Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in Essex

Windows Engineer
East of England > Essex

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in Essex is £153, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 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
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 2.48% 1.54% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% 1.60% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £189 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £153 £226 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.30% - -
75th Percentile £245 £263 -
90th Percentile £301 - -
East of England median daily rate £155 £253 £400
% change year-on-year -38.61% -36.88% +138.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.00 -
East of England median hourly rate - £23.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - -60.00% -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 105 125 229
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.78% 96.15% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 56 131
10th Percentile £175 £186 £205
25th Percentile £229 £291 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £350 £523
Median % change year-on-year +15.36% -33.08% +16.22%
75th Percentile £502 £505 £578
90th Percentile £550 £588 £645
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 33 13
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.50 £20.42
25th Percentile £15.19 £29.17 £24.62
Median hourly rate £31.33 £70.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.57% +8.46% +202.33%
75th Percentile £66.13 £80.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £75.00 - £79.90
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £47.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year -15.79% +43.94% +66.58%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in Essex

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

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

Daily rate histogram for Windows Engineer in Essex

Windows Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

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

Windows Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 6 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
Colchester - 2 £153 -
Witham - 1 £338 -
Windows Engineer
East of England

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

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

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow Management
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Security Posture

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Time Management
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory