Senior Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Senior Windows Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Senior Windows Engineer daily rate in Staffordshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
9 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Windows Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 0.99% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £513 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 93 62 114
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 98.41% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 30 72
10th Percentile £180 £140 £137
25th Percentile £200 £150 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £300 £372
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -19.34% -22.52%
75th Percentile £491 £488 £503
90th Percentile £710 £541 £592
West Midlands median daily rate £491 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 11
10th Percentile - £12.56 £12.26
25th Percentile £13.10 £24.22 £14.71
Median hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +92.25% -40.55%
75th Percentile £20.50 £37.25 £41.25
90th Percentile - £42.10 £51.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £24.34 £19.00
% change year-on-year +39.61% +28.11% -8.23%

Senior Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Senior Windows Engineer job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Senior Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, Senior 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 Staffordshire region featuring Senior Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Senior Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware