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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 533 584
Rank change year-on-year +15 +51 +185
Contract jobs citing MSMQ 3 1 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.003% 0.028%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.048% 0.014% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £688
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £575 £745
90th Percentile - - £750
UK median daily rate - £550 £688
% change year-on-year - -20.00% +44.74%

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 6,305 7,355 9,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.70% 22.33% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,266 4,834 6,835
10th Percentile £350 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £550 £555
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -0.90% -3.48%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £810 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 179 170
10th Percentile £31.54 £27.60 £36.51
25th Percentile £43.00 £43.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.36 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.19% +5.59% -5.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £72.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.57 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £54.70 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -11.20% +2.67% -4.00%

MSMQ
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for MSMQ 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 20 September 2025. 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
Yorkshire - 3 - -
North of England - 3 - -
MSMQ
UK

MSMQ
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Engineering Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 3 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 3 (100.00%) Matrix Organization
1 3 (100.00%) People Management
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (100.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) PMP