MSI Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring MSI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 526 452 512
Rank change year-on-year -74 +60 +104
Contract jobs citing MSI 59 30 29
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.12% 0.078%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.18% 0.90% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 24 15
10th Percentile £400 £358 £300
25th Percentile £404 £400 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £380
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +31.58% -24.00%
75th Percentile £541 £688 £456
90th Percentile £700 £689 £554
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £390
% change year-on-year -5.00% +28.21% -22.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.54 - -
Median hourly rate £14.48 - £17.00
75th Percentile £15.41 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £14.48 - £17.00

All Development Application Skills
England

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 in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,008 3,315 4,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.39% 13.58% 11.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,337 2,220 2,910
10th Percentile £341 £350 £355
25th Percentile £408 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £534
Median % change year-on-year - -6.41% -2.86%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £638
90th Percentile £694 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 62 183
10th Percentile £38.39 £27.54 £31.97
25th Percentile £60.00 £51.30 £53.75
Median hourly rate £67.75 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -3.85% +7.28%
75th Percentile £75.00 £74.69 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £83.67 £82.20
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +8.00% -3.85% +5.69%

MSI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MSI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

MSI job vacancy trend in England

MSI
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSI

MSI
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MSI in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for MSI in England

MSI
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSI

MSI
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 2 May 2026. 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
London -53 26 £700 +43.59% 3
Midlands -57 18 £479 -30.48%
West Midlands -50 17 £479 -30.48%
North West -32 7 £401 -10.89% 2
North of England -55 7 £401 +10.62% 2
South East -56 5 £625 -7.41% 5
South West -30 2 £525 -
East of England -32 1 £400 +14.29%
East Midlands - 1 - -
MSI
UK

MSI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 11 (18.64%) Tuxedo
1 11 (18.64%) WebLogic
2 4 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.08%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.69%) IIS
4 1 (1.69%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) InDesign
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (18.64%) Entra ID
2 9 (15.25%) Azure
3 6 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (3.39%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.69%) AWS
6 1 (1.69%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.69%) Figma
6 1 (1.69%) GCP
6 1 (1.69%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.08%) VPN
2 1 (1.69%) Firewall
2 1 (1.69%) HTTP
2 1 (1.69%) SMTP
2 1 (1.69%) VLAN
2 1 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.69%) GIS
1 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (16.95%) InstallShield
2 3 (5.08%) AdminStudio
3 1 (1.69%) Robot Framework
3 1 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.69%) webpack
General
1 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
1 6 (10.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.78%) Finance
2 4 (6.78%) Legal
3 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Publishing
5 1 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (15.25%) Applications Packager
2 6 (10.17%) Analyst
2 6 (10.17%) Applications Engineer
2 6 (10.17%) Data Analyst
2 6 (10.17%) HR Analyst
2 6 (10.17%) HR Data Analyst
2 6 (10.17%) Senior
3 5 (8.47%) Architect
4 3 (5.08%) Desktop Engineer
4 3 (5.08%) Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (5.08%) Testing Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (3.39%) SC Cleared Application Packager
5 2 (3.39%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Administrator
6 1 (1.69%) C++ Developer
6 1 (1.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (1.69%) Senior Applications Packager
6 1 (1.69%) Senior Packager
6 1 (1.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (10.17%) Software Packaging
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (3.39%) ADO
3 2 (3.39%) JSON
4 1 (1.69%) .NET
4 1 (1.69%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.69%) ATL
4 1 (1.69%) Blazor
4 1 (1.69%) COM
4 1 (1.69%) Entity Framework
4 1 (1.69%) GeoJSON
4 1 (1.69%) MFC
4 1 (1.69%) Middleware
4 1 (1.69%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (1.69%) REST
4 1 (1.69%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.08%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.39%) PKI
3 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.69%) Device Driver
3 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.69%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (77.97%) Windows
2 11 (18.64%) Unix
3 8 (13.56%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.08%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.08%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.59%) Application Packaging
2 9 (15.25%) ITIL
3 8 (13.56%) Analytics
4 6 (10.17%) Migration
4 6 (10.17%) People Analytics
4 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (8.47%) Agile
6 4 (6.78%) CI/CD
6 4 (6.78%) Deployment Automation
6 4 (6.78%) DevOps
6 4 (6.78%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (5.08%) ITSM
7 3 (5.08%) Programme Governance
8 2 (3.39%) Asset Management
8 2 (3.39%) Compatibility Testing
8 2 (3.39%) Data Protection
8 2 (3.39%) Software Asset Management
8 2 (3.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (3.39%) User Experience
8 2 (3.39%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (35.59%) PowerShell
2 14 (23.73%) SQL
3 5 (8.47%) VBScript
4 2 (3.39%) VB
5 1 (1.69%) Bicep
5 1 (1.69%) C#
5 1 (1.69%) C++
5 1 (1.69%) Java
5 1 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.69%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.69%) Python
5 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (38.98%) Security Cleared
2 18 (30.51%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.08%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.69%) Degree
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.69%) NCSC
System Software
1 24 (40.68%) Microsoft App-V
2 11 (18.64%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.69%) UAG
Systems Management
1 17 (28.81%) SCCM
2 12 (20.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (6.78%) WMI
4 2 (3.39%) Terraform
5 1 (1.69%) Ansible
5 1 (1.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (35.59%) Microsoft
2 14 (23.73%) Citrix
3 9 (15.25%) Fujitsu
4 3 (5.08%) VMware
5 1 (1.69%) Adobe
5 1 (1.69%) Google
5 1 (1.69%) Juniper
5 1 (1.69%) NetApp
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle
5 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow