scrum
7 6 (4.196%) Software Distribution
7 6 (4.196%) Network Architecture
8 5 (3.497%) Validation
8 5 (3.497%) Investment Management
8 5 (3.497%) TDD
9 4 (2.797%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (2.797%) Logistics
9 4 (2.797%) Compatibility Testing
9 4 (2.797%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (29.37%) VB
2 36 (25.17%) PowerShell
3 28 (19.58%) VBScript
4 22 (15.38%) SQL
5 19 (13.29%) C#
6 13 (9.091%) VBA
7 3 (2.098%) Python
8 2 (1.399%) Java
8 2 (1.399%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.399%) C
8 2 (1.399%) Perl
9 1 (0.699%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (11.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (9.790%) MCSE
3 4 (2.797%) MCDST
3 4 (2.797%) Degree
3 4 (2.797%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.098%) ISEB
4 3 (2.098%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.098%) MCITP
5 2 (1.399%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.699%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.49%) SLA
2 11 (7.692%) QA
3 1 (0.699%) HL7
3 1 (0.699%) COBIT
System Software
1 81 (56.64%) Microsoft App-V
2 62 (43.36%) Active Directory
3 42 (29.37%) Hyper-V
4 30 (20.98%) XenApp
5 26 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (3.497%) XenDesktop
6 5 (3.497%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 3 (2.098%) vSphere
7 3 (2.098%) VMware ESX
8 2 (1.399%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (1.399%) XenServer
9 1 (0.699%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 56 (39.16%) SCCM
2 11 (7.692%) SCOM
3 10 (6.993%) WSUS
3 10 (6.993%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 8 (5.594%) Backup Exec
5 4 (2.797%) Puppet
6 3 (2.098%) Sysprep
6 3 (2.098%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 2 (1.399%) DameWare
7 2 (1.399%) McAfee ePO
7 2 (1.399%) AppDNA
7 2 (1.399%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
8 1 (0.699%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 65 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 40 (27.97%) Citrix
3 29 (20.28%) VMware
4 18 (12.59%) Cisco
5 15 (10.49%) Dell
6 13 (9.091%) AppSense
7 12 (8.392%) HP
7 12 (8.392%) Adobe
8 11 (7.692%) Symantec
9 9 (6.294%) Altiris
10 8 (5.594%) LANDesk
10 8 (5.594%) SAP
10 8 (5.594%) Interwoven
10 8 (5.594%) Novell
11 7 (4.895%) McAfee
12 6 (4.196%) Mitel
13 5 (3.497%) Sophos
14 4 (2.797%) SimCorp
14 4 (2.797%) Charles River
15 3 (2.098%) EMC