Build Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Build Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Build Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £220 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 156 186
Rank change year-on-year +20 +30 -55
Contract jobs requiring a Build Engineer 3 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.11% 0.27% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.28% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 5
10th Percentile £192 £155 £156
25th Percentile £203 £158 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £160 £313
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -48.80% +29.53%
75th Percentile £360 £213 £319
90th Percentile £444 £219 £383
England median daily rate £575 £305 £230
% change year-on-year +88.52% +32.61% -26.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
England median hourly rate £15.10 £16.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year -8.48% +26.95% -13.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,498 3,169 4,742
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.71% 95.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 2,225 3,456
10th Percentile £213 £219 £213
25th Percentile £325 £363 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £556
90th Percentile £688 £683 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 120 165
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.45 £10.58
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.18 £14.32
Median hourly rate £19.36 £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.21% +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.50 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.45 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%

Build Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Build Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Build Engineer in the Midlands

Build Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Build Engineer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Build Engineer in the Midlands

Build Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Build Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Build Engineer in the Midlands

Build Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Build Engineer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Build Engineer in the Midlands

Build Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Build Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
East Midlands +24 3 £220 +41.94%
Build Engineer
England

Build Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Build Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Build Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Unix
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) AIX
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) LTE
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (33.33%) Progress Chef
2 1 (33.33%) Ansible
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team

Build Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LTE
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) AIX
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) PowerBroker
1 1 (33.33%) Progress Chef
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM