The first table below looks at the demand for MSI skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Rank 697 628 668
Rank change year-on-year
-69 +40
Permanent jobs citing MSI 162 278 204
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.150% 0.230% 0.165%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.016% 1.614% 1.298%
Number of salaries quoted 112 240 136
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £31,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,500 £72,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15950 17226 15715
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.80% 14.24% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 13613 15130 13800
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%

MSI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

MSI Jobs Demand Trend

MSI
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MSI within the UK.

MSI Salary Trend

MSI
Salary Histogram

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

MSI Salary Histogram

MSI
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England -85 142 £40,000 -1.84%
London -32 62 £50,000 +2.56%
South East -3 54 £40,000 +6.66%
Hampshire +27 33 £40,000 +33.33%
City of London +15 27 £53,750 -25.86%
Southampton +26 22 £45,000 +42.85%
Scotland -3 10 £27,500 -31.25%
West Midlands -19 9 £40,000 +6.66%
Surrey +3 8 £35,000 -6.66%
Yorkshire -13 8 £41,000 -
South Yorkshire +8 7 £35,500 -
Solihull - 7 £40,000 -
Fareham +9 6 £40,000 +33.33%
North West +7 5 £40,000 -
Berkshire +6 5 £40,000 +23.07%
West Sussex -3 5 £41,500 -7.77%
Rotherham - 5 - -
Reading - 5 £40,000 -
Guildford - 5 £32,000 -
Glasgow -23 4 - -
Hertfordshire -34 4 £36,250 -12.12%
East of England -37 4 £36,250 -12.12%
Crawley - 4 £51,250 -
Inverness - 4 - -
Highlands - 4 - -
Havant - 3 £38,946 -
Manchester -18 2 £40,000 -
Weybridge - 2 £38,750 -
Lancashire - 2 £35,000 -
Preston - 2 £35,000 -

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 291 (86.87%) Windows
2 193 (57.61%) Microsoft App-V
3 191 (57.01%) Windows 7
4 182 (54.33%) SCCM
5 175 (52.24%) Microsoft
6 154 (45.97%) Application Packaging
7 106 (31.64%) Active Directory
8 99 (29.55%) Windows XP
9 96 (28.66%) Citrix
10 94 (28.06%) Windows Server 2008
11 84 (25.07%) ITIL
12 80 (23.88%) InstallShield
13 76 (22.69%) Windows Server 2003
14 74 (22.09%) VB
15 69 (20.60%) PowerShell
16 67 (20.00%) MS Excel
17 66 (19.70%) VBScript
18 63 (18.81%) SQL Server
19 58 (17.31%) MS Office
19 58 (17.31%) Security Cleared
20 50 (14.93%) SLA
21 47 (14.03%) Finance
22 46 (13.73%) VMware
23 45 (13.43%) Validation
24 43 (12.84%) AdminStudio
25 42 (12.54%) SC Cleared
26 41 (12.24%) XenApp
26 41 (12.24%) Software Packaging
26 41 (12.24%) Wise Package Studio
26 41 (12.24%) SQL

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 154 (45.97%) Application Packaging
2 41 (12.24%) Software Packaging
3 34 (10.15%) .NET
4 27 (8.060%) WSH
5 17 (5.075%) ASP.NET
6 15 (4.478%) XML
7 11 (3.284%) Web Services
7 11 (3.284%) .NET Framework
8 9 (2.687%) HTML
9 7 (2.090%) COM
10 6 (1.791%) CSS
10 6 (1.791%) Middleware
10 6 (1.791%) WPF
10 6 (1.791%) WF
10 6 (1.791%) WebSphere
11 5 (1.493%) ASP.NET MVC
11 5 (1.493%) HTML5
11 5 (1.493%) CSS3
12 4 (1.194%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 2 (0.597%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 36 (10.75%) SharePoint
2 29 (8.657%) MS Exchange
3 20 (5.970%) SharePoint 2010
4 19 (5.672%) Lync
5 8 (2.388%) IIS
6 7 (2.090%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (1.791%) WebSphere MQ
7 6 (1.791%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.896%) Exchange Server 2007
9 2 (0.597%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (0.299%) CMS
10 1 (0.299%) Lotus Notes
10 1 (0.299%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.299%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 67 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 58 (17.31%) MS Office
3 11 (3.284%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.388%) MS Project
5 4 (1.194%) MS PowerPoint
6 2 (0.597%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.299%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.299%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (1.194%) SimCorp Dimension
1 4 (1.194%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.299%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.299%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.761%) SAN
2 22 (6.567%) Firewall
3 19 (5.672%) Wireless
3 19 (5.672%) NAS
4 13 (3.881%) TCP/IP
5 12 (3.582%) DNS
6 8 (2.388%) VPN
7 7 (2.090%) DHCP
8 6 (1.791%) BSS
9 5 (1.493%) SMS
10 4 (1.194%) Internet
11 3 (0.896%) VLAN
11 3 (0.896%) LDAP
12 1 (0.299%) Broadband
12 1 (0.299%) DMZ
12 1 (0.299%) Intranet
12 1 (0.299%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.299%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (18.81%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.776%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 12 (3.582%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (3.284%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (2.388%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 6 (1.791%) SSDT
7 5 (1.493%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.299%) Hazelcast
8 1 (0.299%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.299%) MS Access
8 1 (0.299%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 80 (23.88%) InstallShield
2 43 (12.84%) AdminStudio
3 41 (12.24%) Wise Package Studio
4 18 (5.373%) Team Foundation Server
5 17 (5.075%) Visual Studio
6 14 (4.179%) MSBuild
7 10 (2.985%) WiX
8 8 (2.388%) TeamCity
9 6 (1.791%) Hudson
9 6 (1.791%) JIRA
9 6 (1.791%) Selenium
9 6 (1.791%) NUnit
10 5 (1.493%) CruiseControl
11 4 (1.194%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
12 3 (0.896%) StarTeam
13 2 (0.597%) VSS/SourceSafe
13 2 (0.597%) Subversion
13 2 (0.597%) InstallAnywhere
13 2 (0.597%) Jenkins
14 1 (0.299%) CMake
General
1 47 (14.03%) Finance
2 21 (6.269%) Law
3 16 (4.776%) Banking
4 15 (4.478%) Publishing
5 14 (4.179%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.582%) Investment Banking
7 11 (3.284%) Retail
8 9 (2.687%) Advertising
9 7 (2.090%) Legal
10 4 (1.194%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.299%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.299%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 146 (43.58%) Applications Packager
2 31 (9.254%) Analyst
3 23 (6.866%) Consultant
4 22 (6.567%) Technical Consultant
5 18 (5.373%) Developer
6 17 (5.075%) Desktop Engineer
7 15 (4.478%) Administrator
8 12 (3.582%) Software Engineer
8 12 (3.582%) Architect
9 11 (3.284%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 11 (3.284%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
10 10 (2.985%) Software Packager
10 10 (2.985%) Technical Specialist
10 10 (2.985%) Support Analyst
10 10 (2.985%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (2.687%) Virtualisation Consultant
11 9 (2.687%) SCCM Engineer
12 8 (2.388%) SCCM Administrator
12 8 (2.388%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 7 (2.090%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.567%) Clustering
2 9 (2.687%) Computer Science
3 8 (2.388%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (2.090%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.194%) Client/Server
5 4 (1.194%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.194%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.194%) SWIFT
6 3 (0.896%) Hedge funds
6 3 (0.896%) EMC Centera
6 3 (0.896%) Celerra
6 3 (0.896%) Symmetrix DMX
6 3 (0.896%) SaaS
7 2 (0.597%) Thin Client
7 2 (0.597%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.299%) IaaS
8 1 (0.299%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.299%) Firmware
8 1 (0.299%) PKI
8 1 (0.299%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 291 (86.87%) Windows
2 191 (57.01%) Windows 7
3 99 (29.55%) Windows XP
4 94 (28.06%) Windows Server 2008
5 76 (22.69%) Windows Server 2003
6 41 (12.24%) Windows Vista
7 10 (2.985%) Windows 8
8 9 (2.687%) Windows 2000
9 7 (2.090%) UNIX
10 6 (1.791%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (1.194%) Solaris
11 4 (1.194%) OpenVMS
12 3 (0.896%) Linux
13 1 (0.299%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.299%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (25.07%) ITIL
2 45 (13.43%) Validation
3 36 (10.75%) Service Delivery
4 27 (8.060%) Project Management
5 24 (7.164%) Time Management
6 21 (6.269%) User Acceptance Testing
7 20 (5.970%) Change Control
8 19 (5.672%) Asset Management
9 16 (4.776%) Release Management
10 14 (4.179%) Fault Management
10 14 (4.179%) Software Deployment
10 14 (4.179%) Process Management
10 14 (4.179%) Configuration Management
11 13 (3.881%) OO
11 13 (3.881%) Software Distribution
11 13 (3.881%) Continuous Integration
12 12 (3.582%) Workflow
13 9 (2.687%) Software Engineering
14 7 (2.090%) Scrum
15 6 (1.791%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (22.09%) VB
2 69 (20.60%) PowerShell
3 66 (19.70%) VBScript
4 41 (12.24%) SQL
5 30 (8.955%) C#
6 13 (3.881%) VBA
7 4 (1.194%) XAML
7 4 (1.194%) C++
7 4 (1.194%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.896%) Perl
8 3 (0.896%) Python
9 2 (0.597%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.597%) C
10 1 (0.299%) PHP
10 1 (0.299%) Java
10 1 (0.299%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.299%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.299%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (17.31%) Security Cleared
2 42 (12.54%) SC Cleared
3 25 (7.463%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (5.672%) MCSE
5 14 (4.179%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.881%) Degree
7 4 (1.194%) MCDST
8 3 (0.896%) MCITP
9 2 (0.597%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.597%) MCSD
9 2 (0.597%) ISEB
10 1 (0.299%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (14.93%) SLA
2 21 (6.269%) QA
3 3 (0.896%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.299%) COBIT
System Software
1 193 (57.61%) Microsoft App-V
2 106 (31.64%) Active Directory
3 41 (12.24%) XenApp
4 38 (11.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 37 (11.04%) Hyper-V
6 12 (3.582%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 9 (2.687%) XenServer
8 7 (2.090%) XenDesktop
9 5 (1.493%) vSphere
10 4 (1.194%) VMware Workstation
10 4 (1.194%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.597%) VMware ESX
12 1 (0.299%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.299%) UAG
12 1 (0.299%) VMware ESXi
12 1 (0.299%) MDaemon
Systems Management
1 182 (54.33%) SCCM
2 34 (10.15%) SCOM
3 28 (8.358%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 23 (6.866%) WSUS
5 6 (1.791%) BladeLogic
6 5 (1.493%) Puppet
7 4 (1.194%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 4 (1.194%) OpenView Configuration Management
8 3 (0.896%) Backup Exec
8 3 (0.896%) AppDNA
9 2 (0.597%) Tivoli Endpoint Manager
9 2 (0.597%) WMI
10 1 (0.299%) DameWare
10 1 (0.299%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.299%) Sysprep
10 1 (0.299%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 175 (52.24%) Microsoft
2 96 (28.66%) Citrix
3 46 (13.73%) VMware
4 25 (7.463%) Altiris
4 25 (7.463%) HP
5 24 (7.164%) Cisco
6 23 (6.866%) Dell
7 19 (5.672%) AppSense
8 15 (4.478%) LANDesk
9 13 (3.881%) Adobe
10 11 (3.284%) Fujitsu
11 10 (2.985%) Symantec
12 9 (2.687%) Interwoven
13 8 (2.388%) SAP
13 8 (2.388%) Novell
14 7 (2.090%) Capita
15 6 (1.791%) McAfee
15 6 (1.791%) BMC
16 5 (1.493%) Sophos
17 4 (1.194%) Charles River
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