Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Windows Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in Dorset is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 2.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - -
South West median daily rate £245 £330 £610
% change year-on-year -25.83% -45.90% +62.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 85 100 241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.59% 93.46% 97.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 60 132
10th Percentile £154 £223 £170
25th Percentile £188 £383 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +6.06%
75th Percentile £540 £553 £650
90th Percentile £675 £676 £788
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 61
10th Percentile - - £14.50
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £17.50
Median hourly rate £16.85 £15.22 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -73.07% +186.61%
75th Percentile £21.50 £15.62 £61.99
90th Percentile £25.15 £20.40 £69.62
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -48.46% +14.22% -12.45%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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 Dorset.

Windows Engineer job vacancy trend in Dorset

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Windows Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

Windows Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 13 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
Poole - 1 £190 -
Windows Engineer
South West

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 13 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 Dorset region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service