Build Engineer Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Build Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

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 435 463 533
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +70
Contract jobs requiring a Build Engineer 106 102 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.229% 0.175% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.248% 0.189% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 50 26
Average daily rate £360 £280 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -32.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £208 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £488
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
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £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 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Build Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

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 within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Build Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Build Engineer
Top 30 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 UK 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
England +39 92 £340 +21.42%
London +64 46 £388 +37.77%
City of London +33 18 £415 +32.27%
South East -20 11 £250 -17.35%
Scotland - 10 £365 -
East Midlands +8 8 - -
South West +31 7 £500 +66.66%
Renfrewshire - 7 £370 -
Erskine - 7 £370 -
North West - 7 £225 -
Yorkshire 0 5 £363 +45.00%
Harrow - 5 £283 -
Gloucestershire - 5 £500 -
West Midlands +11 4 - -
Surrey +8 4 £200 -50.00%
North East +5 4 £265 +26.19%
Tyne and Wear +5 4 £265 +20.45%
Newcastle upon Tyne -1 4 £265 +15.21%
Hampshire -8 4 £303 -28.82%
York - 4 £363 -
North Yorkshire - 4 £363 -
Staines -9 3 £200 -50.00%
Glasgow - 3 £360 -
Cheshire - 3 £225 -
East of England +12 2 £313 -3.84%
Berkshire +3 2 £340 +21.42%
Hertfordshire +2 2 £313 -3.84%
Staffordshire - 2 - -
Lancashire - 2 - -
Kent - 2 £235 -

Build Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 103 (54.50%) Windows
2 50 (26.46%) Microsoft
3 48 (25.40%) C#
4 46 (24.34%) Security Cleared
5 44 (23.28%) Windows 7
6 39 (20.63%) Team Foundation Server
7 36 (19.05%) Linux
8 34 (17.99%) MSBuild
9 30 (15.87%) PowerShell
9 30 (15.87%) SQL
10 29 (15.34%) .NET
11 28 (14.81%) UNIX
12 27 (14.29%) Windows XP
13 26 (13.76%) VMware
13 26 (13.76%) Continuous Integration
14 25 (13.23%) CruiseControl
15 24 (12.70%) Cisco
16 22 (11.64%) Java
16 22 (11.64%) Banking
17 21 (11.11%) Visual Studio
17 21 (11.11%) Red Hat
18 20 (10.58%) Active Directory
18 20 (10.58%) SCCM
18 20 (10.58%) SC Cleared
19 19 (10.05%) Workflow
19 19 (10.05%) MS Office
19 19 (10.05%) C++
20 18 (9.524%) VBScript
20 18 (9.524%) C
20 18 (9.524%) MS Excel

