MSBuild Contracts

Microsoft MSBuild
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring MSBuild skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MSBuild over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 681
Rank change year-on-year - - +167
Contract jobs citing MSBuild 0 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - - 0.007%
As % of the Development Applications category - - 0.051%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £508
25th Percentile - - £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £563
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile - - £616
90th Percentile - - £621
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Development Application Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,567 5,362 7,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.58% 12.33% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,063 3,565 5,520
10th Percentile £331 £355 £363
25th Percentile £408 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £650
90th Percentile £693 £725 £757
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 248 232
10th Percentile £20.98 £30.28 £46.19
25th Percentile £47.36 £46.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £59.50 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +4.00% +18.72%
75th Percentile £72.81 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £86.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +11.82%

MSBuild
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing MSBuild as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for MSBuild in the UK

MSBuild
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for MSBuild in the UK

MSBuild
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for MSBuild in the UK