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 16 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 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 526 | 645 | 779 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +119 | +134 | -121 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer | 50 | 39 | 70 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.068% | 0.080% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.072% | 0.084% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 38 | 27 | 58 |
| 10th Percentile | £122 | £165 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £126 | £176 | £161 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £175 | £255 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.37% | +27.50% | -20.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £234 | £280 | £275 |
| 90th Percentile | £319 | £291 | £425 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £188 | £260 | £158 |
| % change year-on-year | -27.88% | +65.08% | -51.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.25 | £20.10 | £13.90 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.81 | £21.75 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.50 | £25.00 | £17.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.00% | +42.86% | +40.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.07 | £27.75 | £26.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £42.19 | £29.10 | £31.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £25.00 | £15.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.00% | +63.93% | +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 | 39,484 | 53,902 | 83,447 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.62% | 95.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,682 | 37,660 | 58,636 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +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 | 2,662 | 1,503 | 2,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.38 | £15.76 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.58 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.72% | +87.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.44 | £76.20 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
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 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 16 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 16 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 | +131 | 42 | £188 | -5.06% | 2 |
| UK excluding London | +51 | 27 | £188 | -27.88% | 1 |
| London | +116 | 20 | £160 | -10.14% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 8 | £301 | +17.84% | 1 |
| Midlands | +30 | 7 | £175 | -18.60% | |
| East Midlands | +18 | 7 | £175 | -18.60% | |
| North of England | +22 | 6 | £168 | -4.29% | 1 |
| Scotland | +27 | 5 | £126 | -53.52% | |
| East of England | +13 | 5 | £240 | +7.87% | |
| North West | +19 | 4 | £141 | -19.43% | 1 |
| South East | - | 4 | £225 | - | |
| Yorkshire | +11 | 2 | £238 | -13.64% |
Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 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: