Windows Systems Engineer Contracts

Windows System Engineer
UK

The median Windows System Engineer daily rate in the UK is £263 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 689 842
Rank change year-on-year +114 +153 -179
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Systems Engineer 4 11 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.018% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.019% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 14
10th Percentile - £417 £376
25th Percentile £126 £464 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -45.77% -3.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £481 £535 £544
90th Percentile £538 £573 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £126 £400 £415
% change year-on-year -68.50% -3.61% -5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £17.13
25th Percentile - - £18.44
Median hourly rate - - £23.75
75th Percentile - - £30.94
90th Percentile - - £33.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £17.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

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

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Windows Systems Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Systems Engineer in the UK

Windows Systems Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Systems Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Windows Systems Engineer in the UK

Windows Systems Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Systems Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Systems Engineer in the UK

Windows Systems Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Systems Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Systems Engineer in the UK

Windows Systems Engineer
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Systems Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +109 2 £475 -6.86% 2
London +108 2 £475 -8.65% 2
UK excluding London +69 2 £126 -68.50%
Scotland - 2 £126 -
Work from Home +114 1 £550 +17.02% 1

Windows Systems Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Windows Systems 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 featuring Windows Systems Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) Mac OS X
3 2 (50.00%) Apple
3 2 (50.00%) Time Management
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Terraform
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (25.00%) WSUS
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Dell

Windows Systems 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
1 1 (25.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Apple
3 1 (25.00%) Dell
3 1 (25.00%) EMC
3 1 (25.00%) VMware