MSI Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring MSI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 94 142
Rank change year-on-year -52 +48 0
Contract jobs citing MSI 1 9 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.035% 0.59% 0.036%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.40% 4.95% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £388 £350
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% +10.71% -44.00%
South East median daily rate £675 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +68.75% -15.79% -20.83%

All Development Application Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 253 182 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.73% 11.98% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 109 168
10th Percentile £304 £361 £338
25th Percentile £381 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £555 £590 £638
90th Percentile £600 £638 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £534
% change year-on-year - -6.32% -2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 4 11
10th Percentile £81.27 £29.00 -
25th Percentile £83.00 £41.21 £46.25
Median hourly rate £88.00 £50.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.12% -8.64% -10.20%
75th Percentile - £60.31 £65.00
90th Percentile - £72.13 -
South East median hourly rate £83.00 £57.50 £62.25
% change year-on-year +44.35% -7.63% +12.67%

MSI
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

MSI job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MSI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MSI

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MSI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing MSI

MSI
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 April 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
Berkshire -40 1 £475 +22.58% 1
MSI
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft