MSI Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MSI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MSI over the 3 months to 28 May 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) UK
Location	3 months to 28 May 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	773	857	857
Rank change year-on-year	+84	0
Permanent jobs citing MSI	85	61	117
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.100%	0.061%	0.11%
As % of the Development Applications category	0.48%	0.34%	0.65%
Number of salaries quoted	70	54	81
Median salary	£46,000	£45,500	£52,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+1.09%	-13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,500	£40,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£55,000	£61,000
UK excluding London median salary	£43,750	£44,500	£30,000
% change year-on-year	-1.68%	+48.33%

MSI is in the development application skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Development Application Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	17849	18018	17976
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	21.00%	18.07%	16.63%
Number of salaries quoted	14847	15560	15002
Median salary	£50,000	£50,000	£46,250
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£34,000	£32,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£72,500	£65,000	£70,000
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£42,500	£42,500
% change year-on-year	+5.88%	-

MSI
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing MSI as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Development Applications category.

MSI
Salary Trend

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

MSI
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing MSI over the 3 months to 28 May 2017.

MSI
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the UK over the 3 months to 28 May 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+95	83	£46,000	-	9
London	+70	41	£50,000	+2.56%	3
East of England	+10	13	£45,000	+9.09%	2
Manchester	-14	12	£37,500	-13.79%	1
North West	-32	12	£37,500	-6.25%	1
Essex	+6	8	£45,000	+9.09%	1
South West	-	8	£48,750	-	3
Wiltshire	-	6	£50,000	-	1
Colchester	-	6	£45,000	-	1
Yorkshire	+25	5	£45,000	+12.50%
West Yorkshire	-	5	£45,000	-
Leeds	-	4	£42,000	-
Salisbury	-	4	£50,000	-
Hertfordshire	-	3	£38,000	-	1
South East	+45	2	£39,000	-15.21%
Hampshire	+18	2	£39,000	-13.33%
Scotland	+14	2	-	-
Bedfordshire	-	2	£28,000	-
Bristol	-	2	£43,750	-	2
Luton	-	2	£28,000	-
Hatfield	-	2	£38,000	-	1
East Midlands	+20	1	£35,000	-12.50%
Edinburgh	+1	1	-	-
Glasgow	-	1	-	-
Nottinghamshire	-	1	£35,000	-
Nottingham	-	1	£35,000	-
Wetherby	-	1	£50,000	-
Brentwood	-	1	-	-
Portsmouth	-	1	£39,000	-
Hook	-	1	-	-

MSI
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 May 2017, IT jobs citing MSI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for MSI.

1	163 (93.68%)	Windows
2	129 (74.14%)	SCCM
3	115 (66.09%)	Microsoft
4	109 (62.64%)	Active Directory
5	108 (62.07%)	Microsoft App-V
6	98 (56.32%)	Application Packaging
7	81 (46.55%)	Windows 10
8	76 (43.68%)	Windows 7
9	61 (35.06%)	PowerShell
10	55 (31.61%)	Windows Server 2008
11	52 (29.89%)	ITIL
12	49 (28.16%)	Windows Server 2012
13	46 (26.44%)	Citrix
13	46 (26.44%)	AppSense
14	37 (21.26%)	VMware

14	37 (21.26%)	Windows Server
15	36 (20.69%)	DNS
15	36 (20.69%)	SQL
16	35 (20.11%)	TCP/IP
16	35 (20.11%)	Configuration Management
17	32 (18.39%)	Law
17	32 (18.39%)	DHCP
17	32 (18.39%)	Personalization
18	31 (17.82%)	Microsoft Certification
18	31 (17.82%)	SQL Server
18	31 (17.82%)	Microsoft Office
19	28 (16.09%)	Finance
20	27 (15.52%)	XenApp
21	26 (14.94%)	Legal
22	25 (14.37%)	MCSE

MSI
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	21 (12.07%)	IIS
2	6 (3.45%)	CMS
2	6 (3.45%)	Confluence
3	5 (2.87%)	SharePoint
4	4 (2.30%)	Apache
4	4 (2.30%)	Tomcat
5	3 (1.72%)	Exchange Server 2010
5	3 (1.72%)	JBoss
5	3 (1.72%)	MS Exchange
6	1 (0.57%)	Apache Spark
6	1 (0.57%)	WebSphere
6	1 (0.57%)	WebSphere Application Server

Applications
1	31 (17.82%)	Microsoft Office
2	4 (2.30%)	MS Visio
3	2 (1.15%)	Microsoft Excel

Cloud Services
1	7 (4.02%)	Office 365
2	6 (3.45%)	Microsoft Azure
3	4 (2.30%)	Amazon AWS
4	2 (1.15%)	IaaS
5	1 (0.57%)	G Suite
5	1 (0.57%)	PaaS

Communications & Networking
1	36 (20.69%)	DNS
2	35 (20.11%)	TCP/IP
3	32 (18.39%)	DHCP
4	14 (8.05%)	Ethernet
4	14 (8.05%)	Firewall
4	14 (8.05%)	RS-232
5	9 (5.17%)	SAN
6	8 (4.60%)	NAS
7	5 (2.87%)	WebEx
8	4 (2.30%)	3G
8	4 (2.30%)	Internet
9	1 (0.57%)	AMQP
9	1 (0.57%)	Kerberos
9	1 (0.57%)	NetScaler

