MSI Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MSI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 316 387
Rank change year-on-year -30 +71 +93
Contract jobs citing MSI 35 51 24
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.29% 0.11%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.48% 2.31% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 28 14
10th Percentile £343 £325 -
25th Percentile £425 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £380 £400
Median % change year-on-year +32.57% -5.06% -27.23%
75th Percentile £556 £462 £430
90th Percentile £600 £565 £501
UK median daily rate £500 £380 £401
% change year-on-year +31.58% -5.12% -19.90%
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% -18.82%
75th Percentile - £57.84 £34.75
90th Percentile - £58.23 -
UK median hourly rate - £56.75 £34.50
% change year-on-year - +64.48% -18.82%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,365 2,212 2,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.98% 12.73% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,621 1,293 1,770
10th Percentile £313 £338 £356
25th Percentile £400 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.55% -3.90% -1.44%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 151 205
10th Percentile £16.84 £46.18 £46.18
25th Percentile £50.00 £55.76 £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £63.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.31% - +8.33%

MSI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MSI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

MSI job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

MSI
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MSI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MSI

MSI
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MSI in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for MSI in the UK excluding London

MSI
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MSI.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MSI

MSI
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -6 18 £508 +45.00% 3
South West +20 14 £438 -18.60% 1
East of England - 2 £350 -
North West -11 1 - -
North of England -36 1 - -
MSI
UK

MSI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (11.43%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) Azure
1 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) OneDrive
3 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.71%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) AdminStudio
1 6 (17.14%) InstallShield
2 4 (11.43%) Robot Framework
2 4 (11.43%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (2.86%) JIRA
3 1 (2.86%) WiX
General
1 6 (17.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Legal
4 1 (2.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) SCCM Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Architect
4 4 (11.43%) Configuration Manager
4 4 (11.43%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Systems Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.86%) Applications Packager
7 1 (2.86%) Applications Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) Configuration and Release Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Release and Configuration Manager
7 1 (2.86%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (2.86%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (11.43%) PKI
3 1 (2.86%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (80.00%) Windows
2 19 (54.29%) Windows 10
3 11 (31.43%) Windows Server
4 4 (11.43%) CentOS
4 4 (11.43%) Linux
4 4 (11.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.86%) Android
5 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Application Packaging
2 11 (31.43%) Agile
3 9 (25.71%) Batch Scripting
3 9 (25.71%) Change Management
3 9 (25.71%) DevOps
3 9 (25.71%) Security Patching
4 7 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (14.29%) ITIL
5 5 (14.29%) Software Delivery
6 4 (11.43%) Deployment Automation
6 4 (11.43%) Prototyping
6 4 (11.43%) Test Automation
6 4 (11.43%) Web Development
6 4 (11.43%) Workflow
7 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.71%) Application Discovery
8 2 (5.71%) ArchiMate
8 2 (5.71%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (5.71%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 26 (74.29%) PowerShell
2 9 (25.71%) C#
3 8 (22.86%) VB
3 8 (22.86%) VBScript
4 4 (11.43%) PHP
4 4 (11.43%) Python
5 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (68.57%) Security Cleared
2 18 (51.43%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (14.29%) MCSA
4 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.86%) MCITP
5 1 (2.86%) MCP
5 1 (2.86%) MCSE
5 1 (2.86%) MCTS
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) QA
System Software
1 14 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (31.43%) Microsoft App-V
3 4 (11.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (62.86%) SCCM
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (17.14%) WMI
3 4 (11.43%) Ansible
3 4 (11.43%) Terraform
4 1 (2.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (74.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) VMware
3 2 (5.71%) Sparx
4 1 (2.86%) Citrix
4 1 (2.86%) Ivanti