Build Engineer Contracts

Build Engineer
UK

The median Build Engineer daily rate in the UK is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 555 625
Rank change year-on-year +66 +70 +166
Contract jobs requiring a Build Engineer 50 35 60
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.081% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.087% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 26 41
10th Percentile £182 £170 £160
25th Percentile £185 £297 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £575 £250
Median % change year-on-year -52.17% +130.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £469 - £580
90th Percentile £475 £675 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £315 £575 £345
% change year-on-year -45.22% +66.67% +72.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £13.95
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £15.10 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.56% -8.48% -8.33%
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - £22.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £15.10 £16.50
% change year-on-year +66.56% -8.48% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 28,823 40,432 52,711
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 93.00% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,389 25,993 36,631
10th Percentile £288 £285 £313
25th Percentile £401 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,297 2,846 1,533
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.65 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +68.63%
75th Percentile £55.25 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.45 £74.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +96.08%

Build Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Build Engineer in the UK

Build Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Build Engineer in the UK

Build Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Build Engineer over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Build Engineer in the UK

Build Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Build Engineer in the UK

Build Engineer
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 3 July 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
England +69 46 £275 -52.17% 20
UK excluding London +36 33 £315 -45.22% 13
London +55 15 £213 -69.64% 5
South West +43 12 £338 +35.00% 1
Work from Home +40 8 £463 - 1
North of England +11 7 £360 +24.57% 1
South East +26 6 £220 -61.74% 3
Midlands +17 5 £150 -58.33% 6
North West - 5 £455 -
West Midlands - 3 £150 - 4
Scotland - 3 - -
East Midlands +3 2 - - 1
Yorkshire +3 1 £185 -35.99% 1
North East - 1 £275 -

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, 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 featuring Build Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (56.00%) Windows
2 12 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (24.00%) Security Cleared
3 11 (22.00%) SC Cleared
3 11 (22.00%) Azure
3 11 (22.00%) Active Directory
4 10 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 10 (20.00%) SCCM
4 10 (20.00%) DevOps
5 8 (16.00%) GitLab
5 8 (16.00%) PowerShell
5 8 (16.00%) Finance
5 8 (16.00%) Onboarding
6 7 (14.00%) Application Packaging
6 7 (14.00%) Java
6 7 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (12.00%) AWS
7 6 (12.00%) Server Building
8 5 (10.00%) GCP
8 5 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
8 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (10.00%) Linux
8 5 (10.00%) Migration
8 5 (10.00%) VMware
8 5 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
9 4 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
9 4 (8.00%) Retail

Build Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (2.00%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.00%) Azure
2 7 (14.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (12.00%) AWS
4 5 (10.00%) GCP
5 4 (8.00%) GitHub
6 1 (2.00%) Azure AKS
6 1 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.00%) DHCP
2 2 (4.00%) DMZ
2 2 (4.00%) Firewall
2 2 (4.00%) VPN
3 1 (2.00%) DNS
3 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Apache Hive
1 1 (2.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) GitLab
2 2 (4.00%) Clang
2 2 (4.00%) GCC
2 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.00%) Maven
2 2 (4.00%) TeamCity
3 1 (2.00%) Artifactory
3 1 (2.00%) CMake
3 1 (2.00%) Gradle
3 1 (2.00%) Subversion
General
1 10 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Finance
3 4 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.00%) Retail
4 3 (6.00%) Banking
4 3 (6.00%) Military
5 2 (4.00%) Electronics
5 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.00%) Marketing
5 2 (4.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.00%) International Banking
6 1 (2.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) Bazel
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 28 (56.00%) Windows
2 5 (10.00%) Linux
3 4 (8.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (8.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.00%) CI/CD
1 10 (20.00%) DevOps
2 7 (14.00%) Application Packaging
3 6 (12.00%) Server Building
4 5 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
4 5 (10.00%) Migration
4 5 (10.00%) Platform Engineering
5 4 (8.00%) Asset Management
5 4 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (6.00%) Build Automation
6 3 (6.00%) Data Protection
7 2 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (4.00%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (4.00%) Logistics
7 2 (4.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (4.00%) Product Management
7 2 (4.00%) Programme Management
8 1 (2.00%) Break/Fix
8 1 (2.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (14.00%) Java
3 3 (6.00%) C
3 3 (6.00%) C++
3 3 (6.00%) Python
4 2 (4.00%) Bash
4 2 (4.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.00%) C#
5 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (22.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.00%) Degree
5 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (22.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) Docker
2 3 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.00%) BitLocker
4 1 (2.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (20.00%) SCCM
2 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (6.00%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (4.00%) Terraform
5 1 (2.00%) Ansible
5 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (24.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) VMware
3 4 (8.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (6.00%) Apple
4 3 (6.00%) Dell
5 2 (4.00%) Citrix
5 2 (4.00%) CyberArk
5 2 (4.00%) SAP
6 1 (2.00%) Cloudera
6 1 (2.00%) Databricks
6 1 (2.00%) Juniper
6 1 (2.00%) MobileIron
6 1 (2.00%) NetApp
6 1 (2.00%) Okta
6 1 (2.00%) Snow