The first part of the 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 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category.

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank609659671
Rank change year-on-year
Up+50Up+12
Matching permanent IT job ads27620781
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.229 %0.169 %0.085 %
As % of the Development Applications category1.611 %1.317 %0.788 %
Number of salaries quoted23713660
Average salary£40,000£40,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+17.64 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,500£33,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£60,000£39,850
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£34,000
% change year-on-year
-+17.64 %
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryAll Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
171321572210284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.21 %12.82 %10.77 %
Number of salaries quoted15031138058624
Average salary£42,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,449£35,500
% change year-on-year
+1.47 %+5.49 %

MSI
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

MSI
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MSI over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+50263£41,875+4.68 %
LondonUp+22127£50,000+11.11 %
South EastDown-2058£37,500-6.25 %
HertfordshireUp+4344£42,500+4.29 %
East of EnglandUp+2244£42,500+8.97 %
City of LondonUp+1422£72,500+11.53 %
SurreyDown-2821£37,500-6.25 %
South WestUp+918£31,500-17.10 %
Milton KeynesUp+2117£45,000+20.00 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1617£45,000+20.00 %
ScotlandUp+1212£40,000+28.00 %
West MidlandsDown-1711£37,500+13.63 %
GlasgowUp+109£40,000+23.07 %
StainesUp+89£45,000+25.00 %
GloucestershireDown-49£29,750-
BerkshireDown-277£32,500-13.33 %
DevonNew entry-7£31,500-
HampshireNew entry-7£30,000-
ExeterNew entry-7£31,500-
Canary WharfDown-56£40,000-42.85 %
NewburyNew entry-6£32,500-
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-4£47,500-
ChertseyDown-63£37,500-6.25 %
YorkshireDown-153--
OxfordNew entry-3£32,594-
SheffieldNew entry-3--
GloucesterNew entry-3£27,000-
FarehamNew entry-3£30,000-
OxfordshireNew entry-3£32,594-
South YorkshireNew entry-3--

MSI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

1315 (68.18 %)Windows
2173 (37.45 %)SCCM
3147 (31.82 %)Application Packaging
4146 (31.60 %)Windows 7
5136 (29.44 %)VB
6130 (28.14 %)Windows XP
7121 (26.19 %)Finance
8117 (25.32 %)Wise Package Studio
9112 (24.24 %)C#
10110 (23.81 %)Microsoft
10110 (23.81 %)Citrix
1198 (21.21 %)VBScript
1198 (21.21 %)SQL Server
1294 (20.35 %)InstallShield
1388 (19.05 %).NET
1483 (17.97 %)Active Directory
1580 (17.32 %)Hyper-V
1675 (16.23 %)Java
1773 (15.80 %)WSH
1872 (15.58 %)HTML
1965 (14.07 %)Windows Server 2008
2063 (13.64 %)ASP
2161 (13.20 %)XenApp
2260 (12.99 %)PowerShell
2359 (12.77 %)SQL
2458 (12.55 %)Validation
2548 (10.39 %)Migration
2646 (9.957 %)Windows Server 2003
2745 (9.740 %)Oracle
2745 (9.740 %)XML

MSI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1147 (31.82 %)Application Packaging
288 (19.05 %).NET
373 (15.80 %)WSH
472 (15.58 %)HTML
563 (13.64 %)ASP
645 (9.740 %)XML
743 (9.307 %)ASP.NET
842 (9.091 %)WPF
941 (8.874 %)WinForms
1030 (6.494 %).NET Framework
1118 (3.896 %)J2EE
1118 (3.896 %)Software Packaging
1213 (2.814 %)WCF
1310 (2.165 %)CSS
149 (1.948 %)Java EE
158 (1.732 %)SOAP
167 (1.515 %)ADO.NET
167 (1.515 %)COM+
167 (1.515 %)ASP.NET MVC
175 (1.082 %)Silverlight
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
137 (8.009 %)SharePoint
137 (8.009 %)IIS
221 (4.545 %)Apache
311 (2.381 %)MS Exchange
48 (1.732 %)MSMQ
57 (1.515 %)BizTalk Server
65 (1.082 %)Exchange Server 2003
73 (0.649 %)CMS
82 (0.433 %)Exchange Server 2010
91 (0.216 %)SharePoint 2010
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
128 (6.061 %)MS Excel
210 (2.165 %)MS Office
32 (0.433 %)MS Project
32 (0.433 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
143 (9.307 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.216 %)SimCorp Dimension
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
133 (7.143 %)SMS
219 (4.113 %)Internet
37 (1.515 %)TCP/IP
44 (0.866 %)VPN
53 (0.649 %)VoIP
53 (0.649 %)WAN
53 (0.649 %)Firewall
53 (0.649 %)LAN
62 (0.433 %)VLAN
62 (0.433 %)DHCP
62 (0.433 %)DNS
71 (0.216 %)SAN
71 (0.216 %)Intranet
71 (0.216 %)HTTP
71 (0.216 %)Extranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
198 (21.21 %)SQL Server
241 (8.874 %)SQL Server 2008
331 (6.710 %)SQL Server 2005
418 (3.896 %)Crystal Reports
418 (3.896 %)Oracle Reports
59 (1.948 %)SQL Server 7
59 (1.948 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (0.866 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
64 (0.866 %)ETL
72 (0.433 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (0.433 %)Data Warehouse
81 (0.216 %)DB2
81 (0.216 %)ProClarity
81 (0.216 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
81 (0.216 %)SQLite
81 (0.216 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.216 %)TOAD
81 (0.216 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1117 (25.32 %)Wise Package Studio
294 (20.35 %)InstallShield
327 (5.844 %)AdminStudio
423 (4.978 %)Subversion
522 (4.762 %)JIRA
522 (4.762 %)ClearCase
616 (3.463 %)WiX
713 (2.814 %)CruiseControl
812 (2.597 %)Team Foundation Server
911 (2.381 %)MSBuild
911 (2.381 %)TortoiseSVN
1010 (2.165 %)Git (software)
1010 (2.165 %)VSS/SourceSafe
119 (1.948 %)Ant
119 (1.948 %)Maven
128 (1.732 %)TeamCity
128 (1.732 %)PVCS
134 (0.866 %)Visual Studio
134 (0.866 %)NUnit
134 (0.866 %)ANTLR
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1121 (26.19 %)Finance
215 (3.247 %)Financial Institution
313 (2.814 %)Front Office
412 (2.597 %)Banking
59 (1.948 %)Back Office
68 (1.732 %)Telecoms
75 (1.082 %)Law
82 (0.433 %)Games
82 (0.433 %)Investment Banking
91 (0.216 %)Local Government
91 (0.216 %)Music
91 (0.216 %)French Language
91 (0.216 %)German Language
91 (0.216 %)Publishing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1182 (39.39 %)Applications Packager
286 (18.61 %)Developer
364 (13.85 %)Analyst
451 (11.04 %)Software Developer
538 (8.225 %)Consultant
637 (8.009 %)Support Analyst
734 (7.359 %)Software Engineer
734 (7.359 %).NET Developer
829 (6.277 %)C# Developer
829 (6.277 %)Applications Support
927 (5.844 %)Technical Consultant
1022 (4.762 %)Applications Support Analyst
1022 (4.762 %)WinForms Developer
1022 (4.762 %)Credit Risk Analyst
1022 (4.762 %)C# .NET Developer
1121 (4.545 %)WPF Developer
1121 (4.545 %)Junior
1220 (4.329 %)Junior Developer
1319 (4.113 %)Junior .NET Developer
1319 (4.113 %)Junior Software Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
122 (4.762 %)Derivative
122 (4.762 %)Wiki
122 (4.762 %)Credit Risk
122 (4.762 %)Video Conferencing
218 (3.896 %)Computer Science
39 (1.948 %)Hedge funds
47 (1.515 %)N-Tier
55 (1.082 %)Management Information System
55 (1.082 %)Equities
64 (0.866 %)Client/Server
64 (0.866 %)CMDB
64 (0.866 %)Open Source
73 (0.649 %)PDA
73 (0.649 %)Replication
82 (0.433 %)Clustering
82 (0.433 %)PKI
82 (0.433 %)Photography
82 (0.433 %)Mathematics
82 (0.433 %)FMCG
91 (0.216 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1315 (68.18 %)Windows
2146 (31.60 %)Windows 7
3130 (28.14 %)Windows XP
465 (14.07 %)Windows Server 2008
546 (9.957 %)Windows Server 2003
620 (4.329 %)Linux
716 (3.463 %)Windows Vista
716 (3.463 %)UNIX
87 (1.515 %)Windows 2000
87 (1.515 %)AIX
87 (1.515 %)Solaris
93 (0.649 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
158 (12.55 %)Validation
248 (10.39 %)Migration
342 (9.091 %)ITIL
441 (8.874 %)User Acceptance Testing
538 (8.225 %)Configuration Management
635 (7.576 %)Asset Management
732 (6.926 %)Continuous Integration
823 (4.978 %)Unit Testing
921 (4.545 %)Release Management
921 (4.545 %)Change Management
1020 (4.329 %)Project Management
1020 (4.329 %)Agile Software Development
1118 (3.896 %)Service Delivery
1118 (3.896 %)Workflow
1215 (3.247 %)DNA
1215 (3.247 %)Problem Management
1314 (3.030 %)MVC
1412 (2.597 %)Incident Management
159 (1.948 %)Software Engineering
159 (1.948 %)Service Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1136 (29.44 %)VB
2112 (24.24 %)C#
398 (21.21 %)VBScript
475 (16.23 %)Java
560 (12.99 %)PowerShell
659 (12.77 %)SQL
736 (7.792 %)Objective-C
835 (7.576 %)VB6
932 (6.926 %)JavaScript
1029 (6.277 %)C++
1115 (3.247 %)VB.NET
129 (1.948 %)Bash shell
138 (1.732 %)T-SQL
147 (1.515 %)Korn
155 (1.082 %)Bourne shell
155 (1.082 %)C
155 (1.082 %)Perl
164 (0.866 %)Shell Script
172 (0.433 %)Tcl
181 (0.216 %)XAML
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
140 (8.658 %)Degree
236 (7.792 %)Security Cleared
325 (5.411 %)SC Cleared
421 (4.545 %)Microsoft Certification
518 (3.896 %)MCSE
613 (2.814 %)Citrix Certification
79 (1.948 %)ITIL Certification
79 (1.948 %)MCITP
87 (1.515 %)MCPD
87 (1.515 %)MCSA
87 (1.515 %)CCIA
87 (1.515 %)MCTS
96 (1.299 %)CCA
105 (1.082 %)CCEA
105 (1.082 %)BC Cleared
112 (0.433 %)PRINCE2 Certification
112 (0.433 %)ISEB
121 (0.216 %)HND
121 (0.216 %)DV Cleared
121 (0.216 %)NVQ Level 4
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (3.680 %)QA
212 (2.597 %)SLA
31 (0.216 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
183 (17.97 %)Active Directory
280 (17.32 %)Hyper-V
361 (13.20 %)XenApp
428 (6.061 %)Citrix Presentation Server
428 (6.061 %)VMware Infrastructure
56 (1.299 %)XenServer
65 (1.082 %)XenDesktop
65 (1.082 %)vSphere
74 (0.866 %)Terminal Services
83 (0.649 %)VMware ESX
83 (0.649 %)VMware Workstation
92 (0.433 %)VMware GSX
92 (0.433 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1173 (37.45 %)SCCM
231 (6.710 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
325 (5.411 %)OpenView Configuration Management
417 (3.680 %)AppDNA
515 (3.247 %)WMI
612 (2.597 %)BMC Marimba
710 (2.165 %)Tivoli Endpoint Manager
89 (1.948 %)BladeLogic
98 (1.732 %)ZENworks
107 (1.515 %)SCOM
115 (1.082 %)Norton AntiVirus
115 (1.082 %)Netcool
115 (1.082 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
115 (1.082 %)Tivoli
115 (1.082 %)Netcool/Webtop
123 (0.649 %)WSUS
131 (0.216 %)vCenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1110 (23.81 %)Microsoft
1110 (23.81 %)Citrix
245 (9.740 %)Oracle
335 (7.576 %)VMware
335 (7.576 %)Altiris
423 (4.978 %)Sybase
423 (4.978 %)HP
522 (4.762 %)Perforce
612 (2.597 %)BMC
710 (2.165 %)IBM
89 (1.948 %)Bloomberg
98 (1.732 %)Wyse
107 (1.515 %)Google
107 (1.515 %)Cisco
116 (1.299 %)Intel
116 (1.299 %)Symantec
116 (1.299 %)AppSense
125 (1.082 %)Remedy
125 (1.082 %)Sun
132 (0.433 %)Novell