Windows Support Engineer Contracts in the North West

Windows Support Engineer
England > North West

The median Windows Support Engineer daily rate in the North West is £141 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 152 178
Rank change year-on-year +15 +26 -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer 4 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.14% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.16% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
10th Percentile - - £164
25th Percentile £122 £173 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £141 £175 £180
Median % change year-on-year -19.43% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £167 £178 £193
90th Percentile £179 - £194
England median daily rate £175 £195 £200
% change year-on-year -10.26% -2.50% -28.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 2,622 3,055 3,850
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 94.64% 96.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,725 2,198 2,821
10th Percentile £281 £300 £206
25th Percentile £394 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +9.11%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £560
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 138 178
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.18 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +12.83%
75th Percentile £46.18 £46.51 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Windows Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Windows Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Support Engineer in the North West

Windows Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Support Engineer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Windows Support Engineer in the North West

Windows Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Support Engineer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Support Engineer in the North West

Windows Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Support Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Merseyside +16 2 £168 -4.29%
Cheshire - 2 £122 - 1
Windows Support Engineer
England

Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Windows Support 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 across the North West region featuring Windows Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) SLA

Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (50.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Apple
2 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow