MSI Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 334 458
Rank change year-on-year +50 +124 +157
Contract jobs citing MSI 20 11 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.20% 0.072% 0.073%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.35% 0.59% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 15
10th Percentile - £364 £393
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +23.25% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £648 £425 £500
90th Percentile £689 £551 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £390 £500
% change year-on-year +28.21% -22.00% +21.21%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

MSI falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,482 1,853 3,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.96% 12.08% 15.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,067 1,324 2,836
10th Percentile £340 £360 £395
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -5.09% +2.86%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £650
90th Percentile £750 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 43 114
10th Percentile £27.28 £28.99 £45.00
25th Percentile £58.81 £47.38 £54.06
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.00%
75th Percentile £80.38 £90.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.25 - £81.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing MSI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MSI trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MSI.

MSI daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing MSI over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

MSI daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing MSI.

MSI hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (65.00%) Azure
2 10 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (40.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.00%) IaaS
4 1 (5.00%) PaaS
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) AdminStudio
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Local Government
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Wintel Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Applications Packager
3 3 (15.00%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared Application Packager
5 1 (5.00%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Migration Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Migration Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) SCCM Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior SCCM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) EFT
2 1 (5.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Application Packaging
2 10 (50.00%) Migration
3 9 (45.00%) Project Management
4 8 (40.00%) Compatibility Testing
4 8 (40.00%) Microservices
4 8 (40.00%) Programme Management
5 7 (35.00%) Penetration Testing
5 7 (35.00%) Software Deployment
6 5 (25.00%) Software Delivery
7 4 (20.00%) Software Distribution
8 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
9 2 (10.00%) User Experience
10 1 (5.00%) Agile
10 1 (5.00%) API Integration
10 1 (5.00%) Cybersecurity
10 1 (5.00%) Data Protection
10 1 (5.00%) Software Engineering
10 1 (5.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (20.00%) Bash
2 4 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 16 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (35.00%) SCCM
3 4 (20.00%) Ansible
4 2 (10.00%) ThinApp
5 1 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (65.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Tanium
3 2 (10.00%) Ivanti
4 1 (5.00%) Foundry
4 1 (5.00%) Globalscape