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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 440 498
Rank change year-on-year -107 +58 +89
Contract jobs citing MSI 51 43 41
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.02% 1.24% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 34 22
10th Percentile £400 £383 £300
25th Percentile £401 £428 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £504 £390
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +29.17% -22.00%
75th Percentile £531 £600 £430
90th Percentile £688 £689 £556
UK median daily rate £472 £504 £400
% change year-on-year -6.30% +25.94% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.15
25th Percentile £13.54 - £27.37
Median hourly rate £14.48 - £37.75
75th Percentile £15.41 - £48.12
90th Percentile - - £54.34
UK median hourly rate £14.48 - £37.75
% change year-on-year - - +9.41%

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 5,006 3,477 4,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.85% 14.21% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,265 2,359 2,979
10th Percentile £350 £333 £350
25th Percentile £409 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £713 £733
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 68 216
10th Percentile £35.38 £27.06 £32.36
25th Percentile £56.25 £50.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £67.50 £61.25 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -5.77% +5.69%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £80.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £58.38 £65.00
% change year-on-year +11.35% -10.19% +5.26%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -59 27 £700 +43.59% 5
Midlands -60 9 £474 -31.28% 1
West Midlands -50 8 £474 -31.28% 1
North of England -69 7 £400 +10.34%
North West -33 6 £401 -10.89%
South West -19 4 £475 - 3
South East -86 3 £625 +23.15% 3
East of England -25 1 £400 +14.29%
North East - 1 £275 -
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 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.84%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.84%) Tuxedo
2 4 (7.84%) WebLogic
3 3 (5.88%) Confluence
4 1 (1.96%) IIS
4 1 (1.96%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.96%) InDesign
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (25.49%) Azure
2 11 (21.57%) Entra ID
3 6 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.88%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.92%) SaaS
6 1 (1.96%) AWS
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.96%) Figma
6 1 (1.96%) GitHub
6 1 (1.96%) Google Analytics
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) VPN
2 1 (1.96%) Firewall
2 1 (1.96%) HTTP
2 1 (1.96%) SMTP
2 1 (1.96%) VLAN
2 1 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.96%) Wireless
2 1 (1.96%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.88%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.96%) GIS
2 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) InstallShield
2 3 (5.88%) Git
2 3 (5.88%) JIRA
3 2 (3.92%) AdminStudio
4 1 (1.96%) Fiddler
4 1 (1.96%) Robot Framework
4 1 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.96%) webpack
General
1 6 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.84%) Finance
3 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.88%) Legal
3 3 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 2 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.92%) Publishing
5 1 (1.96%) Banking
5 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (17.65%) Applications Packager
2 8 (15.69%) Senior
3 6 (11.76%) Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) Applications Engineer
3 6 (11.76%) Data Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) HR Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) HR Data Analyst
4 4 (7.84%) Developer
5 3 (5.88%) Architect
5 3 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (5.88%) Testing Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared Application Packager
6 2 (3.92%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 2 (3.92%) Senior Developer
7 1 (1.96%) Lead
7 1 (1.96%) Platform Engineer
7 1 (1.96%) Senior Applications Packager
7 1 (1.96%) Senior Packager
7 1 (1.96%) Subject Matter Expert
7 1 (1.96%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.80%) .NET
1 5 (9.80%) .NET Framework
1 5 (9.80%) Software Packaging
2 4 (7.84%) ATL
2 4 (7.84%) COM
2 4 (7.84%) GeoJSON
2 4 (7.84%) MFC
2 4 (7.84%) REST
3 3 (5.88%) .NET Core
3 3 (5.88%) CSS
3 3 (5.88%) CSS3
3 3 (5.88%) HTML
3 3 (5.88%) HTML5
3 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Graph
3 3 (5.88%) RESTful
3 3 (5.88%) WPF
4 2 (3.92%) ADO
4 2 (3.92%) JSON
5 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.96%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.92%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.92%) PKI
4 1 (1.96%) BYOD
4 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.96%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.96%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (72.55%) Windows
2 4 (7.84%) Unix
2 4 (7.84%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.96%) Android
5 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.96%) Linux
5 1 (1.96%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Application Packaging
2 8 (15.69%) Analytics
2 8 (15.69%) CI/CD
2 8 (15.69%) Deployment Automation
2 8 (15.69%) ITIL
3 6 (11.76%) Agile
3 6 (11.76%) DevOps
3 6 (11.76%) People Analytics
3 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (7.84%) Containerisation
4 4 (7.84%) Migration
5 3 (5.88%) Dependency Management
5 3 (5.88%) Design Patterns
5 3 (5.88%) DevSecOps
5 3 (5.88%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
5 3 (5.88%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (5.88%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (5.88%) Static Application Security Testing
5 3 (5.88%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 17 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 6 (11.76%) SQL
3 4 (7.84%) Bicep
3 4 (7.84%) C#
3 4 (7.84%) JavaScript
3 4 (7.84%) Python
3 4 (7.84%) TypeScript
4 3 (5.88%) VBScript
5 2 (3.92%) C++
6 1 (1.96%) Java
6 1 (1.96%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.96%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.96%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (31.37%) Security Cleared
2 13 (25.49%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 3 (5.88%) NCSC
1 3 (5.88%) WCAG
2 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (47.06%) Microsoft App-V
2 10 (19.61%) Active Directory
3 3 (5.88%) Docker
4 2 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (3.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.96%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 15 (29.41%) SCCM
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (9.80%) Terraform
4 3 (5.88%) Kubernetes
5 2 (3.92%) WMI
6 1 (1.96%) Ansible
Vendors
1 20 (39.22%) Microsoft
2 13 (25.49%) Citrix
3 4 (7.84%) Fujitsu
4 3 (5.88%) VMware
5 1 (1.96%) Adobe
5 1 (1.96%) Google
5 1 (1.96%) Juniper
5 1 (1.96%) NetApp
5 1 (1.96%) Nexthink
5 1 (1.96%) Oracle
5 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow