Build Engineer
UK

The median Build Engineer salary in the UK is £63,213 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

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

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 903 937 1158
Rank change year-on-year +34 +221 -264
Permanent jobs requiring a Build Engineer 8 27 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% 0.027% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.030% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 6 19 54
10th Percentile £39,000 £22,750 £22,150
25th Percentile £44,106 £42,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,213 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.40% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £57,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £80,625 £57,750 £56,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 94,668 90,468 156,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.50% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,568 57,123 85,131
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,325 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.24% +6.65% +5.26%

Build Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Build Engineer in the UK

Build Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Build Engineer.

Salary trend for Build Engineer in the UK

Build Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Build Engineer over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Build Engineer in the UK

Build Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Build Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +77 8 £63,213 +20.40% 15
London +108 4 £80,000 +52.38%
UK excluding London -48 4 £45,000 -14.29% 14
South East - 2 £48,925 - 9
East of England +3 1 £45,000 +83.67%
South West - 1 £36,000 -

Build Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, Build Engineer 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 permanent job ads featuring Build Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Python
1 4 (50.00%) Bash
2 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
3 2 (25.00%) GitLab
3 2 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Fintech
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) Firmware
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) QA
4 1 (12.50%) Release Management
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) SCCM
4 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) FPGA
4 1 (12.50%) XenApp
4 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
4 1 (12.50%) Sysprep
4 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Anthos
1 1 (12.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (12.50%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
2 2 (25.00%) GitLab
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (12.50%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows NT
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (25.00%) Fintech
2 1 (12.50%) Converged Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (12.50%) Desktop Virtualisation
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
2 1 (12.50%) OO
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
2 1 (12.50%) Release Management
2 1 (12.50%) Server Building
2 1 (12.50%) Service Management
2 1 (12.50%) Storage Management
2 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Bash
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C#
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (25.00%) Firmware
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (12.50%) NFS
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (12.50%) XenApp
2 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) Sysprep
1 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft