Hybrid/Remote Windows Engineer Contract Job Trends

Windows Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Windows Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 289 328
Rank change year-on-year -3 +39 +132
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Engineer 25 28 53
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.24% 0.24% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.26% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 20 48
10th Percentile £263 £196 £350
25th Percentile £338 £348 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £438 £465
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -5.91% +0.43%
75th Percentile £500 £514 £600
90th Percentile £573 £578 £675
UK median daily rate £275 £325 £450
% change year-on-year -15.38% -27.78% +5.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,539 10,876 16,163
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 93.12% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,224 6,884 11,082
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 199 363
10th Percentile £15.27 £18.30 £17.66
25th Percentile £20.72 £23.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.28 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.94% -29.66% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +50.00%

Windows Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Windows Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Windows Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Windows Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Windows Engineer job vacancies

Windows Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Engineer over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Windows Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Windows Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Windows Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Windows Engineer job vacancies

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Windows Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 16 (64.00%) PowerShell
3 14 (56.00%) Active Directory
3 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
4 13 (52.00%) Azure
5 11 (44.00%) Windows Server
6 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (24.00%) Azure Certification
8 6 (24.00%) Firewall
8 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (24.00%) SCCM
9 5 (20.00%) AWS
9 5 (20.00%) DNS
9 5 (20.00%) Entra ID
9 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (20.00%) Migration
9 5 (20.00%) VMware
9 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
10 4 (16.00%) GDPR
10 4 (16.00%) Hyper-V
10 4 (16.00%) Information Security
10 4 (16.00%) ITIL
10 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (16.00%) Patch Management
10 4 (16.00%) Qualys
10 4 (16.00%) Security Operations
10 4 (16.00%) SIEM
10 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
10 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Windows Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (52.00%) Azure
2 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (20.00%) AWS
3 5 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub
4 1 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (4.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Firewall
2 5 (20.00%) DNS
3 4 (16.00%) TCP/IP
3 4 (16.00%) VPN
4 2 (8.00%) DHCP
5 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Git
1 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
1 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Banking
3 2 (8.00%) Electronics
3 2 (8.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (8.00%) Marketing
3 2 (8.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) PKI
2 2 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Clustering
3 1 (4.00%) FMCG
3 1 (4.00%) Hedge funds
3 1 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Replication
3 1 (4.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (44.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (4.00%) CentOS
5 1 (4.00%) Linux
5 1 (4.00%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (4.00%) Unix
5 1 (4.00%) VMS
5 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (20.00%) Migration
3 4 (16.00%) Information Security
3 4 (16.00%) ITIL
3 4 (16.00%) Patch Management
3 4 (16.00%) Security Operations
3 4 (16.00%) SIEM
4 3 (12.00%) DevOps
4 3 (12.00%) High Availability
4 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.00%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (8.00%) Programme Management
5 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (8.00%) Task Automation
5 2 (8.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (8.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) Python
3 1 (4.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (8.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (4.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) GDPR
2 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 14 (56.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (12.00%) vSphere
4 1 (4.00%) Docker
4 1 (4.00%) Firmware
4 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (24.00%) SCCM
2 3 (12.00%) QRadar
2 3 (12.00%) SCOM
3 2 (8.00%) Ansible
4 1 (4.00%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (4.00%) PaperCut
4 1 (4.00%) Terraform
4 1 (4.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 4 (16.00%) Qualys
4 2 (8.00%) CheckPoint
4 2 (8.00%) Cisco
4 2 (8.00%) Computacenter
4 2 (8.00%) SAP
4 2 (8.00%) Varonis
5 1 (4.00%) Apple
5 1 (4.00%) Autodesk
5 1 (4.00%) Citrix
5 1 (4.00%) CyberArk
5 1 (4.00%) Dell
5 1 (4.00%) Oracle
5 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.00%) Sophos
5 1 (4.00%) Splunk
5 1 (4.00%) Veeam