MSI Contracts in England

Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 584 761
Rank change year-on-year +76 +177 -137
Contract jobs citing MSI 42 52 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.11% 0.037%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.94% 0.78% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 38 5
10th Percentile £300 £410 £274
25th Percentile £343 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £500 £300
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +66.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £430 £600 £438
90th Percentile £556 £658 £550
UK median daily rate £400 £500 £400
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £21.15 - -
25th Percentile £27.37 £34.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £34.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.41% -18.82% -
75th Percentile £48.12 £34.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £54.34 - -
UK median hourly rate £37.75 £34.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +9.41% -18.82% -

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 contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,456 6,634 12,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.88% 14.10% 17.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,997 4,742 8,916
10th Percentile £350 £369 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £670
90th Percentile £725 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 196 177
10th Percentile £32.87 £46.22 £38.24
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +23.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.78 £75.34
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £51.10
% change year-on-year +4.00% +22.31% +6.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MSI in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MSI in England.

Daily rate trend for MSI in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing MSI in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for MSI in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MSI in England.

Hourly rate trend for MSI in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing MSI in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for MSI in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSI within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +9 23 £454 -24.42% 10
London +89 11 £380 -20.00% 2
North of England +6 3 £388 -22.50% 4
North West +4 3 £388 -22.50% 3
South West -1 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 - -
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UK

MSI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) DHCP
1 2 (4.76%) DNS
2 1 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (23.81%) InstallShield
2 5 (11.90%) Visual Studio
2 5 (11.90%) WiX
3 2 (4.76%) AdminStudio
4 1 (2.38%) Robot Framework
4 1 (2.38%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 7 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Electronics
3 2 (4.76%) Finance
3 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.76%) Marketing
3 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 14 (33.33%) Architect
2 13 (30.95%) Infrastructure Architect
3 7 (16.67%) Applications Packager
4 6 (14.29%) Senior
5 5 (11.90%) Software Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Administrator
6 4 (9.52%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (7.14%) Analyst
7 3 (7.14%) Applications Specialist
7 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 3 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Wintel Analyst
9 1 (2.38%) Citrix Consultant
9 1 (2.38%) IT Analyst
9 1 (2.38%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
9 1 (2.38%) Lead
9 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (2.38%) SC Cleared Application Packager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) .NET
1 5 (11.90%) ASP.NET
1 5 (11.90%) ASP.NET Web API
1 5 (11.90%) Entity Framework
1 5 (11.90%) JSON
1 5 (11.90%) LINQ
1 5 (11.90%) NHibernate
1 5 (11.90%) REST
1 5 (11.90%) XML
1 5 (11.90%) XSLT
2 1 (2.38%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Client/Server
1 5 (11.90%) Web 2.0
2 1 (2.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) PKI
2 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 35 (83.33%) Windows
2 7 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.76%) Windows 7
3 2 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.38%) VMS
4 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Agile
2 16 (38.10%) Prototyping
3 13 (30.95%) Application Packaging
4 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (11.90%) Configuration Management
5 5 (11.90%) Design Patterns
5 5 (11.90%) OO
5 5 (11.90%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (11.90%) Software Engineering
6 4 (9.52%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (7.14%) Project Planning
7 3 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (7.14%) Software Deployment
7 3 (7.14%) Task Automation
7 3 (7.14%) Technical Analysis
8 2 (4.76%) Batch Scripting
8 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (4.76%) Mentoring
8 2 (4.76%) Problem Management
8 2 (4.76%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (71.43%) PowerShell
2 6 (14.29%) SQL
3 5 (11.90%) C#
3 5 (11.90%) T-SQL
4 4 (9.52%) VB
5 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (59.52%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.43%) DV Cleared
3 5 (11.90%) Degree
3 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) HNC
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 10 (23.81%) Microsoft App-V
2 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (7.14%) XenApp
3 3 (7.14%) XenDesktop
4 2 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.76%) vSphere
5 1 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (38.10%) WMI
2 9 (21.43%) SCCM
3 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.38%) Ansible
4 1 (2.38%) Nessus
4 1 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Citrix
3 3 (7.14%) VMware
4 2 (4.76%) SAP
5 1 (2.38%) CA
5 1 (2.38%) FireEye
5 1 (2.38%) Tanium