MicroStation Contract Job Trends

Bentley Systems MicroStation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring MicroStation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 669 550 559
Rank change year-on-year -119 +9 +92
Contract jobs citing MicroStation 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
As % of the Applications category 0.10% 0.072% 0.080%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £325 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% - -
75th Percentile £538 £375 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £350 -
% change year-on-year +50.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.65
25th Percentile £24.25 - £18.88
Median hourly rate £24.50 - £24.25
75th Percentile £24.75 - £29.63
90th Percentile - - £32.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 - £24.25
% change year-on-year - - -46.11%

All Software Application Skills
UK

MicroStation falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring software application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 2,876 2,764 2,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 5.32% 8.52% 6.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,516 1,548 1,422
10th Percentile £210 £200 £170
25th Percentile £313 £300 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £402
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +5.85% -5.53%
75th Percentile £553 £546 £525
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +2.50% +6.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 411 344 276
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.90 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.02 £15.15
Median hourly rate £19.33 £24.81 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year -22.09% +39.77% -21.15%
75th Percentile £35.17 £35.00 £36.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £56.37 £57.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.58 £22.50 £16.23
% change year-on-year -17.44% +38.63% -24.51%

MicroStation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

MicroStation job vacancy trend in the UK

MicroStation
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MicroStation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MicroStation

MicroStation
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MicroStation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing MicroStation

MicroStation
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MicroStation within the UK over the 6 months to 8 September 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
UK excluding London -102 3 £525 +50.00% 14
England -121 3 £525 +50.00% 24
Work from Home - 1 - - 12
East of England - 1 £525 -
North of England - 1 - - 4
North West - 1 - - 3
South East - 1 - - 4

MicroStation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 1 (33.33%) ArcGIS
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) Smallworld
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) AutoCAD
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Autodesk Inventor
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) ProjectWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DWDM
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Fibre Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CAD
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Data Entry
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Information Management
2 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Network Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Process Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Autodesk
3 1 (33.33%) TOWER Software