Windows Support Engineer Contracts in England

Windows Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Windows Support Engineer daily rate in England is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 499 628
Rank change year-on-year +37 +129 +88
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer 23 43 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.12% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.12% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 15
10th Percentile £126 £103 £161
25th Percentile £153 £122 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £175 £195
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -10.26% -2.50%
75th Percentile £252 £238 £255
90th Percentile £289 £259 £284
UK median daily rate £178 £175 £260
% change year-on-year +1.43% -32.69% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 1
Median hourly rate - £17.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - -43.33% +26.32%
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £17.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year +25.71% -41.67% +71.43%

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Windows Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Support Engineer in England

Windows Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Support Engineer in England

Windows Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Support Engineer in England

Windows Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Support Engineer in England

Windows Support 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 Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +27 10 £188 +30.21% 1
North of England +17 4 £151 -10.15%
South West - 4 £220 -
South East +44 2 £263 +16.67%
Midlands +17 2 £146 -16.36%
North West +15 2 £175 +24.11%
Yorkshire +8 2 £126 -46.95%
East of England +26 1 £226 -5.83%
East Midlands +4 1 £180 +2.86%
West Midlands - 1 £113 -
Windows Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Windows Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (65.22%) Windows 10
3 14 (60.87%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
5 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
5 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
5 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (39.13%) Banking
7 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
8 6 (26.09%) SCCM
8 6 (26.09%) Apple
8 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (21.74%) Time Management
9 5 (21.74%) QA
9 5 (21.74%) Finance
9 5 (21.74%) ITIL
9 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (21.74%) Windows 7
9 5 (21.74%) Azure
10 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
11 3 (13.04%) HP
11 3 (13.04%) Dell
11 3 (13.04%) Citrix
11 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (13.04%) Service Management
11 3 (13.04%) Firewall
11 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
11 3 (13.04%) Software Licensing
11 3 (13.04%) Entra ID

Windows Support 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 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (60.87%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (21.74%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
2 2 (8.70%) Wireless
3 1 (4.35%) VPN
3 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 9 (39.13%) Banking
3 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
1 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) iPhone
2 1 (4.35%) Reinsurance
2 1 (4.35%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (65.22%) Windows 10
3 5 (21.74%) Windows 7
4 3 (13.04%) Android
4 3 (13.04%) Mac OS
5 2 (8.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (21.74%) ITIL
2 5 (21.74%) Time Management
3 3 (13.04%) Service Management
3 3 (13.04%) Software Licensing
4 2 (8.70%) Break/Fix
4 2 (8.70%) Coaching
4 2 (8.70%) Migration
4 2 (8.70%) User Experience
5 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.35%) Configuration Management
5 1 (4.35%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.35%) Fintech
5 1 (4.35%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
1 10 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) QA
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) SCCM
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.35%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Apple
3 3 (13.04%) Citrix
3 3 (13.04%) Dell
3 3 (13.04%) HP
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco
5 1 (4.35%) CyberArk