Windows Engineer Contracts in Hillingdon

Windows Engineer
West London > Hillingdon

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in Hillingdon is £162, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -38
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hillingdon 3.45% - 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% - 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £158 - £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £162 - £135
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.18%
75th Percentile £167 - £138
90th Percentile - - -
West London median daily rate £162 - £400
% change year-on-year - - +142.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hillingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hillingdon. 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 Hillingdon with a recognized job title 48 96 238
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.76% 90.57% 98.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 69 216
10th Percentile £155 £215 £456
25th Percentile £196 £350 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +133.01%
75th Percentile £456 £600 £650
90th Percentile £500 £650 £700
West London median daily rate £400 £475 £563
% change year-on-year -15.79% -15.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 1
10th Percentile £22.10 £15.35 -
25th Percentile £25.00 £16.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £25.04 £30.16 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% +9.67% +30.95%
75th Percentile £25.14 - £28.75
90th Percentile £36.33 £48.70 -
West London median hourly rate £25.00 £30.16 £64.00
% change year-on-year -17.11% -52.88% +220.00%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in Hillingdon

Windows Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Engineer in Hillingdon

Windows Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Engineer in Hillingdon

Windows Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Northwood - 2 £162 -
Windows Engineer
West London

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hillingdon

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 Hillingdon region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow Management
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hillingdon 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA