MSI Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring MSI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 123 -
Rank change year-on-year -29 - -
Contract jobs citing MSI 7 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.22% 0.051% -
As % of the Development Applications category 1.71% 0.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £398 - -
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £401 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% - -
75th Percentile £404 - -
90th Percentile £407 - -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £380
% change year-on-year -5.00% +31.58% -24.00%

All Development Application Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 410 287 286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 12.77% 14.70% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 205 217
10th Percentile £344 £336 £372
25th Percentile £376 £391 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £538 £520 £600
90th Percentile £638 £595 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £533
% change year-on-year - -6.19% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 7 10
10th Percentile £37.25 £54.02 £36.59
25th Percentile £41.35 £63.25 £45.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £75.00 £52.94
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +41.67% +3.80%
75th Percentile £70.00 £78.13 £77.50
90th Percentile £77.90 £81.35 £81.15
England median hourly rate £67.50 £60.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +11.57% -6.92% +5.69%

MSI
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

MSI job vacancy trend in the North West

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Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing MSI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing MSI

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing MSI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing MSI

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Cumbria - 6 £401 - 2
Merseyside - 1 - -
MSI
England

MSI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) InstallShield
General
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Applications Packager
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Application Packager
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Application Packaging
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Programme Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft