MSI Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring MSI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 138 187
Rank change year-on-year -14 +49 +64
Contract jobs citing MSI 18 41 22
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.50% 0.95% 0.40%
As % of the Development Applications category 4.33% 7.64% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 18 12
10th Percentile £488 £301 -
25th Percentile £502 £330 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -12.55% -32.73%
75th Percentile £600 £395 £448
90th Percentile £653 £452 £501
England median daily rate £500 £380 £400
% change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -20.00%
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% -
75th Percentile - £57.84 £34.75
90th Percentile - £58.23 -
England median hourly rate - £56.75 £34.50
% change year-on-year - +64.48% -18.82%

All Development Application Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 416 537 718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.65% 12.43% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 324 474
10th Percentile £264 £333 £400
25th Percentile £375 £390 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -11.63% +2.38%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £613
90th Percentile £619 £650 £669
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 32 40
10th Percentile - £51.30 £47.66
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.87 £54.47
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.50 £59.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.03% +10.08% -8.46%
75th Percentile £78.13 £70.00 £70.32
90th Percentile £89.63 £73.38 £76.53
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +6.56%

MSI
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

MSI job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MSI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MSI

MSI
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MSI in the South East over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MSI in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MSI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing MSI

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Hampshire +19 18 £508 -11.74% 1
MSI
England

MSI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (22.22%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Robot Framework
1 4 (22.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) SCCM Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Configuration Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) Systems Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Applications Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Configuration and Release Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Release and Configuration Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 11 (61.11%) Windows Server
3 8 (44.44%) Windows 10
4 4 (22.22%) CentOS
4 4 (22.22%) Linux
4 4 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 7 (38.89%) Change Management
2 7 (38.89%) Data Analysis
3 6 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (22.22%) Batch Scripting
4 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
4 4 (22.22%) DevOps
4 4 (22.22%) Prototyping
4 4 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 4 (22.22%) Web Development
4 4 (22.22%) Workflow
5 3 (16.67%) Application Packaging
6 2 (11.11%) Application Discovery
6 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (5.56%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 9 (50.00%) C#
3 8 (44.44%) VB
4 4 (22.22%) PHP
4 4 (22.22%) Python
5 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) DV Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 11 (61.11%) SCCM
2 6 (33.33%) WMI
3 4 (22.22%) Ansible
3 4 (22.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) VMware