Windows Engineer Contracts in England

Windows Engineer
UK > England

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in England is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 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
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 337 426 472
Rank change year-on-year +89 +46 +95
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 159 133 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.36% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 0.38% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 103 114
10th Percentile £153 £161 £164
25th Percentile £184 £209 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £370 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% -17.78% +50.00%
75th Percentile £450 £550 £584
90th Percentile £550 £600 £696
UK median daily rate £323 £400 £445
% change year-on-year -19.38% -10.11% +39.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 5
10th Percentile £15.12 £16.25 £14.80
25th Percentile £16.55 £17.00 £19.00
Median hourly rate £18.84 £19.55 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.63% -32.60% +45.00%
75th Percentile £21.77 £23.13 £30.00
90th Percentile £24.86 £24.18 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £20.44 £18.27 £29.00
% change year-on-year +11.85% -37.00% +45.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 24,278 34,696 45,028
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.91% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,841 22,709 31,930
10th Percentile £293 £300 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,141 2,561 1,374
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.88 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.98 £17.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £43.69
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -8.45% +74.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.75 £43.00
% change year-on-year -29.80% -12.21% +68.63%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Engineer in England over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 4 July 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
London +40 74 £350 -17.65% 55
North of England +28 30 £385 +60.42% 4
Midlands +22 25 £171 -37.53% 4
South East +35 21 £375 -28.57% 15
Yorkshire +18 17 £450 +87.50% 3
West Midlands +25 15 £195 - 1
South West +43 12 £220 -32.31%
North West +10 12 £293 +30.00% 1
East Midlands +4 10 £171 -37.53% 3
East of England +17 6 £155 -38.00% 2
North East - 1 £180 -
Windows Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 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 England region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 159 (100.00%) Windows
2 69 (43.40%) Social Skills
3 56 (35.22%) Microsoft
4 46 (28.93%) Windows 10
5 42 (26.42%) Migration
6 40 (25.16%) PowerShell
7 38 (23.90%) Active Directory
8 35 (22.01%) Security Cleared
9 34 (21.38%) SC Cleared
10 33 (20.75%) Microsoft 365
10 33 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (20.13%) SCCM
12 31 (19.50%) Azure
13 29 (18.24%) Windows Server
14 27 (16.98%) VMware
14 27 (16.98%) Finance
15 25 (15.72%) Microsoft Intune
16 23 (14.47%) Banking
17 22 (13.84%) Time Management
17 22 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
18 21 (13.21%) DevOps
18 21 (13.21%) QA
18 21 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 18 (11.32%) DHCP
20 17 (10.69%) Linux
20 17 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
21 16 (10.06%) Python
21 16 (10.06%) Ansible
22 15 (9.43%) TCP/IP
22 15 (9.43%) DNS

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (4.40%) Confluence
2 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (20.75%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (19.50%) Azure
3 5 (3.14%) AWS
3 5 (3.14%) Entra ID
3 5 (3.14%) GitHub
3 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Copilot
3 5 (3.14%) SaaS
4 3 (1.89%) Nutanix
5 2 (1.26%) GCP
5 2 (1.26%) IaaS
6 1 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.63%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.63%) PaaS
6 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.63%) Rubrik
6 1 (0.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.32%) DHCP
2 15 (9.43%) DNS
2 15 (9.43%) TCP/IP
3 12 (7.55%) VPN
4 11 (6.92%) Firewall
5 9 (5.66%) VLAN
6 6 (3.77%) NAS
6 6 (3.77%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (3.14%) SAN
7 5 (3.14%) SSL
8 4 (2.52%) Kerberos
8 4 (2.52%) LAN
9 3 (1.89%) DMZ
9 3 (1.89%) SMTP
10 2 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (1.26%) Wireless
11 1 (0.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.63%) Power BI
2 1 (0.63%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 10 (6.29%) Jenkins
2 9 (5.66%) Git
2 9 (5.66%) JIRA
3 8 (5.03%) Postman
4 4 (2.52%) GitLab
5 1 (0.63%) MSI
5 1 (0.63%) TeamCity
General
1 69 (43.40%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.98%) Finance
3 23 (14.47%) Banking
4 22 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.77%) Retail
6 4 (2.52%) Investment Banking
6 4 (2.52%) Law
6 4 (2.52%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.52%) Marketing
7 3 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.26%) International Banking
8 2 (1.26%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.89%) LDAP
1 3 (1.89%) REST
1 3 (1.89%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.40%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.52%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (1.89%) Driving Licence
3 3 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.26%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.63%) BYOD
5 1 (0.63%) Clustering
5 1 (0.63%) CMDB
5 1 (0.63%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.63%) iPhone
5 1 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.63%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.63%) Replication
5 1 (0.63%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 159 (100.00%) Windows
2 46 (28.93%) Windows 10
3 29 (18.24%) Windows Server
4 17 (10.69%) Linux
5 5 (3.14%) Mac OS
5 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (3.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.52%) Android
7 3 (1.89%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.89%) Unix
8 2 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.63%) CentOS
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.63%) Solaris
9 1 (0.63%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.63%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (26.42%) Migration
2 33 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (13.84%) Time Management
4 21 (13.21%) DevOps
4 21 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (8.18%) Configuration Management
6 9 (5.66%) Agile
6 9 (5.66%) Application Packaging
7 8 (5.03%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (4.40%) Customer Service
8 7 (4.40%) Data Management
8 7 (4.40%) Deployment Automation
9 6 (3.77%) Break/Fix
9 6 (3.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (3.77%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (3.77%) ITIL
9 6 (3.77%) Task Automation
10 5 (3.14%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 5 (3.14%) Storage Management
10 5 (3.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 40 (25.16%) PowerShell
2 16 (10.06%) Python
3 5 (3.14%) VBScript
4 4 (2.52%) C#
5 2 (1.26%) Bash
6 1 (0.63%) Java
6 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (22.01%) Security Cleared
2 34 (21.38%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.52%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.63%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (13.21%) QA
2 1 (0.63%) GDPR
2 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (23.90%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.03%) vSphere
4 6 (3.77%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (2.52%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.89%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.26%) BitLocker
8 2 (1.26%) Docker
9 1 (0.63%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.63%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 32 (20.13%) SCCM
2 25 (15.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (10.06%) Ansible
4 8 (5.03%) Puppet
5 7 (4.40%) Microsoft Clustering
6 6 (3.77%) Terraform
6 6 (3.77%) Tivoli
7 4 (2.52%) Dell DRAC
8 3 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.89%) SysTrack
9 2 (1.26%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.63%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.63%) Netcool
10 1 (0.63%) Packer
10 1 (0.63%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 1 (0.63%) WSUS
Vendors
1 56 (35.22%) Microsoft
2 27 (16.98%) VMware
3 13 (8.18%) Citrix
4 12 (7.55%) Dell
5 9 (5.66%) CyberArk
5 9 (5.66%) MuleSoft
6 7 (4.40%) Apple
7 6 (3.77%) Cisco
8 5 (3.14%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.14%) SolarWinds
8 5 (3.14%) Veeam
9 4 (2.52%) HP
10 2 (1.26%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.26%) Netskope
10 2 (1.26%) Oracle
10 2 (1.26%) Tradeweb
11 1 (0.63%) New Relic
11 1 (0.63%) Nexthink
11 1 (0.63%) Qualys
11 1 (0.63%) Serena