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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 509 450 529
Rank change year-on-year -59 +79 +169
Contract jobs citing MSI 36 69 38
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.22% 0.096%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.78% 1.67% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 44 19
10th Percentile £343 £316 £355
25th Percentile £425 £350 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £390 £400
Median % change year-on-year +30.13% -2.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £556 £488 £500
90th Percentile £600 £553 £550
UK median daily rate £508 £400 £401
% change year-on-year +26.88% -0.12% -19.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £55.87 £34.25
Median hourly rate - £56.75 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year - +64.48% -18.82%
75th Percentile - £57.84 £34.75
90th Percentile - £58.23 -
UK median hourly rate - £56.75 £34.50
% change year-on-year - +64.48% -18.82%

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 4,635 4,132 5,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.33% 13.23% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,240 2,593 3,558
10th Percentile £325 £350 £375
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £540
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 123 229
10th Percentile £39.00 £37.55 £46.12
25th Percentile £54.88 £51.25 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.89 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +8.33%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 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
South West +8 16 £450 -15.89% 2
South East -33 11 £600 +71.43% 3
North of England -44 3 £521 +30.31% 1
London +7 2 £525 +13.51% 7
Yorkshire - 2 £521 -
North West -22 1 - - 1
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
East of England - 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 4 (11.11%) Apache
2 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 7 (19.44%) Azure
3 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (8.33%) AWS
4 3 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (8.33%) GitHub
4 3 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.78%) GCP
5 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) Internet
2 1 (2.78%) DNS
2 1 (2.78%) Firewall
2 1 (2.78%) HTTP
2 1 (2.78%) SMTP
2 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.78%) VPN
Development Applications
1 7 (19.44%) InstallShield
2 6 (16.67%) AdminStudio
3 4 (11.11%) Robot Framework
3 4 (11.11%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (8.33%) JIRA
5 1 (2.78%) GCC
5 1 (2.78%) WiX
General
1 8 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (5.56%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.78%) Military
3 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (22.22%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (19.44%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Architect
6 2 (5.56%) Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) SCCM Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.78%) Applications Specialist
7 1 (2.78%) AWS Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Configuration Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Consultant
7 1 (2.78%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Platform Engineer
7 1 (2.78%) Systems Manager
7 1 (2.78%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) React
2 2 (5.56%) Software Packaging
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (11.11%) PKI
3 3 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 2 (5.56%) NHS
4 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.78%) Blackberry
5 1 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.78%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.78%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.78%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 26 (72.22%) Windows
2 17 (47.22%) Windows 10
3 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
4 4 (11.11%) CentOS
4 4 (11.11%) Linux
4 4 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (5.56%) Android
5 2 (5.56%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (55.56%) Application Packaging
2 14 (38.89%) Agile
3 13 (36.11%) DevOps
4 9 (25.00%) Batch Scripting
5 7 (19.44%) Deployment Automation
5 7 (19.44%) ITIL
5 7 (19.44%) Test Automation
6 6 (16.67%) Change Management
7 5 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (13.89%) Software Delivery
8 4 (11.11%) Prototyping
8 4 (11.11%) Web Development
8 4 (11.11%) Workflow
9 3 (8.33%) Configuration Management
9 3 (8.33%) Continuous Deployment
9 3 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (8.33%) Data Analysis
9 3 (8.33%) Identity Management
9 3 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (8.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (63.89%) PowerShell
2 9 (25.00%) VBScript
3 7 (19.44%) Python
4 4 (11.11%) PHP
4 4 (11.11%) VB
5 3 (8.33%) C#
5 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 3 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 17 (47.22%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.67%) MCSA
3 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.56%) MCITP
5 2 (5.56%) MCP
5 2 (5.56%) MCSE
5 2 (5.56%) MCTS
5 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (58.33%) Active Directory
2 13 (36.11%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.78%) UAG
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (52.78%) SCCM
2 11 (30.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (19.44%) Terraform
4 5 (13.89%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (13.89%) WMI
5 4 (11.11%) Ansible
6 3 (8.33%) Grafana
7 2 (5.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 27 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) VMware
3 3 (8.33%) Cribl.io
3 3 (8.33%) Splunk
4 2 (5.56%) Citrix
4 2 (5.56%) Sparx
5 1 (2.78%) Ivanti
5 1 (2.78%) Zscaler