Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring MSI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries 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 674 874 975
Rank change year-on-year +200 +101 +181
Permanent jobs citing MSI 18 22 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.022% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.33% 0.23% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 15 19 13
10th Percentile £67,500 £39,526 £25,625
25th Percentile £71,250 £39,720 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £55,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.64% -38.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £58,375 -
90th Percentile £79,500 £61,800 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £55,500 £26,250
% change year-on-year +39.64% +111.43% -42.93%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,477 9,582 15,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.52% 9.73% 14.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,790 6,757 9,176
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%

MSI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MSI in the UK

MSI
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MSI.

Salary trend for MSI in the UK

MSI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing MSI over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for MSI in the UK

MSI
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +170 17 £77,500 +46.92% 24
UK excluding London +199 9 £77,500 +39.64% 13
South East +108 9 £77,500 +35.37% 11
London +115 8 £70,000 +80.65% 14
Work from Home +189 4 £80,000 +91.08% 6

MSI
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) GCP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) MQTT
2 3 (16.67%) Modbus
3 1 (5.56%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (5.56%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) InstallShield
General
1 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Advertising
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Law
2 1 (5.56%) Legal
2 1 (5.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Architect
2 5 (27.78%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (11.11%) CCTV Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Solutions Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Lead
4 1 (5.56%) SCCM Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) IoT
2 2 (11.11%) CCTV
3 1 (5.56%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Agile
2 3 (16.67%) Energy Management
2 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 2 (11.11%) CAD
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (11.11%) Prototyping
4 1 (5.56%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (5.56%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.56%) Patch Management
4 1 (5.56%) Product Strategy
4 1 (5.56%) Project Delivery
4 1 (5.56%) Regression Testing
4 1 (5.56%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (5.56%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (5.56%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.56%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.56%) Use Case
4 1 (5.56%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 4 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) DV Cleared
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (50.00%) WMI
2 3 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Fujitsu
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe
3 2 (11.11%) VMware
4 1 (5.56%) Citrix
4 1 (5.56%) iManage