MSMQ Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MSMQ skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 - 405
Rank change year-on-year - - +111
Contract jobs citing MSMQ 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% - 0.020%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.090% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £683
25th Percentile £620 - £694
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - £725
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.00%
75th Percentile £660 - £750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £640 - £713
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,334 2,888 3,586
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.79% 17.53% 17.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,208 1,747 2,491
10th Percentile £325 £340 £325
25th Percentile £400 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £657 £686 £678
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 91 145
10th Percentile £31.25 £22.00 £40.69
25th Percentile £44.75 £44.34 £46.18
Median hourly rate £64.00 £65.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +23.81% -19.23%
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.00 £77.80
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.66% -13.05%

MSMQ
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

MSMQ job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

MSMQ
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MSMQ.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MSMQ

MSMQ
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MSMQ.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing MSMQ

MSMQ
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MSMQ within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 November 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 - 2 - -
North of England - 2 - -
South East - 1 £640 - 1
MSMQ
UK

MSMQ
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Engineering Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Software Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) COM
2 1 (33.33%) COM+
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting
2 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Focus Group
2 2 (66.67%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (66.67%) People Management
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft