Microsoft MSBuild
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 684 | 816 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +132 | -108 |
| Contract jobs citing MSBuild | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.005% | 0.032% |
| As % of the Development Applications category | - | 0.036% | 0.18% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £505 | £600 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £513 | £650 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £550 | £750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -26.67% | +31.58% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £594 | £765 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £605 | £788 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £82.75 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £83.50 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £84.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Development Application Skills
UK
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 requirement for development application skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 5,140 | 8,407 | 15,718 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 12.07% | 14.76% | 17.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,456 | 5,932 | 11,071 |
| 10th Percentile | £355 | £375 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £458 | £460 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £663 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 205 | 229 | 206 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.23 | £42.61 | £37.12 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £53.75 | £39.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £65.00 | £61.50 | £52.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +17.70% | +14.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £72.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.45 | £82.50 | £75.42 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £65.00 | £61.50 | £55.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +11.82% | +20.88% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing MSBuild as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MSBuild.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MSBuild.