Windows Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Windows Support Engineer
England > London

The median Windows Support Engineer daily rate in London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 421 337 380
Rank change year-on-year -84 +43 +90
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer 2 11 21
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.011% 0.090% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.096% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 16
10th Percentile - £150 £120
25th Percentile - £163 £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £200 £188
Median % change year-on-year +200.00% +6.67% -12.79%
75th Percentile - £338 £468
90th Percentile - £353 £532
England median daily rate £270 £190 £210
% change year-on-year +42.11% -9.52% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £16.25
England median hourly rate - £15.12 £17.00
% change year-on-year - -11.06% -15.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 17,373 11,436 16,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.54% 93.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,474 7,725 11,851
10th Percentile £356 £349 £325
25th Percentile £435 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £761 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 280 163 327
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £24.87 £24.42 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.25 £46.68
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.65 £67.40
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.33 £39.50
% change year-on-year +55.32% -25.75% -12.22%

Windows Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Windows Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Windows Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Windows Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Support Engineer job vacancies in London

Windows Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Support Engineer job vacancies in London

Windows Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
Central London -8 1 - - 1
Windows Support Engineer
England

Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Windows Support 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 London region featuring Windows Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10

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

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hedge funds
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft