Senior Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends

Senior Windows Engineer
UK

The median Senior Windows Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 562 552 629
Rank change year-on-year -10 +77 +195
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Windows Engineer 8 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.023% 0.016% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.018% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
10th Percentile £340 £416 £322
25th Percentile £400 £441 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £485
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +0.52% -20.00%
75th Percentile £584 £541 £630
90th Percentile £624 £569 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £575 £620
% change year-on-year -30.43% -7.26% +78.42%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 31,437 33,917 43,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.87% 93.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,929 20,451 29,620
10th Percentile £278 £300 £299
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,780 1,278 1,520
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.09 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.21 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.39 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.74% -16.91% +55.71%
75th Percentile £51.02 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +85.42%

Senior Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Senior Windows Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Windows Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Windows Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Windows Engineer over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Windows Engineer in the UK

Senior Windows Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Windows Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Windows Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Windows Engineer
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Windows Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
England -2 8 £550 +12.82% 12
UK excluding London -32 5 £400 -30.43% 7
North of England -38 5 £400 -
Yorkshire - 5 £400 -
London +11 3 £561 +40.31% 10
Work from Home - 1 £650 -

Senior Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, 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 featuring Senior Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) SCCM
3 5 (62.50%) Ansible
3 5 (62.50%) Configuration Management
3 5 (62.50%) Data Management
3 5 (62.50%) DevOps
3 5 (62.50%) Firewall
3 5 (62.50%) Jenkins
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Clustering
3 5 (62.50%) MuleSoft
3 5 (62.50%) Postman
3 5 (62.50%) Puppet
3 5 (62.50%) Python
3 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
3 5 (62.50%) VMware
3 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (50.00%) Agile
4 4 (50.00%) Git
5 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (25.00%) Migration
6 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
6 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
6 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (25.00%) Windows 10

Senior Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) Firewall
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Jenkins
1 5 (62.50%) Postman
2 4 (50.00%) Git
General
1 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Configuration Management
1 5 (62.50%) Data Management
1 5 (62.50%) DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (25.00%) Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (25.00%) Zero Trust
5 1 (12.50%) API Integration
5 1 (12.50%) B2B
5 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Security Hardening
5 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) SCCM
2 5 (62.50%) Ansible
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Clustering
2 5 (62.50%) Puppet
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) MuleSoft
2 5 (62.50%) VMware