Database & Business Intelligence
1	31 (17.82%)	SQL Server
2	15 (8.62%)	SQL Server 2012
3	14 (8.05%)	RDBMS
3	14 (8.05%)	Relational Database
3	14 (8.05%)	SQL Server 2014
4	7 (4.02%)	Crystal Reports
5	4 (2.30%)	BusinessObjects
5	4 (2.30%)	Oracle Database
6	1 (0.57%)	Apache Hive
6	1 (0.57%)	Big Data
6	1 (0.57%)	Cloudera CDH
6	1 (0.57%)	DB2
6	1 (0.57%)	Hadoop
6	1 (0.57%)	Impala
6	1 (0.57%)	MariaDB
6	1 (0.57%)	MSDE
6	1 (0.57%)	Oracle Database 10g
6	1 (0.57%)	Oracle Database 11g
6	1 (0.57%)	Oracle9i Database
6	1 (0.57%)	Pentaho

Development Applications
1	21 (12.07%)	InstallShield
2	17 (9.77%)	NuGet
2	17 (9.77%)	Team Foundation Server
3	16 (9.20%)	Visual Studio
4	14 (8.05%)	Microsoft Blend
4	14 (8.05%)	MSTest
4	14 (8.05%)	NUnit
4	14 (8.05%)	WiX
5	8 (4.60%)	AdminStudio
6	6 (3.45%)	JIRA
7	5 (2.87%)	Jenkins
8	3 (1.72%)	Bitbucket
8	3 (1.72%)	GCC
8	3 (1.72%)	Git (software)
8	3 (1.72%)	Maven
8	3 (1.72%)	Sonatype Nexus
9	2 (1.15%)	Eclipse
9	2 (1.15%)	IntelliJ
9	2 (1.15%)	Visual Studio Code

General
1	32 (18.39%)	Law
2	28 (16.09%)	Finance
3	26 (14.94%)	Legal
4	14 (8.05%)	Marketing
5	7 (4.02%)	Manufacturing
5	7 (4.02%)	Retail
6	3 (1.72%)	Advertising
6	3 (1.72%)	Banking
7	1 (0.57%)	Corporate Banking
7	1 (0.57%)	Financial Institution

Job Titles
1	50 (28.74%)	Analyst
2	38 (21.84%)	Desktop Support
3	37 (21.26%)	Infrastructure Analyst
4	33 (18.97%)	Applications Packager
5	25 (14.37%)	Desktop Analyst
6	18 (10.34%)	Infrastructure Engineer
7	14 (8.05%)	.NET Developer
7	14 (8.05%)	C# .NET Developer
7	14 (8.05%)	C# Developer
7	14 (8.05%)	Developer
8	12 (6.90%)	Desktop Engineer
9	11 (6.32%)	SCCM Engineer
9	11 (6.32%)	Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9	11 (6.32%)	Support Engineer
9	11 (6.32%)	Technical Support
10	10 (5.75%)	VMware Engineer
11	9 (5.17%)	3rd Line Engineer
11	9 (5.17%)	Systems Engineer
12	8 (4.60%)	Applications Support
13	7 (4.02%)	Support Analyst

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	19 (10.92%)	XML
2	18 (10.34%)	Software Packaging
3	16 (9.20%)	.NET
4	15 (8.62%)	XSD
5	14 (8.05%)	.NET Compact Framework
5	14 (8.05%)	.NET Framework
5	14 (8.05%)	COM
5	14 (8.05%)	Entity Framework
5	14 (8.05%)	Lambda Expressions
5	14 (8.05%)	LINQ
5	14 (8.05%)	LINQ to SQL
5	14 (8.05%)	NHibernate
5	14 (8.05%)	Silverlight
5	14 (8.05%)	Unity DI Container
5	14 (8.05%)	WCF
5	14 (8.05%)	Web Services
5	14 (8.05%)	WPF
6	5 (2.87%)	HTML
6	5 (2.87%)	XMPP
7	4 (2.30%)	XSLT

Miscellaneous
1	15 (8.62%)	Analytical Skills
2	14 (8.05%)	Data Structures
2	14 (8.05%)	Greenfield Project
2	14 (8.05%)	Industrial Internet of Things
2	14 (8.05%)	Internet of Things
3	10 (5.75%)	Management Information System
4	7 (4.02%)	Enterprise Software
4	7 (4.02%)	Fat Client
4	7 (4.02%)	Thin Client
5	6 (3.45%)	User Experience
6	3 (1.72%)	Hedge funds
7	2 (1.15%)	Data Centre
8	1 (0.57%)	Client/Server
8	1 (0.57%)	Clustering
8	1 (0.57%)	Computer Science
8	1 (0.57%)	Device Driver
8	1 (0.57%)	Driving Licence

