Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Windows Engineer
North East > Tyne and Wear

As of 12 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Windows Engineer daily rate in Tyne and Wear.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
North East median daily rate £250 £180 -
% change year-on-year +38.89% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 677 212 164
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 92.58% 89.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 129 85
10th Percentile £313 £200 £319
25th Percentile £377 £375 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £470
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -2.13% -10.48%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £585
90th Percentile £650 £644 £650
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £470
% change year-on-year - -4.26% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 10 9
10th Percentile £22.60 £13.28 £17.34
25th Percentile £59.06 £13.94 £18.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.25 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +237.66% -61.50% +104.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £20.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.50 £37.60 -
North East median hourly rate £65.00 £18.87 £46.18
% change year-on-year +244.46% -59.14% +44.31%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Windows Engineer job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Windows Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Windows Engineer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Windows Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Engineer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
Sunderland - 1 - -
Windows Engineer
North East

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 12 September 2026, 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Commvault
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Server Migrations
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Server Migrations
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Commvault
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam