WiX Contract Job Trends

Windows Installer XML Toolset (WiX)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring WiX skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 - 639
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WiX 8 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.024% - 0.004%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.16% - 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £529
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £558
75th Percentile - - £586
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Development Application Skills
UK

WiX 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,114 4,966 6,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 15.43% 13.29% 13.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,461 3,097 4,474
10th Percentile £328 £350 £363
25th Percentile £406 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -4.59% -1.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £723 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £510
% change year-on-year -3.36% -3.63% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 168 246
10th Percentile £20.03 £26.43 £46.03
25th Percentile £44.98 £50.94 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.84%
75th Percentile £69.38 £70.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £75.50 £72.44 £90.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00

WiX
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WiX relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

WiX job vacancy trend in the UK

WiX
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

WiX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

WiX
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WiX within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England - 3 - - 1
UK excluding London - 3 - - 1
South West - 2 - -
Work from Home - 1 - -
East of England - 1 - -

WiX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Development Applications
1 8 (100.00%) AdminStudio
1 8 (100.00%) InstallShield
2 2 (25.00%) MSI
General
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Applications Packager
2 3 (37.50%) Lead
2 3 (37.50%) Software Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Application Packaging
2 2 (25.00%) Software Rationalisation
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (12.50%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft