MSBuild Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft MSBuild
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for MSBuild skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited MSBuild over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 469 604
Rank change year-on-year - +135 -128
Contract jobs citing MSBuild 0 2 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.008% 0.036%
As % of the Development Applications category - 0.051% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 11
10th Percentile - £523 £600
25th Percentile - £556 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +14.04%
75th Percentile - £706 £750
90th Percentile - £748 -
UK median daily rate - £563 £750
% change year-on-year - -25.00% +31.58%

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

MSBuild is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,842 3,905 8,305
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 12.09% 15.26% 18.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,321 2,799 5,996
10th Percentile £360 £394 £385
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.96% +3.81% +9.20%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £626
90th Percentile £700 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 111 102
10th Percentile £27.62 £44.60 -
25th Percentile £47.06 £54.38 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90.00 £70.00 £61.61
90th Percentile - £82.50 £67.45
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year +5.69% +22.14% +11.89%

MSBuild
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing MSBuild as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

MSBuild trend for jobs with a WFH option

MSBuild
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing MSBuild.

MSBuild daily rate for jobs with a WFH option