MSMQ Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring MSMQ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 483 554
Rank change year-on-year -77 +71 +137
Contract jobs citing MSMQ 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% 0.004% 0.003%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.013% 0.017% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £620 - £763
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +87.88%
75th Percentile £660 - £788
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £640 - £775
% change year-on-year - - +87.88%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

MSMQ falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,439 5,858 7,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 21.90% 22.47% 20.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,974 3,789 5,513
10th Percentile £358 £363 £350
25th Percentile £416 £428 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £660 £660
90th Percentile £738 £788 £752
UK median daily rate £513 £538 £534
% change year-on-year -4.65% +0.66% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 75 179
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.35 £23.75
25th Percentile £51.06 £47.38 £45.44
Median hourly rate £63.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £69.39 £66.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.85 £76.26 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +2.40% +13.64% -15.38%

MSMQ
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MSMQ relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

MSMQ job vacancy trend in England

MSMQ
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSMQ.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSMQ

MSMQ
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSMQ.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing MSMQ

MSMQ
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 MSMQ within the England region over the 6 months to 12 February 2026. 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 - 1 £640 -
MSMQ
UK

MSMQ
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) COM
1 1 (100.00%) COM+
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Artefact Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft