Windows Support Engineer
UK
The median Windows Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 551 | 678 | 793 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +127 | +115 | -112 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer | 49 | 38 | 70 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.064% | 0.079% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.068% | 0.083% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 37 | 26 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £114 | £163 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £126 | £173 | £161 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £175 | £255 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.37% | +27.50% | -20.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £245 | £280 | £273 |
| 90th Percentile | £350 | £291 | £425 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £205 | £260 | £150 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.15% | +73.33% | -54.20% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.25 | - | £13.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.81 | - | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.50 | £30.00 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.67% | +71.43% | +40.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.07 | - | £26.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £42.19 | - | £31.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £30.00 | £15.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +96.72% | +22.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 | 40,029 | 55,895 | 84,701 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.75% | 94.62% | 95.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,060 | 39,048 | 59,505 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,665 | 1,566 | 2,078 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.11 | £15.72 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +90.68% | +4.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £76.00 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.00 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +115.16% | +2.74% |
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 5 May 2024.
Windows Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Support Engineer.
Windows Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Windows Support Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
Windows Support Engineer
Top 12 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 5 May 2024. 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 | +138 | 42 | £175 | - | 4 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 25 | £205 | -21.15% | 3 |
| London | +126 | 20 | £144 | -18.87% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +125 | 10 | £350 | +37.25% | 1 |
| Midlands | +34 | 7 | £175 | +28.21% | |
| East Midlands | - | 7 | £175 | - | |
| North of England | +27 | 6 | £168 | -4.29% | 2 |
| East of England | +20 | 5 | £240 | +7.87% | |
| North West | +26 | 4 | £141 | -19.43% | 1 |
| South East | - | 4 | £225 | - | |
| Scotland | +31 | 3 | £126 | -53.33% | |
| Yorkshire | +17 | 2 | £238 | -13.64% |
Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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: