MSI Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 455 513 596
Rank change year-on-year +58 +83 +162
Contract jobs citing MSI 30 29 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.078% 0.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.91% 0.68% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 47
10th Percentile £358 £300 £400
25th Percentile £400 £329 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £380 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -24.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £688 £456 £600
90th Percentile £689 £554 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £390 £500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -22.00% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £17.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £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 3,305 4,263 7,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.57% 11.46% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,218 2,908 5,318
10th Percentile £350 £355 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 182 222
10th Percentile £27.50 £31.84 £45.00
25th Percentile £52.00 £52.50 £52.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £82.35 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

MSI
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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +40 12 £488 +29.14% 14
South East +38 6 £675 +42.11% 13
West Midlands - 6 £689 -
Midlands - 6 £689 -
North of England - 2 £363 -
South West +46 1 - -
East of England +30 1 £350 -
North West - 1 £450 -
Yorkshire - 1 £275 -
MSI
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 13 (43.33%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 4 (13.33%) AWS
3 4 (13.33%) GCP
4 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (10.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.33%) IaaS
5 1 (3.33%) PaaS
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) Modbus
1 4 (13.33%) MQTT
2 2 (6.67%) Firewall
3 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) AdminStudio
General
1 15 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
3 2 (6.67%) Legal
4 1 (3.33%) Local Government
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Applications Packager
1 7 (23.33%) Architect
2 4 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared Application Packager
5 1 (3.33%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (3.33%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Administrator
5 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Linux Administrator
5 1 (3.33%) Migration Manager
5 1 (3.33%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (3.33%) SCCM Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Senior
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Senior SCCM Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Windows Consultant
5 1 (3.33%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (23.33%) Software Packaging
2 4 (13.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) IoT
2 3 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (10.00%) SCADA
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.33%) EFT
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 22 (73.33%) Windows
2 7 (23.33%) Linux
2 7 (23.33%) Windows 10
3 6 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Application Packaging
2 11 (36.67%) Software Deployment
3 7 (23.33%) Software Delivery
3 7 (23.33%) Software Distribution
4 5 (16.67%) Migration
4 5 (16.67%) Project Management
4 5 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 4 (13.33%) Agile
5 4 (13.33%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Compatibility Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Microservices
6 3 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.00%) Programme Management
7 2 (6.67%) Application Virtualisation
7 2 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (6.67%) Deployment Automation
7 2 (6.67%) Design Patterns
7 2 (6.67%) User Experience
8 1 (3.33%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 15 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (20.00%) Bash
2 6 (20.00%) Python
3 3 (10.00%) SQL
4 2 (6.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (63.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 10 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 6 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.33%) BitLocker
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (36.67%) SCCM
2 9 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (20.00%) Ansible
4 3 (10.00%) WMI
5 2 (6.67%) ThinApp
6 1 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (43.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) Tanium
3 3 (10.00%) Citrix
4 2 (6.67%) Ivanti
5 1 (3.33%) Foundry
5 1 (3.33%) Globalscape
5 1 (3.33%) Symantec