Operating Systems
1	163 (93.68%)	Windows
2	81 (46.55%)	Windows 10
3	76 (43.68%)	Windows 7
4	55 (31.61%)	Windows Server 2008
5	49 (28.16%)	Windows Server 2012
6	37 (21.26%)	Windows Server
7	21 (12.07%)	Linux
8	16 (9.20%)	Mac OS
9	14 (8.05%)	Windows Embedded Compact
10	9 (5.17%)	Windows Vista
11	6 (3.45%)	Apple iOS
12	5 (2.87%)	Mac OS X
13	3 (1.72%)	Windows 8
14	1 (0.57%)	Unix

Processes & Methodologies
1	98 (56.32%)	Application Packaging
2	52 (29.89%)	ITIL
3	35 (20.11%)	Configuration Management
4	32 (18.39%)	Personalization
5	23 (13.22%)	Server Building
6	21 (12.07%)	Agile Software Development
7	20 (11.49%)	Functional Testing
8	17 (9.77%)	Migration
9	16 (9.20%)	Service Management
10	15 (8.62%)	Continuous Improvement
10	15 (8.62%)	User Acceptance Testing
11	14 (8.05%)	Dependency Injection
11	14 (8.05%)	Kanban
11	14 (8.05%)	Multithreading
11	14 (8.05%)	Physics
11	14 (8.05%)	Product Management
11	14 (8.05%)	Software Engineering
11	14 (8.05%)	TDD
11	14 (8.05%)	Test Automation
11	14 (8.05%)	Unit Testing

Programming Languages
1	61 (35.06%)	PowerShell
2	36 (20.69%)	SQL
3	16 (9.20%)	C#
4	14 (8.05%)	C
4	14 (8.05%)	C++
4	14 (8.05%)	XAML
5	13 (7.47%)	VBScript
6	7 (4.02%)	Python
7	5 (2.87%)	Perl
7	5 (2.87%)	VBA
8	4 (2.30%)	Bash Shell
8	4 (2.30%)	XPath
9	3 (1.72%)	VB
10	2 (1.15%)	Java
11	1 (0.57%)	JavaScript
11	1 (0.57%)	PL/SQL
11	1 (0.57%)	Shell Script

Qualifications
1	31 (17.82%)	Microsoft Certification
2	25 (14.37%)	MCSE
3	23 (13.22%)	Security Cleared
4	16 (9.20%)	MCP
5	15 (8.62%)	Degree
6	14 (8.05%)	MCSA
6	14 (8.05%)	SC Cleared
7	8 (4.60%)	DV Cleared
8	7 (4.02%)	ITIL Certification
9	6 (3.45%)	BC Cleared
10	4 (2.30%)	A+ Certification
10	4 (2.30%)	MCITP
11	1 (0.57%)	Computer Science Degree
11	1 (0.57%)	Master's Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	21 (12.07%)	QA
2	5 (2.87%)	SLA

System Software
1	109 (62.64%)	Active Directory
2	108 (62.07%)	Microsoft App-V
3	27 (15.52%)	XenApp
4	22 (12.64%)	VMware Infrastructure
5	11 (6.32%)	vSphere
6	9 (5.17%)	VMware ESXi
7	7 (4.02%)	Terminal Services
8	4 (2.30%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
8	4 (2.30%)	Virtual Desktop
8	4 (2.30%)	Virtual Servers
9	2 (1.15%)	XenDesktop
10	1 (0.57%)	Apache Flume
10	1 (0.57%)	BitLocker
10	1 (0.57%)	Docker
10	1 (0.57%)	Samba
10	1 (0.57%)	Virtual Machines

Systems Management
1	129 (74.14%)	SCCM
2	11 (6.32%)	SCOrch
3	7 (4.02%)	SCOM
3	7 (4.02%)	Systems Management Server (SMS)
4	5 (2.87%)	BladeLogic
4	5 (2.87%)	Microsoft Intune
5	4 (2.30%)	Opscode Chef
5	4 (2.30%)	Puppet
5	4 (2.30%)	Sysprep
6	3 (1.72%)	Ansible
6	3 (1.72%)	Capistrano
6	3 (1.72%)	Microsoft Clustering
6	3 (1.72%)	PowerCLI
6	3 (1.72%)	yum
7	2 (1.15%)	AirWatch
7	2 (1.15%)	OpenView Configuration Management
8	1 (0.57%)	Galera Cluster
8	1 (0.57%)	Nagios
8	1 (0.57%)	Tivoli
8	1 (0.57%)	WSUS

Vendors
1	115 (66.09%)	Microsoft
2	46 (26.44%)	AppSense
2	46 (26.44%)	Citrix
3	37 (21.26%)	VMware
4	21 (12.07%)	iManage
5	13 (7.47%)	Lumension
6	11 (6.32%)	HP
7	6 (3.45%)	Cognizant
8	5 (2.87%)	BMC
8	5 (2.87%)	Cisco
8	5 (2.87%)	Dell
8	5 (2.87%)	Oracle
9	4 (2.30%)	Cognos
9	4 (2.30%)	LANDesk
10	3 (1.72%)	F5
10	3 (1.72%)	McAfee
10	3 (1.72%)	Perforce
10	3 (1.72%)	Wyse
11	2 (1.15%)	Bloomberg
11	2 (1.15%)	Reuters