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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 433 537
Rank change year-on-year -81 +104 +103
Contract jobs citing MSI 48 52 24
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.20% 0.063%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.00% 1.51% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 34 13
10th Percentile £425 £350 £325
25th Percentile £455 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% +18.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £528 £558 £550
90th Percentile £628 £689 £621
UK median daily rate £484 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +1.93% +18.75% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.54 £55.87 -
Median hourly rate £14.48 £56.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -74.49% - -
75th Percentile £15.41 £57.62 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £14.48 £56.75 -
% change year-on-year -74.49% - -

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 4,824 3,436 4,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.91% 13.39% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,309 2,183 3,093
10th Percentile £340 £331 £363
25th Percentile £409 £409 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £504 £535
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% -5.89% -6.96%
75th Percentile £588 £631 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 58 202
10th Percentile £28.84 £39.75 £37.75
25th Percentile £52.50 £55.87 £48.31
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £74.69
90th Percentile £82.85 £80.00 £88.31
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 23 February 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 23 February 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 -34 18 £525 +10.53% 4
Midlands -43 15 £483 -29.88% 3
West Midlands -47 14 £483 -29.88% 2
South West -16 7 £450 -16.67%
North of England -49 4 £521 +14.81%
South East -48 3 £725 +107.14% 2
North West - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £521 -
East Midlands - 1 - - 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 9 (18.75%) Tuxedo
1 9 (18.75%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.08%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.83%) Entra ID
2 7 (14.58%) Azure
3 3 (6.25%) AWS
3 3 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.25%) GitHub
3 3 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.08%) GCP
4 1 (2.08%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.08%) DNS
1 1 (2.08%) Firewall
1 1 (2.08%) HTTP
1 1 (2.08%) Internet
1 1 (2.08%) SMTP
1 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.08%) VPN
Development Applications
1 6 (12.50%) InstallShield
2 2 (4.17%) AdminStudio
3 1 (2.08%) GCC
3 1 (2.08%) JIRA
General
1 10 (20.83%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.17%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.08%) Legal
3 1 (2.08%) Military
3 1 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (2.08%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (12.50%) Analyst
1 6 (12.50%) Data Analyst
1 6 (12.50%) HR Analyst
1 6 (12.50%) HR Data Analyst
2 3 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
2 3 (6.25%) Applications Packager
2 3 (6.25%) Architect
2 3 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Architect
2 3 (6.25%) Senior
3 2 (4.17%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (2.08%) Administrator
4 1 (2.08%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (2.08%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (2.08%) Consultant
4 1 (2.08%) Deployment Engineer
4 1 (2.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (2.08%) Senior Citrix Engineer
4 1 (2.08%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (2.08%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) React
1 3 (6.25%) Software Packaging
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Security Posture
2 2 (4.17%) NHS
3 1 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.08%) Device Driver
3 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.08%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.08%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 38 (79.17%) Windows
2 12 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 9 (18.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) Application Packaging
2 7 (14.58%) Agile
3 6 (12.50%) Analytics
3 6 (12.50%) Migration
3 6 (12.50%) People Analytics
4 5 (10.42%) DevOps
5 4 (8.33%) Platform Engineering
6 3 (6.25%) CI/CD
6 3 (6.25%) Cloud Security
6 3 (6.25%) Compatibility Testing
6 3 (6.25%) Continuous Delivery
6 3 (6.25%) Continuous Deployment
6 3 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (6.25%) Deployment Automation
6 3 (6.25%) Digital Identity
6 3 (6.25%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (6.25%) Observability
6 3 (6.25%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.25%) PowerShell
2 10 (20.83%) SQL
3 6 (12.50%) VBScript
4 3 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.25%) Python
4 3 (6.25%) TypeScript
4 3 (6.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (35.42%) Security Cleared
2 14 (29.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.08%) Degree
4 1 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.08%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) NCSC
System Software
1 17 (35.42%) Microsoft App-V
2 13 (27.08%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.08%) UAG
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (22.92%) SCCM
3 3 (6.25%) Grafana
3 3 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (6.25%) Terraform
3 3 (6.25%) WMI
4 1 (2.08%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (39.58%) Microsoft
2 14 (29.17%) Citrix
3 7 (14.58%) Fujitsu
4 3 (6.25%) Cribl.io
4 3 (6.25%) Splunk
5 1 (2.08%) Ivanti
5 1 (2.08%) VMware
5 1 (2.08%) Zscaler