Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bolton

Windows Engineer
Manchester > Bolton

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in Bolton is £185, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 2.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £178 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 - -
75th Percentile £193 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £185 £500 £431
% change year-on-year -63.00% +15.94% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bolton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 35 12 34
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 77.78% 92.31% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 17
10th Percentile £272 £363 £320
25th Percentile £413 £423 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £469 £475
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -1.32% +79.25%
75th Percentile £623 £499 £500
90th Percentile £624 £520 £510
Manchester median daily rate £458 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -8.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 4
10th Percentile £18.05 - £45.33
25th Percentile £22.16 - £61.19
Median hourly rate £22.47 £100.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -77.53% +42.86% +54.65%
75th Percentile £29.85 - -
90th Percentile £56.84 - -
Manchester median hourly rate £21.71 £31.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -29.98% +63.16% -2.56%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in Bolton

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

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

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

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 22 September 2025, 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 Bolton region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
17 Windows Engineer jobs in England