Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 109 | 139 | 159 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | +20 | +8 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing MSI | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | 0.52% | 0.11% | 0.030% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 4.74% | 0.80% | 0.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £334 | £373 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £343 | £388 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £385 | £425 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.41% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | £463 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £556 | £478 | - |
| England median daily rate | £494 | £380 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.00% | -20.00% | -5.00% |
All Development Application Skills
South 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 South West.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 211 | 373 | 403 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 10.99% | 13.64% | 12.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 150 | 192 | 282 |
| 10th Percentile | £304 | £425 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £538 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +2.38% | -0.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £590 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £669 | £652 | £706 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -4.55% | -2.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 61 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £48.32 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £66.25 | £56.49 |
| Median hourly rate | £72.50 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.57% | +7.69% | +1.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £71.25 | £78.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £74.44 | £80.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.33% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing MSI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing MSI.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MSI in the South West over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing MSI.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 28 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucestershire | +30 | 7 | £345 | - | 1 |
| Wiltshire | - | 3 | £538 | - | |
| MSI England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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: