MSI Contracts

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring MSI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MSI over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 500 612 807
Rank change year-on-year +112 +195 -44
Contract jobs citing MSI 66 34 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.068% 0.054%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.30% 0.51% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 21 21
10th Percentile £300 £381 £300
25th Percentile £330 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £401 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -19.90% +17.65%
75th Percentile £493 £450 £538
90th Percentile £563 £501 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £380 £401 £595
% change year-on-year -5.12% -32.69% +34.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55.87 £34.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £56.75 £34.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +64.48% -18.82% -
75th Percentile £58.05 £34.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £58.32 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.75 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +64.48% -18.82% -

All Development Application Skills
UK

MSI falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,092 6,730 15,252
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.26% 13.50% 17.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,251 4,675 10,554
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £420 £450 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +7.84%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £671
90th Percentile £719 £743 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £510 £513
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +10.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 243 248
10th Percentile £28.62 £46.18 £40.46
25th Percentile £51.19 £53.13 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.88 £90.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year - +2.77% +26.50%

MSI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MSI in the UK

MSI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for MSI in the UK

MSI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MSI over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MSI in the UK

MSI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for MSI in the UK

MSI
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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
England +105 63 £380 -5.00% 9
UK excluding London +67 49 £380 -5.12% 5
South East +39 38 £350 -12.61% 2
London +79 12 £380 +1.33% 3
Work from Home +90 11 £390 -4.94% 2
South West - 6 £538 - 2
North of England +33 4 £400 -3.38% 1
North West +20 4 £400 -3.38% 1
Wales - 1 - -

MSI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.61%) Azure
2 5 (7.58%) AWS
2 5 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.58%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.09%) DHCP
1 6 (9.09%) DNS
1 6 (9.09%) VPN
2 2 (3.03%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 20 (30.30%) InstallShield
2 4 (6.06%) AdminStudio
3 1 (1.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 6 (9.09%) Finance
3 5 (7.58%) Electronics
3 5 (7.58%) Manufacturing
3 5 (7.58%) Marketing
3 5 (7.58%) Telecoms
4 4 (6.06%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Military
6 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Banking
7 1 (1.52%) Local Government
7 1 (1.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Applications Packager
2 15 (22.73%) Analyst
3 14 (21.21%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 12 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (18.18%) Senior
5 11 (16.67%) Administrator
5 11 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
6 9 (13.64%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 9 (13.64%) Wintel Analyst
7 7 (10.61%) Support Engineer
8 6 (9.09%) Architect
8 6 (9.09%) Infrastructure Architect
9 3 (4.55%) Applications Specialist
9 3 (4.55%) Desktop Support
9 3 (4.55%) IT Support
9 3 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (4.55%) Senior Applications Packager
9 3 (4.55%) Senior IT Support
9 3 (4.55%) Senior Packager
9 3 (4.55%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.58%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (3.03%) PKI
3 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.52%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 55 (83.33%) Windows
2 20 (30.30%) Windows 10
3 10 (15.15%) VMS
4 4 (6.06%) Windows 7
5 3 (4.55%) Windows Server
6 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.52%) Linux
7 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.52%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (53.03%) Application Packaging
2 19 (28.79%) Software Deployment
3 12 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (13.64%) Agile
4 9 (13.64%) ITIL
4 9 (13.64%) Problem Management
4 9 (13.64%) Prototyping
5 8 (12.12%) Change Management
5 8 (12.12%) Roadmaps
6 6 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (7.58%) Batch Scripting
7 5 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (7.58%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (7.58%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (7.58%) High Availability
7 5 (7.58%) ITSM
7 5 (7.58%) Programme Management
7 5 (7.58%) Release Management
7 5 (7.58%) Service Management
8 4 (6.06%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 39 (59.09%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.58%) VB
3 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (69.70%) Security Cleared
2 25 (37.88%) SC Cleared
3 13 (19.70%) DV Cleared
4 5 (7.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.52%) Degree
5 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.12%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (34.85%) Microsoft App-V
2 22 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (28.79%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (25.76%) XenApp
4 17 (25.76%) XenDesktop
5 16 (24.24%) Active Directory
5 16 (24.24%) VMware ESXi
5 16 (24.24%) vSphere
6 6 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (7.58%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 34 (51.52%) SCCM
2 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (13.64%) WMI
4 1 (1.52%) Ansible
4 1 (1.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 23 (34.85%) Citrix
3 22 (33.33%) VMware
4 6 (9.09%) SAP
5 4 (6.06%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.52%) BMC
6 1 (1.52%) Ivanti
6 1 (1.52%) Orchard
6 1 (1.52%) Red Hat