The first table below looks at the demand for the Build Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Build Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Build Engineer
Rank 426 465 528
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +63
Contract jobs requiring a Build Engineer 92 97 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.222% 0.182% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.240% 0.196% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 46 21
Average daily rate £340 £280 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -30.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £208 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £280 £425
% change year-on-year
+26.78% -34.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 5
Average hourly rate £12.42 £13.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.00% -40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.28 £12.64 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.48 £18.70 £24.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £11.00 £13.50 £24.19
% change year-on-year
-18.51% -44.18%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38380 49421 52947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.44% 92.55% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22598 27956 29382
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1965 2419 2806
Average hourly rate £18.88 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.02% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Build Engineer
UK

Build Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Build Engineer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Build Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Build Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Build Engineer across the England region.

England Build Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Build Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Build Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Build Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Build Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Build Engineer across the England region.

England Build Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Build Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Build Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Build Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Build Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Build Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +64 46 £388 +37.77%
South East -20 11 £250 -17.35%
East Midlands +8 8 - -
South West +31 7 £500 +66.66%
North West - 7 £225 -
Yorkshire 0 5 £363 +45.00%
West Midlands +11 4 - -
North East +5 4 £265 +26.19%
East of England +12 2 £313 -3.84%
Build Engineer
UK

Build Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Build Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Build Engineer in their job title.

1 83 (50.92%) Windows
2 43 (26.38%) C#
3 38 (23.31%) Team Foundation Server
4 36 (22.09%) Linux
5 33 (20.25%) MSBuild
6 32 (19.63%) Windows 7
6 32 (19.63%) Microsoft
7 30 (18.40%) SQL
8 27 (16.56%) Security Cleared
9 26 (15.95%) VMware
10 24 (14.72%) UNIX
10 24 (14.72%) Cisco
11 23 (14.11%) Continuous Integration
12 22 (13.50%) Banking
13 21 (12.88%) CruiseControl
13 21 (12.88%) Visual Studio
14 19 (11.66%) C++
14 19 (11.66%) Java
14 19 (11.66%) Active Directory
14 19 (11.66%) SCCM
15 18 (11.04%) HP
15 18 (11.04%) Red Hat
15 18 (11.04%) .NET
16 17 (10.43%) C
16 17 (10.43%) Windows XP
17 16 (9.816%) Firewall
17 16 (9.816%) Workflow
18 15 (9.202%) Finance
18 15 (9.202%) Configuration Management
18 15 (9.202%) Cloud Computing

Build Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Build Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Build Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (11.04%) .NET
2 5 (3.067%) WF
3 4 (2.454%) WebSphere
3 4 (2.454%) J2EE
3 4 (2.454%) XML
4 3 (1.840%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.840%) WCF
5 2 (1.227%) Spring
5 2 (1.227%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.227%) Application Packaging
5 2 (1.227%) JPA
5 2 (1.227%) JMS
5 2 (1.227%) J2ME
5 2 (1.227%) HTML
5 2 (1.227%) Web Services
5 2 (1.227%) Hibernate
5 2 (1.227%) RESTful
6 1 (0.613%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (0.613%) Middleware
6 1 (0.613%) COM
Application Platforms
1 12 (7.362%) Windows Azure
2 11 (6.748%) Google App Engine
3 7 (4.294%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (4.294%) MS Exchange
3 7 (4.294%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (4.294%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (3.681%) IIS
5 4 (2.454%) Apache
5 4 (2.454%) Tomcat
5 4 (2.454%) MQSeries
5 4 (2.454%) WebLogic
6 2 (1.227%) GlassFish
6 2 (1.227%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (1.227%) SAS
6 2 (1.227%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (1.227%) FileNet
7 1 (0.613%) Lync
7 1 (0.613%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (0.613%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 10 (6.135%) MS Office
2 7 (4.294%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.613%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.613%) Doxygen
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.816%) Firewall
2 13 (7.975%) VPN
3 12 (7.362%) TCP/IP
4 10 (6.135%) VoIP
5 9 (5.521%) ADSL
5 9 (5.521%) IP Telephony
6 8 (4.908%) LLU
6 8 (4.908%) DSL
7 4 (2.454%) BIG-IP
7 4 (2.454%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (2.454%) PBX
7 4 (2.454%) Broadband
7 4 (2.454%) 3G
8 3 (1.840%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (1.840%) WAN
8 3 (1.840%) LDAP
8 3 (1.840%) NAS
8 3 (1.840%) iSCSI
9 2 (1.227%) LAN
9 2 (1.227%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.908%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.681%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (3.681%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.227%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.227%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (1.227%) MySQL
3 2 (1.227%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.613%) DB2
4 1 (0.613%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.613%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.613%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.613%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 38 (23.31%) Team Foundation Server
2 33 (20.25%) MSBuild
3 21 (12.88%) CruiseControl
3 21 (12.88%) Visual Studio
4 14 (8.589%) Jenkins
5 13 (7.975%) NUnit
6 12 (7.362%) Maven
6 12 (7.362%) Hudson
7 8 (4.908%) MSI
8 7 (4.294%) Subversion
9 6 (3.681%) WiX
10 5 (3.067%) InstallShield
10 5 (3.067%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 5 (3.067%) JUnit
11 4 (2.454%) JIRA
11 4 (2.454%) TeamCity
11 4 (2.454%) Ant
12 3 (1.840%) Artifactory
13 2 (1.227%) WATIR
13 2 (1.227%) Selenium
General
1 22 (13.50%) Banking
2 15 (9.202%) Finance
3 13 (7.975%) Games
3 13 (7.975%) Telecoms
4 12 (7.362%) Investment Banking
5 5 (3.067%) Marketing
6 2 (1.227%) Billing
7 1 (0.613%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.202%) Cloud Computing
2 10 (6.135%) Blackberry
3 9 (5.521%) Thin Client
3 9 (5.521%) Fat Client
4 8 (4.908%) Clustering
5 6 (3.681%) CESG
6 3 (1.840%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.227%) Online Games
7 2 (1.227%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.613%) LPAR
8 1 (0.613%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.613%) HACMP
8 1 (0.613%) NHS
8 1 (0.613%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.613%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.613%) CMDB
8 1 (0.613%) PKI
8 1 (0.613%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 83 (50.92%) Windows
2 36 (22.09%) Linux
3 32 (19.63%) Windows 7
4 24 (14.72%) UNIX
5 17 (10.43%) Windows XP
6 13 (7.975%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (4.908%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (4.294%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (4.294%) AIX
9 6 (3.681%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (2.454%) Ubuntu
10 4 (2.454%) CentOS
10 4 (2.454%) Debian
11 3 (1.840%) Solaris
12 1 (0.613%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.613%) HPUX
12 1 (0.613%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.613%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (14.11%) Continuous Integration
2 16 (9.816%) Workflow
3 15 (9.202%) Configuration Management
4 13 (7.975%) Release Management
5 11 (6.748%) Game Development
6 9 (5.521%) Service Delivery
6 9 (5.521%) Change Management
6 9 (5.521%) Migration
7 8 (4.908%) Scrum
8 7 (4.294%) Build Automation
8 7 (4.294%) Performance Management
8 7 (4.294%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (3.681%) ITIL
10 5 (3.067%) Software Deployment
10 5 (3.067%) Logistics
10 5 (3.067%) TDD
11 3 (1.840%) Change Control
11 3 (1.840%) SOA
11 3 (1.840%) Time Management
11 3 (1.840%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 43 (26.38%) C#
2 30 (18.40%) SQL
3 19 (11.66%) C++
3 19 (11.66%) Java
4 17 (10.43%) C
5 15 (9.202%) Lua
6 13 (7.975%) PowerShell
7 9 (5.521%) VB
8 8 (4.908%) Perl
9 7 (4.294%) VBScript
10 4 (2.454%) Python
11 3 (1.840%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.227%) Ruby
12 2 (1.227%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (16.56%) Security Cleared
2 11 (6.748%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.521%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.067%) Degree
5 3 (1.840%) HNC
5 3 (1.840%) HND
6 2 (1.227%) BC Cleared
6 2 (1.227%) CCNP
6 2 (1.227%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.613%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.613%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.613%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.908%) QA
2 4 (2.454%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (11.66%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.975%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.681%) vSphere
4 4 (2.454%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.840%) XenApp
6 2 (1.227%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.613%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.613%) XenServer
7 1 (0.613%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.613%) Xen
Systems Management
1 19 (11.66%) SCCM
2 7 (4.294%) SCOM
3 6 (3.681%) Puppet
4 4 (2.454%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (2.454%) Nagios
5 3 (1.840%) Cacti
6 1 (0.613%) YUM
6 1 (0.613%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.613%) WSUS
6 1 (0.613%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 32 (19.63%) Microsoft
2 26 (15.95%) VMware
3 24 (14.72%) Cisco
4 18 (11.04%) HP
4 18 (11.04%) Red Hat
5 14 (8.589%) Oracle
6 12 (7.362%) Juniper
6 12 (7.362%) Citrix
7 11 (6.748%) Google
8 8 (4.908%) BT
8 8 (4.908%) Sophos
8 8 (4.908%) Lumension
9 7 (4.294%) Dell
10 6 (3.681%) CheckPoint
11 5 (3.067%) IBM
11 5 (3.067%) JBoss
12 4 (2.454%) Siebel
12 4 (2.454%) EMC
12 4 (2.454%) F5
12 4 (2.454%) Aastra
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You will develop and rollout software build and deployment processes and standards based around Microsoft Team Foundation Server... The successful candidate will have Technical experience of Microsoft Team...
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Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
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