Windows Support Engineer
UK
The median Windows Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £180, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 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 16 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 506 | 539 | 638 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +33 | +99 | +175 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer | 28 | 53 | 45 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.086% | 0.12% | 0.080% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.094% | 0.13% | 0.084% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17 | 40 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £126 | £126 | £160 |
| 25th Percentile | £129 | £148 | £198 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £180 | £200 | £260 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -23.08% | +18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £220 | £250 | £293 |
| 90th Percentile | £338 | £457 | £415 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £171 | £210 | £270 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.57% | -22.22% | +63.64% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.25 | £13.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.12 | £17.00 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £18.00 | £20.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -10.00% | -33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.15 | £18.27 | £25.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £24.18 | £28.20 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.00 | £18.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -10.00% | -57.67% |
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 | 29,838 | 39,641 | 53,435 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.69% | 92.99% | 94.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,955 | 25,547 | 37,071 |
| 10th Percentile | £287 | £288 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +0.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £495 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.04% | -1.00% | +2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,410 | 2,702 | 1,582 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £13.00 | £14.26 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £17.00 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.13 | £40.00 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.69% | -5.88% | +65.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.43 | £63.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.88 | £73.98 | £77.39 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | +6.67% | +78.57% |
Windows Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Windows Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Windows Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Support Engineer.
Windows Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Support Engineer over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.
Windows Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Support Engineer.
Windows Support 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 Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 July 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 | +15 | 26 | £180 | -17.24% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | +27 | 20 | £171 | -18.57% | 3 |
| Midlands | +9 | 9 | £171 | -18.57% | 1 |
| London | +25 | 8 | £325 | +62.50% | |
| East Midlands | +1 | 7 | £171 | -18.57% | 1 |
| South East | +37 | 4 | £129 | -42.75% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +29 | 4 | £220 | +10.00% | |
| South West | - | 4 | £220 | - | |
| North of England | +5 | 2 | £126 | -28.00% | |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 2 | £126 | -46.95% | |
| West Midlands | - | 2 | £138 | - | |
| East of England | +12 | 1 | £226 | -5.83% | |
| Scotland | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - |
Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, Windows Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.
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Windows Support 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: