MSI Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MSI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MSI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 507 606 755
Rank change year-on-year +99 +149 -161
Contract jobs citing MSI 28 57 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.076% 0.11% 0.034%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.67% 0.75% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 47 6
10th Percentile £300 £400 £313
25th Percentile £324 £431 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +21.21% +10.00%
75th Percentile £472 £600 £578
90th Percentile £554 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £413
% change year-on-year -20.00% +21.21% +17.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £17.00 - -

All Development Application Skills
England

MSI is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,207 7,581 12,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.38% 15.00% 17.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,876 5,351 9,039
10th Percentile £356 £375 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £653
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 225 184
10th Percentile £31.71 £45.00 £38.30
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.18 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +21.14% +6.38%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £62.18
90th Percentile £84.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +1.63% +21.78% +11.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MSI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MSI in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MSI in England.

Daily rate trend for MSI in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MSI in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MSI in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MSI in England.

Hourly rate trend for MSI in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +12 14 £475 -20.83% 4
London +107 9 £375 -21.05% 1
South West +12 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.57%) Azure
1 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DHCP
1 1 (3.57%) DNS
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Visual Studio
1 5 (17.86%) WiX
2 3 (10.71%) InstallShield
3 1 (3.57%) CMake
3 1 (3.57%) Robot Framework
3 1 (3.57%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.57%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 13 (46.43%) Architect
2 12 (42.86%) Infrastructure Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Applications Specialist
4 3 (10.71%) Senior
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Applications Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.57%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) IT Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) IT Support
5 1 (3.57%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (3.57%) IT Technician
5 1 (3.57%) Lead
5 1 (3.57%) Lead Architect
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared Application Packager
5 1 (3.57%) Security Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) .NET
1 5 (17.86%) ASP.NET
1 5 (17.86%) ASP.NET Web API
1 5 (17.86%) Entity Framework
1 5 (17.86%) JSON
1 5 (17.86%) LINQ
1 5 (17.86%) NHibernate
1 5 (17.86%) REST
1 5 (17.86%) XML
1 5 (17.86%) XSLT
2 1 (3.57%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Client/Server
1 5 (17.86%) Web 2.0
2 1 (3.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) PKI
2 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 26 (92.86%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.57%) Debian
3 1 (3.57%) Linux
3 1 (3.57%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.57%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.57%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Agile
2 13 (46.43%) Prototyping
3 7 (25.00%) Application Packaging
4 5 (17.86%) Configuration Management
4 5 (17.86%) Design Patterns
4 5 (17.86%) OO
4 5 (17.86%) Performance Tuning
4 5 (17.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
5 3 (10.71%) Project Planning
5 3 (10.71%) Task Automation
6 2 (7.14%) ITIL
6 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
7 1 (3.57%) Application Discovery
7 1 (3.57%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (3.57%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (3.57%) Smoke Testing
7 1 (3.57%) Software Deployment
7 1 (3.57%) Test Automation
7 1 (3.57%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 19 (67.86%) PowerShell
2 6 (21.43%) SQL
3 5 (17.86%) C#
3 5 (17.86%) T-SQL
4 2 (7.14%) Python
5 1 (3.57%) C
5 1 (3.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (53.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) Degree
3 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
3 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.57%) HNC
4 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.57%) XenApp
3 1 (3.57%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (46.43%) WMI
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (10.71%) SCCM
4 1 (3.57%) Ansible
4 1 (3.57%) Nessus
4 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (67.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Citrix
3 1 (3.57%) CA
3 1 (3.57%) FireEye
3 1 (3.57%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.57%) Tanium
3 1 (3.57%) VMware