Windows Engineer Contracts in Reading

Windows Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Windows Engineer daily rate in Reading is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 23 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.93% - 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% - 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 0 2
10th Percentile - - £215
25th Percentile - - £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £314
75th Percentile - - £375
90th Percentile - - £403
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £400 £145
% change year-on-year +43.75% +175.86% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,111 981 1,304
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.13% 95.71% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 660 893
10th Percentile £213 £363 £181
25th Percentile £413 £455 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £655 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -2.38% +6.06% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 23 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £45.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.40 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -1.29%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Engineer in Reading

Windows Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Engineer in Reading

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Engineer in Reading

Windows Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, 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 Reading region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (95.65%) Social Skills
2 22 (95.65%) Customer Service
3 21 (91.30%) ITIL
3 21 (91.30%) WSUS
3 21 (91.30%) QA
3 21 (91.30%) SCCM
3 21 (91.30%) DV Cleared
3 21 (91.30%) Security Cleared
3 21 (91.30%) Windows NT
3 21 (91.30%) Microsoft
3 21 (91.30%) Active Directory
3 21 (91.30%) Firmware
3 21 (91.30%) Service Management
3 21 (91.30%) Release Management
3 21 (91.30%) User Acceptance Testing
3 21 (91.30%) Sysprep
3 21 (91.30%) Windows Server 2012
3 21 (91.30%) Windows 10
3 21 (91.30%) Windows Server
3 21 (91.30%) Deployment Automation
3 21 (91.30%) Windows Server 2016
3 21 (91.30%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (4.35%) Bash
4 1 (4.35%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (4.35%) Validation
4 1 (4.35%) Software Testing

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

Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Git
1 1 (4.35%) Selenium
General
1 22 (95.65%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (91.30%) Windows 10
2 21 (91.30%) Windows NT
2 21 (91.30%) Windows Server
2 21 (91.30%) Windows Server 2012
2 21 (91.30%) Windows Server 2016
2 21 (91.30%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (95.65%) Customer Service
2 21 (91.30%) Deployment Automation
2 21 (91.30%) ITIL
2 21 (91.30%) Release Management
2 21 (91.30%) Service Management
2 21 (91.30%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (4.35%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (4.35%) Software Testing
3 1 (4.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) Bash
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
1 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (91.30%) DV Cleared
1 21 (91.30%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) ACMT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (91.30%) QA
System Software
1 21 (91.30%) Active Directory
1 21 (91.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 21 (91.30%) SCCM
1 21 (91.30%) Sysprep
1 21 (91.30%) WSUS
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.35%) Apple