Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in Oldham

Windows Engineer
Manchester > Oldham

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in Oldham is £225, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oldham 16.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £185 £325 £400
% change year-on-year -43.08% -18.75% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oldham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oldham. 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 Oldham with a recognized job title 6 4 9
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 9
10th Percentile - £331 £130
25th Percentile £213 £359 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £400 £325
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% +23.08% +58.54%
75th Percentile £238 £425 £338
90th Percentile - - £388
Manchester median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oldham

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 Oldham.

Windows Engineer job vacancy trend in Oldham

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oldham

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 Oldham region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft