Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Windows Engineer
UK > England

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in England is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 399 411 370
Rank change year-on-year +12 -41 +156
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 151 100 188
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.48% 0.34% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.37% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 80 156
10th Percentile £156 £176 £151
25th Percentile £185 £245 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £325 £461
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -29.54% +8.53%
75th Percentile £500 £449 £590
90th Percentile £589 £576 £675
UK median daily rate £275 £328 £450
% change year-on-year -16.03% -27.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 0 4
10th Percentile £19.55 - £29.39
25th Percentile £20.50 - £45.05
Median hourly rate £22.00 - £57.50
75th Percentile £25.15 - £70.44
90th Percentile - - £86.98
UK median hourly rate £22.00 - £57.50
% change year-on-year - - +238.24%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,658 27,111 34,658
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.91% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,308 16,895 23,809
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,754 870 1,350
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £15.31
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.25 £19.62
Median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.85 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Windows Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Windows Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in England

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in England

Windows Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
London -17 45 £438 +9.38% 2
South East +8 35 £260 -13.33% 11
East of England +3 20 £369 +44.61% 5
South West +10 18 £300 -9.24% 5
Midlands -18 18 £200 - 8
North of England -42 18 £200 -38.46% 6
Yorkshire -37 11 £400 - 4
West Midlands -29 9 £200 - 6
East Midlands - 9 £254 - 1
North West -29 7 £185 +5.71% 2
Windows Engineer
UK

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Windows Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 139 (92.05%) Windows
2 68 (45.03%) Windows 10
3 65 (43.05%) Microsoft
4 54 (35.76%) Security Cleared
5 46 (30.46%) SCCM
6 45 (29.80%) Migration
6 45 (29.80%) SC Cleared
7 35 (23.18%) Active Directory
8 34 (22.52%) PowerShell
9 29 (19.21%) Microsoft 365
10 25 (16.56%) Azure
10 25 (16.56%) Windows Server
11 23 (15.23%) VMware
11 23 (15.23%) Workflow
12 22 (14.57%) Microsoft Intune
12 22 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
12 22 (14.57%) Workflow Management
13 18 (11.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 16 (10.60%) Business Intelligence
14 16 (10.60%) Digital Marketing
14 16 (10.60%) Programme Management
14 16 (10.60%) SAP
15 14 (9.27%) Logistics
15 14 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
16 13 (8.61%) Customer Service
17 11 (7.28%) ITIL
18 10 (6.62%) HP
18 10 (6.62%) ServiceNow
19 9 (5.96%) Linux
19 9 (5.96%) OneDrive

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (19.21%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (16.56%) Azure
3 9 (5.96%) OneDrive
4 7 (4.64%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.65%) AWS
6 1 (0.66%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.66%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.64%) Firewall
2 6 (3.97%) 4G
2 6 (3.97%) DNS
2 6 (3.97%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.97%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (2.65%) DHCP
3 4 (2.65%) VPN
4 3 (1.99%) LAN
5 2 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.32%) Wireless
6 1 (0.66%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.66%) Network Security
6 1 (0.66%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.32%) Git
2 1 (0.66%) GoCD
2 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.66%) Postman
2 1 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 59 (39.07%) Social Skills
2 27 (17.88%) Finance
3 26 (17.22%) Public Sector
4 19 (12.58%) Marketing
5 16 (10.60%) Electronics
5 16 (10.60%) Manufacturing
5 16 (10.60%) Telecoms
6 11 (7.28%) Banking
7 10 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (4.64%) Retail
9 5 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.32%) Law
10 2 (1.32%) Local Government
10 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.66%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.66%) International Banking
11 1 (0.66%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.66%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.31%) Hedge funds
2 4 (2.65%) NHS
2 4 (2.65%) Replication
3 3 (1.99%) Client/Server
3 3 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (1.99%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.99%) PKI
4 2 (1.32%) Chip and PIN
4 2 (1.32%) Clustering
4 2 (1.32%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.32%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.32%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.66%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 139 (92.05%) Windows
2 68 (45.03%) Windows 10
3 25 (16.56%) Windows Server
4 9 (5.96%) Linux
5 4 (2.65%) Android
5 4 (2.65%) Mac OS
5 4 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.99%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.99%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.66%) CentOS
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (29.80%) Migration
2 23 (15.23%) Workflow
3 22 (14.57%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (14.57%) Workflow Management
4 18 (11.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 16 (10.60%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (10.60%) Digital Marketing
5 16 (10.60%) Programme Management
6 14 (9.27%) Logistics
7 13 (8.61%) Customer Service
8 11 (7.28%) ITIL
9 7 (4.64%) DevOps
9 7 (4.64%) Time Management
10 6 (3.97%) Agile
10 6 (3.97%) Configuration Management
10 6 (3.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (3.97%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (3.97%) Security Operations
11 5 (3.31%) Information Security
12 4 (2.65%) Application Packaging
Programming Languages
1 34 (22.52%) PowerShell
2 6 (3.97%) SQL
3 3 (1.99%) Python
4 1 (0.66%) Bash
4 1 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.66%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 54 (35.76%) Security Cleared
2 45 (29.80%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.30%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.31%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.65%) Degree
7 2 (1.32%) MCSE
8 1 (0.66%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.66%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.66%) MCITP
8 1 (0.66%) MCSA
8 1 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.64%) QA
2 4 (2.65%) GDPR
3 3 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (23.18%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.65%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.65%) VMware Workstation
3 4 (2.65%) vSphere
4 3 (1.99%) Docker
5 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.66%) Firmware
6 1 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 46 (30.46%) SCCM
2 22 (14.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.31%) Ansible
3 5 (3.31%) SCOM
4 4 (2.65%) vRealize
5 3 (1.99%) QRadar
6 2 (1.32%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.32%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.66%) FreeIPA
7 1 (0.66%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.66%) Puppet
7 1 (0.66%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (43.05%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.23%) VMware
3 16 (10.60%) SAP
4 10 (6.62%) HP
4 10 (6.62%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.31%) Apple
5 5 (3.31%) Citrix
5 5 (3.31%) Dell
6 4 (2.65%) Cisco
6 4 (2.65%) Qualys
6 4 (2.65%) Veeam
7 3 (1.99%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.32%) BMC
8 2 (1.32%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.32%) Computacenter
8 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.32%) Varonis
9 1 (0.66%) Oracle
9 1 (0.66%) Remedy
9 1 (0.66%) Sophos
37 Windows Engineer jobs in England