Windows Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Windows Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 145 155
Rank change year-on-year +34 +10 -26
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 29 6 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.08% 0.20% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 0.22% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 6 15
10th Percentile £225 £281 £130
25th Percentile - £375 £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £481 £175
Median % change year-on-year +19.48% +175.00% -30.00%
75th Percentile - £519 £436
90th Percentile - £528 £450
South East median daily rate £575 £353 £238
% change year-on-year +63.12% +48.42% -35.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.00 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - -56.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,507 2,770 3,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 94.31% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,429 1,919 2,284
10th Percentile £210 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.16% +8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 103
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £64.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in the Thames Valley

Windows Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Windows Engineer in the Thames Valley

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Engineer in the Thames Valley

Windows Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Engineer in the Thames Valley

Windows Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Berkshire +16 23 £575 +43.75% 3
Buckinghamshire +32 6 £225 -56.10%
Windows Engineer
South East

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Windows 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 Thames Valley region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (89.66%) Microsoft
3 24 (82.76%) Active Directory
3 24 (82.76%) SCCM
3 24 (82.76%) Windows 10
3 24 (82.76%) Customer Service
4 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
4 23 (79.31%) Security Cleared
5 22 (75.86%) Windows Server 2012
5 22 (75.86%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (72.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (72.41%) Deployment Automation
6 21 (72.41%) Windows Server
6 21 (72.41%) Sysprep
6 21 (72.41%) DV Cleared
6 21 (72.41%) Firmware
6 21 (72.41%) ITIL
6 21 (72.41%) Windows NT
6 21 (72.41%) Service Management
6 21 (72.41%) WSUS
6 21 (72.41%) QA
6 21 (72.41%) Release Management
6 21 (72.41%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
7 3 (10.34%) Azure
7 3 (10.34%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (6.90%) VPN
8 2 (6.90%) SLA

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Azure
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Git
1 1 (3.45%) Selenium
General
1 23 (79.31%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 29 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (82.76%) Windows 10
3 22 (75.86%) Windows Server 2012
3 22 (75.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 21 (72.41%) Windows NT
4 21 (72.41%) Windows Server
4 21 (72.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (82.76%) Customer Service
2 21 (72.41%) Deployment Automation
2 21 (72.41%) ITIL
2 21 (72.41%) Release Management
2 21 (72.41%) Service Management
2 21 (72.41%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (10.34%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (6.90%) Business Strategy
4 2 (6.90%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (6.90%) Information Security
4 2 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (3.45%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.45%) Migration
5 1 (3.45%) Project Management
5 1 (3.45%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (3.45%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Bash
1 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (79.31%) Security Cleared
2 21 (72.41%) DV Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) ACMT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (72.41%) QA
2 2 (6.90%) SLA
3 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
System Software
1 24 (82.76%) Active Directory
2 21 (72.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (82.76%) SCCM
2 21 (72.41%) Sysprep
2 21 (72.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (89.66%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Apple