MSI Job Trends in England

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring MSI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 595 645 658
Rank change year-on-year +50 +13 +292
Permanent jobs citing MSI 10 31 26
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.019% 0.065% 0.052%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.32% 0.62% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9 30 25
10th Percentile - - £45,750
25th Percentile - £70,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +37.61% -0.91%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £56,525
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £58,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £75,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +37.61% -0.91%

All Development Application Skills
England

MSI falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,122 4,983 5,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.94% 10.39% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,131 2,842 4,691
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,603 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £92,500 £98,722 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% -

MSI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing MSI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

MSI job vacancy trend in England

MSI
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSI

MSI
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing MSI in England over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for MSI in England

MSI
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +35 6 £60,000 -20.00% 4
South East +24 4 £75,000 -3.23% 9
MSI
UK

MSI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

General
1 1 (10.00%) Advertising
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Lead
2 4 (40.00%) Architect
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Android
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Analytics
1 5 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 5 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (10.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) WMI
2 1 (10.00%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Fujitsu
3 1 (10.00%) VMware