Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for MSI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited MSI over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 874 956 1182
Rank change year-on-year +82 +226 -334
Permanent jobs citing MSI 22 14 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.013% 0.032%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.23% 0.092% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 19 13 49
10th Percentile £39,526 £25,625 £34,700
25th Percentile £39,720 £52,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.33% +28.57% -
75th Percentile £58,375 - £75,000
90th Percentile £61,800 - £76,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,500 £26,250 £46,000
% change year-on-year +111.43% -42.93% -8.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK

MSI is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,547 15,237 34,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.74% 14.56% 22.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,733 9,275 15,885
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +9.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for MSI in the UK

MSI
Top 9 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 27 April 2024. 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 +121 21 £52,750 -41.39% 10
UK excluding London +27 19 £55,500 +111.43% 6
Work from Home +90 10 £41,867 -53.48% 4
South East - 10 £57,250 - 4
North of England +56 6 £41,235 - 1
North West - 6 £41,235 - 1
London +128 3 £38,750 -56.94% 1
South West 0 3 £54,000 +105.71% 1
Scotland - 1 £57,500 -

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:

Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
3 1 (4.55%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) AdminStudio
1 4 (18.18%) InstallShield
1 4 (18.18%) Robot Framework
1 4 (18.18%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.09%) Aerospace
4 2 (9.09%) Games
5 1 (4.55%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Social Science
5 1 (4.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (22.73%) Applications Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Applications Packager
3 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared Application Packager
4 3 (13.64%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Senior
4 3 (13.64%) Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) IT Support
5 2 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
5 2 (9.09%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior IT Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior IT Support
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Desktop Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (22.73%) CMDB
3 4 (18.18%) PKI
3 4 (18.18%) Shadow IT
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (36.36%) Windows 10
3 5 (22.73%) Mac OS
4 4 (18.18%) Windows 7
4 4 (18.18%) Windows Server
4 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (9.09%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (4.55%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) ITIL
2 11 (50.00%) Application Packaging
3 10 (45.45%) Agile
4 7 (31.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (27.27%) Customer Service
5 6 (27.27%) Service Management
6 5 (22.73%) Deployment Automation
6 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
6 5 (22.73%) Migration
7 4 (18.18%) Application Virtualisation
7 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
7 4 (18.18%) ITSM
7 4 (18.18%) Project Management
7 4 (18.18%) Prototyping
7 4 (18.18%) Release Management
7 4 (18.18%) Software Deployment
7 4 (18.18%) Test Automation
7 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
8 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (9.09%) Compatibility Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (77.27%) PowerShell
2 4 (18.18%) C#
2 4 (18.18%) Python
2 4 (18.18%) VB
3 1 (4.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 9 (40.91%) DV Cleared
3 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
4 6 (27.27%) Degree
5 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (36.36%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (4.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (72.73%) SCCM
2 6 (27.27%) WMI
3 5 (22.73%) WSUS
4 4 (18.18%) Ansible
4 4 (18.18%) Terraform
5 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (4.55%) Nessus
6 1 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 9 (40.91%) VMware
3 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow
4 4 (18.18%) Autodesk
5 1 (4.55%) Apple
5 1 (4.55%) CA
5 1 (4.55%) Fujitsu
5 1 (4.55%) Xerox