Windows Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Windows Support Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Windows Support Engineer daily rate in Reading is £260, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.67% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £255 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 - -
75th Percentile £265 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £260 £245 -
% change year-on-year +6.12% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 543 972 1,018
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.26% 89.01% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 541 694
10th Percentile £325 £330 £263
25th Percentile £450 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £540 £511
% change year-on-year -7.41% +5.62% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 28 14
10th Percentile - £48.18 £59.44
25th Percentile £14.75 £57.19 £61.22
Median hourly rate £28.00 £61.60 £65.56
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% -6.04% +19.20%
75th Percentile £62.50 £98.13 £74.59
90th Percentile £68.75 £100.00 £75.18
Berkshire median hourly rate £31.21 £61.50 £62.40
% change year-on-year -49.25% -1.44% +24.79%

Windows Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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 Reading.

Windows Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Windows Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Windows Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 15 October 2025, 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 Reading region featuring Windows Support Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) 4G
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills

Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 4G
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow