Software Build Engineer Contracts

Software Build Engineer
UK

The median Software Build Engineer daily rate in the UK is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 700 -
Rank change year-on-year +119 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Build Engineer 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% 0.005% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.005% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £604 -
25th Percentile £725 £624 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £670 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.94% - -
75th Percentile £775 £729 -
90th Percentile - £757 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £670 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Software Build Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Build Engineer in the UK

Software Build Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Software Build Engineer in the UK

Software Build Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Software Build Engineer in the UK

Software Build Engineer
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Build Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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 +95 1 £750 +11.94% 2
London - 1 £750 -

Software Build Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Software 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 Software Build Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Management
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
1 1 (100.00%) Bazel

Software 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Bazel
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python