Windows Deployment Engineer Contracts

Windows Deployment Engineer
UK

The median Windows Deployment Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 568 711
Rank change year-on-year +80 +143 +107
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Deployment Engineer 32 14 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.032% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.035% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 13 5
10th Percentile £153 £145 £209
25th Percentile £166 £160 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £175 £235
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -25.53% +34.29%
75th Percentile £250 £300 £294
90th Percentile £338 £330 £331
UK excluding London median daily rate £194 £175 £235
% change year-on-year +10.71% -25.53% +25.33%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Windows Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Windows Deployment Engineer in the UK

Windows Deployment Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Windows Deployment Engineer in the UK

Windows Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Deployment Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Deployment Engineer in the UK

Windows Deployment Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Windows Deployment Engineer in the UK

Windows Deployment Engineer
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Deployment Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +72 29 £200 +14.29% 3
UK excluding London +78 22 £194 +10.71% 2
London +40 9 £325 +49.43% 1
South East +53 8 £250 +56.25%
Midlands +25 5 £200 +14.29% 1
West Midlands - 5 £200 - 1
East of England +32 4 £155 -52.31%
North of England - 3 £188 -
Work from Home - 3 £325 -
Yorkshire - 1 £188 -
Scotland - 1 £175 -
North East - 1 £180 -
North West - 1 £200 -
Wales - 1 £155 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Windows Deployment 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 featuring Windows Deployment Engineer in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
3 15 (46.88%) Windows 10
4 13 (40.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (31.25%) SCCM
5 10 (31.25%) Microsoft
6 8 (25.00%) Active Directory
7 7 (21.88%) Migration
8 5 (15.63%) Finance
8 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
8 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
8 5 (15.63%) Azure
9 4 (12.50%) Validation
9 4 (12.50%) VPN
9 4 (12.50%) Apple
9 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
9 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (9.38%) Banking
10 3 (9.38%) CyberArk
11 2 (6.25%) User Experience
11 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (6.25%) Customer Service
11 2 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
12 1 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (3.13%) Workload Management
12 1 (3.13%) Zscaler

Windows Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (15.63%) Azure
3 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.50%) VPN
2 2 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Finance
3 3 (9.38%) Banking
4 1 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.13%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (46.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.13%) Android
3 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Migration
2 4 (12.50%) Configuration Management
2 4 (12.50%) Validation
3 2 (6.25%) Customer Service
3 2 (6.25%) User Experience
4 1 (3.13%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.13%) ITIL
4 1 (3.13%) Workload Management
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
1 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (31.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Apple
3 3 (9.38%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.13%) Okta
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.13%) Zscaler