Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Windows Engineer
UK > England

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 February 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 370 370
Rank change year-on-year -75 0 +124
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 117 112 198
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.43% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.47% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 84 163
10th Percentile £175 £168 £145
25th Percentile £255 £245 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £383 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.58% -10.00% -4.49%
75th Percentile £556 £500 £575
90th Percentile £615 £619 £614
UK median daily rate £400 £375 £427
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.08% -0.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 1 5
10th Percentile £19.56 - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - £18.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £24.66 £18.95
Median % change year-on-year -10.79% +30.13% +11.47%
75th Percentile £23.80 - £65.00
90th Percentile £25.15 - £84.80
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £22.00 £18.95
% change year-on-year - +16.09% +11.47%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 32,094 24,035 35,291
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 92.97% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,339 15,179 23,643
10th Percentile £305 £297 £270
25th Percentile £410 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,052 719 2,161
10th Percentile £15.01 £16.25 £13.23
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.50 £16.67
Median hourly rate £33.17 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.63 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £31.49 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.38% -2.86% -10.26%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

Windows Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Engineer in England over the 6 months to 21 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Engineer in England

Windows Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies 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 21 February 2026. 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 -57 32 £475 +5.56% 5
South East -23 27 £260 -21.51% 2
East of England -7 18 £381 +58.52%
South West -11 15 £463 +25.00% 1
Midlands -57 14 £300 +62.16%
North of England -68 11 £300 -25.00% 3
West Midlands -57 9 £275 +37.50%
North West -37 6 £263 -31.82% 2
East Midlands -23 5 £338 +100.89%
Yorkshire -64 5 £500 +13.64% 1
Windows Engineer
UK

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 February 2026, 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 England region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 105 (89.74%) Windows
2 61 (52.14%) Windows 10
3 53 (45.30%) Security Cleared
4 44 (37.61%) Microsoft
5 40 (34.19%) SC Cleared
6 36 (30.77%) Migration
7 34 (29.06%) SCCM
8 30 (25.64%) Active Directory
9 25 (21.37%) PowerShell
10 23 (19.66%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (18.80%) Azure
11 22 (18.80%) Windows Server
12 21 (17.95%) Workflow
13 20 (17.09%) Workflow Management
14 19 (16.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 19 (16.24%) VMware
15 17 (14.53%) Microsoft Intune
16 14 (11.97%) Customer Service
16 14 (11.97%) Logistics
17 13 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
17 13 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
17 13 (11.11%) DV Cleared
17 13 (11.11%) Programme Management
17 13 (11.11%) SAP
18 12 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
19 10 (8.55%) Linux
19 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Office
20 9 (7.69%) OneDrive
21 8 (6.84%) ITIL
21 8 (6.84%) ServiceNow

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 23 (19.66%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (18.80%) Azure
3 9 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 6 (5.13%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.42%) AWS
6 2 (1.71%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.71%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.98%) TCP/IP
2 6 (5.13%) 4G
2 6 (5.13%) DHCP
2 6 (5.13%) DNS
2 6 (5.13%) Firewall
2 6 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (3.42%) VPN
4 3 (2.56%) LAN
5 2 (1.71%) FTP
5 2 (1.71%) HTTP
5 2 (1.71%) SMTP
5 2 (1.71%) SNMP
5 2 (1.71%) SSH
5 2 (1.71%) SSL
5 2 (1.71%) Telnet
5 2 (1.71%) VLAN
5 2 (1.71%) Wireless
6 1 (0.85%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.85%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.85%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Git
1 1 (0.85%) GoCD
1 1 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 45 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.95%) Public Sector
3 20 (17.09%) Finance
4 13 (11.11%) Electronics
4 13 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 13 (11.11%) Marketing
4 13 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.13%) Banking
6 5 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.71%) Local Government
8 2 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.85%) International Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.85%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
1 4 (3.42%) Replication
2 3 (2.56%) Client/Server
2 3 (2.56%) Hedge funds
2 3 (2.56%) NHS
2 3 (2.56%) PKI
3 2 (1.71%) Clustering
3 2 (1.71%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.71%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.71%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.85%) Life Science
4 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.85%) Smartphone
4 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 105 (89.74%) Windows
2 61 (52.14%) Windows 10
3 22 (18.80%) Windows Server
4 10 (8.55%) Linux
5 4 (3.42%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.56%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.56%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.71%) Android
7 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.85%) CentOS
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (30.77%) Migration
2 21 (17.95%) Workflow
3 20 (17.09%) Workflow Management
4 19 (16.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 14 (11.97%) Customer Service
5 14 (11.97%) Logistics
6 13 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
6 13 (11.11%) Programme Management
7 8 (6.84%) ITIL
8 6 (5.13%) DevOps
8 6 (5.13%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (5.13%) Security Operations
9 5 (4.27%) Agile
9 5 (4.27%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (4.27%) Information Security
10 4 (3.42%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (3.42%) Knowledge Transfer
10 4 (3.42%) Platform Engineering
10 4 (3.42%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.37%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.56%) Python
3 2 (1.71%) SQL
3 2 (1.71%) VBScript
4 1 (0.85%) Bash
4 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 53 (45.30%) Security Cleared
2 40 (34.19%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 5 (4.27%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.42%) Degree
5 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.85%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.85%) MCITP
6 1 (0.85%) MCSE
6 1 (0.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.42%) GDPR
2 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) GxP
System Software
1 30 (25.64%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (3.42%) vSphere
5 3 (2.56%) Docker
5 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.85%) Firmware
7 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (29.06%) SCCM
2 17 (14.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.27%) SCOM
4 4 (3.42%) Ansible
5 3 (2.56%) QRadar
5 3 (2.56%) vRealize
6 2 (1.71%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.71%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 1 (0.85%) FreeIPA
7 1 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.85%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.85%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (37.61%) Microsoft
2 19 (16.24%) VMware
3 13 (11.11%) SAP
4 8 (6.84%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.42%) Cisco
5 4 (3.42%) Citrix
5 4 (3.42%) Qualys
5 4 (3.42%) Veeam
6 3 (2.56%) CyberArk
6 3 (2.56%) Dell
7 2 (1.71%) Apple
7 2 (1.71%) Broadcom
7 2 (1.71%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.71%) HP
7 2 (1.71%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.71%) Varonis
8 1 (0.85%) Autodesk
8 1 (0.85%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.85%) Sophos