InstallShield Contracts

Flexera InstallShield
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring InstallShield skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited InstallShield over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 556 649
Rank change year-on-year +19 +93 +205
DemandTrendContract jobs citing InstallShield 17 13 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.033% 0.019%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.34% 0.26% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 6
10th Percentile £336 - £391
25th Percentile £384 £300 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £432
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -18.98% +1.65%
75th Percentile £571 £400 £488
90th Percentile £573 £410 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £385 £400 £450
% change year-on-year -3.75% -11.11% +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £34.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £58.49 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% +69.54% -
75th Percentile - - £34.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £58.49 £34.50
% change year-on-year +2.58% +69.54% -

All Development Application Skills
UK

InstallShield 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,947 5,031 7,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.08% 12.96% 13.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,335 3,261 4,870
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £421 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £623 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £510
% change year-on-year -5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 184 234
10th Percentile £28.59 £28.98 £45.97
25th Percentile £50.00 £51.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £84.58 £71.88 £90.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing InstallShield as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for InstallShield in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing InstallShield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing InstallShield

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing InstallShield over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for InstallShield in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing InstallShield.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing InstallShield

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Top 5 DemandTrendContract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing InstallShield within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +18 9 £385 +10.00% 5
UK excluding London -7 8 £385 -3.75% 4
South West - 7 £385 - 2
Work from Home +31 4 £574 +48.00% 3
East of England - 1 - -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 16 (94.12%) AdminStudio
2 8 (47.06%) WiX
3 6 (35.29%) MSI
General
1 5 (29.41%) Documentation Skills
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Applications Packager
2 4 (23.53%) Deployment Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Lead
3 3 (17.65%) Software Packager
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared Application Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (47.06%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Application Packaging
2 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (23.53%) Software Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Agile
3 2 (11.76%) Batch Scripting
3 2 (11.76%) Change Management
3 2 (11.76%) DevOps
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL
3 2 (11.76%) Software Rationalisation
4 1 (5.88%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (5.88%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) PowerShell
1 10 (58.82%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) SC Cleared
1 15 (88.24%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) MCSA
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) QA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 17 (100.00%) SCCM
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft