Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Windows Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in the East Midlands is £171, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 66 65
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 11 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.40% 0.51% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 0.55% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 4
10th Percentile - £231 -
25th Percentile - £269 £198
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £171 £343 £215
Median % change year-on-year -50.07% +59.30% -17.94%
75th Percentile £254 £419 £295
90th Percentile £304 £460 £408
England median daily rate £300 £350 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% -30.00% +50.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 0
10th Percentile £15.12 - -
25th Percentile £20.14 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £23.31 £23.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year +1.33% -40.65% +93.75%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 719 732 812
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.59% 93.37% 93.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 440 586
10th Percentile £190 £250 £213
25th Percentile £331 £356 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £500 £566 £600
90th Percentile £625 £622 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 52 47
10th Percentile £16.17 £12.71 £12.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £14.20 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.39 £20.80 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +3.98% +13.90%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £26.10 £51.91 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £44.75
% change year-on-year -45.54% +3.20% +71.00%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in the East Midlands

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Engineer in the East Midlands

Windows Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in the East Midlands

Windows Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Nottinghamshire +3 7 - -
Derbyshire +1 2 £171 - 1
Leicestershire - 1 - -
Lincolnshire - 1 £338 -
Windows Engineer
England

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 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 East Midlands region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (45.45%) HP
3 5 (45.45%) Retail
4 4 (36.36%) QA
4 4 (36.36%) Time Management
4 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (18.18%) Coaching
5 2 (18.18%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (18.18%) Break/Fix
5 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 1 (9.09%) Migration
6 1 (9.09%) SCCM
6 1 (9.09%) Application Packaging
6 1 (9.09%) Azure
6 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
6 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
6 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
6 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (9.09%) Security Posture

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Remote Desktop
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Retail
3 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Time Management
3 2 (18.18%) Break/Fix
3 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 1 (9.09%) Application Packaging
4 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) HP