Build Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 29 (15.34%) .NET
2 14 (7.407%) XML
3 13 (6.878%) .NET Framework
4 10 (5.291%) XML Schema
5 8 (4.233%) ASP.NET
6 7 (3.704%) J2EE
7 5 (2.646%) JMS
7 5 (2.646%) J2ME
7 5 (2.646%) Spring
7 5 (2.646%) Hibernate
7 5 (2.646%) WF
7 5 (2.646%) RESTful
7 5 (2.646%) JPA
8 4 (2.116%) WebSphere
9 3 (1.587%) WCF
10 2 (1.058%) Application Packaging
10 2 (1.058%) HTML
10 2 (1.058%) Web Services
11 1 (0.529%) Middleware
11 1 (0.529%) COM
Application Platforms
1 12 (6.349%) Windows Azure
2 11 (5.820%) Google App Engine
3 7 (3.704%) MS Exchange
3 7 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (3.704%) SharePoint Server
3 7 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (3.175%) IIS
5 5 (2.646%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.646%) GlassFish
6 4 (2.116%) WebLogic
6 4 (2.116%) MQSeries
6 4 (2.116%) Apache
6 4 (2.116%) Tomcat
7 2 (1.058%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (1.058%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (1.058%) SAS
7 2 (1.058%) FileNet
8 1 (0.529%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (0.529%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 19 (10.05%) MS Office
2 18 (9.524%) MS Excel
3 7 (3.704%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.529%) Doxygen
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.466%) Firewall
2 13 (6.878%) VPN
3 12 (6.349%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.291%) VoIP
5 9 (4.762%) ADSL
5 9 (4.762%) IP Telephony
6 8 (4.233%) LLU
6 8 (4.233%) DSL
7 5 (2.646%) Internet
8 4 (2.116%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (2.116%) BIG-IP
8 4 (2.116%) Broadband
8 4 (2.116%) PBX
8 4 (2.116%) 3G
9 3 (1.587%) WAN
9 3 (1.587%) LDAP
9 3 (1.587%) iSCSI
9 3 (1.587%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (1.587%) NAS
10 2 (1.058%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.233%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.175%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (3.175%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (2.646%) MySQL
3 5 (2.646%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.058%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.058%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.529%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.529%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.529%) DB2
5 1 (0.529%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (0.529%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 39 (20.63%) Team Foundation Server
2 34 (17.99%) MSBuild
3 25 (13.23%) CruiseControl
4 21 (11.11%) Visual Studio
5 17 (8.995%) Jenkins
6 15 (7.937%) Maven
6 15 (7.937%) Hudson
7 13 (6.878%) NUnit
8 8 (4.233%) MSI
9 7 (3.704%) Subversion
9 7 (3.704%) JIRA
10 6 (3.175%) WiX
11 5 (2.646%) InstallShield
11 5 (2.646%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 5 (2.646%) JUnit
11 5 (2.646%) WATIR
11 5 (2.646%) Selenium
11 5 (2.646%) Cucumber
11 5 (2.646%) RSpec
12 4 (2.116%) TeamCity
General
1 22 (11.64%) Banking
2 17 (8.995%) Finance
3 15 (7.937%) Telecoms
4 13 (6.878%) Games
5 12 (6.349%) Investment Banking
6 5 (2.646%) Marketing
7 2 (1.058%) Billing
8 1 (0.529%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.937%) Cloud Computing
2 11 (5.820%) Cryptography
3 10 (5.291%) Blackberry
4 9 (4.762%) Thin Client
4 9 (4.762%) Fat Client
5 8 (4.233%) Clustering
6 7 (3.704%) Taxonomies
7 6 (3.175%) CESG
7 6 (3.175%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.587%) Computer Science
9 2 (1.058%) Online Games
10 1 (0.529%) NHS
10 1 (0.529%) HACMP
10 1 (0.529%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.529%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.529%) PKI
10 1 (0.529%) Mathematics
10 1 (0.529%) CMDB
10 1 (0.529%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.529%) LPAR
Operating Systems
1 103 (54.50%) Windows
2 44 (23.28%) Windows 7
3 36 (19.05%) Linux
4 28 (14.81%) UNIX
5 27 (14.29%) Windows XP
6 13 (6.878%) Windows Server 2008
7 8 (4.233%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (3.704%) AIX
8 7 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (3.175%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (2.116%) CentOS
10 4 (2.116%) Ubuntu
10 4 (2.116%) Debian
11 3 (1.587%) Solaris
12 1 (0.529%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.529%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.529%) HPUX
12 1 (0.529%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (13.76%) Continuous Integration
2 19 (10.05%) Workflow
3 16 (8.466%) Configuration Management
4 14 (7.407%) Migration
5 13 (6.878%) Release Management
6 11 (5.820%) Scrum
6 11 (5.820%) Game Development
6 11 (5.820%) Security Architecture
7 10 (5.291%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (4.762%) Service Delivery
8 9 (4.762%) Change Management
9 8 (4.233%) TDD
10 7 (3.704%) ITIL
10 7 (3.704%) Document Management
10 7 (3.704%) Integration Testing
10 7 (3.704%) Performance Management
10 7 (3.704%) Build Automation
11 6 (3.175%) Software Engineering
11 6 (3.175%) SOA
12 5 (2.646%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (25.40%) C#
2 30 (15.87%) PowerShell
2 30 (15.87%) SQL
3 22 (11.64%) Java
4 19 (10.05%) C++
5 18 (9.524%) VBScript
5 18 (9.524%) C
6 15 (7.937%) Lua
7 9 (4.762%) VB
8 8 (4.233%) Perl
9 5 (2.646%) Ruby
10 4 (2.116%) VB.NET
10 4 (2.116%) Python
11 3 (1.587%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.058%) PHP
Qualifications
1 46 (24.34%) Security Cleared
2 20 (10.58%) SC Cleared
3 18 (9.524%) DV Cleared
4 10 (5.291%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (4.762%) MCP
6 5 (2.646%) Degree
7 4 (2.116%) MCSE
7 4 (2.116%) CISSP
8 3 (1.587%) HNC
8 3 (1.587%) HND
9 2 (1.058%) BC Cleared
9 2 (1.058%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.058%) CCNP
10 1 (0.529%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.529%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.529%) CISM
10 1 (0.529%) CEH
10 1 (0.529%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.233%) QA
2 4 (2.116%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.529%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (10.58%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.878%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.175%) vSphere
4 4 (2.116%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (2.116%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (1.587%) XenApp
6 2 (1.058%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.529%) Xen
7 1 (0.529%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.529%) XenServer
7 1 (0.529%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 20 (10.58%) SCCM
2 9 (4.762%) Puppet
3 7 (3.704%) SCOM
4 4 (2.116%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (2.116%) Nagios
5 3 (1.587%) Cacti
6 1 (0.529%) WSUS
6 1 (0.529%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.529%) CA Wily
6 1 (0.529%) YUM
Vendors
1 50 (26.46%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.76%) VMware
3 24 (12.70%) Cisco
4 21 (11.11%) Red Hat
5 18 (9.524%) HP
6 14 (7.407%) Oracle
7 12 (6.349%) Citrix
7 12 (6.349%) Juniper
8 11 (5.820%) Google
9 8 (4.233%) Lumension
9 8 (4.233%) JBoss
9 8 (4.233%) BT
9 8 (4.233%) Sophos
10 7 (3.704%) Dell
11 6 (3.175%) CheckPoint
12 5 (2.646%) IBM
13 4 (2.116%) Aastra
13 4 (2.116%) F5
13 4 (2.116%) Siebel
13 4 (2.116%) EMC
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