Windows Support Engineer
UK
The median Windows Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 534 | 651 | 789 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +117 | +138 | -71 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Windows Support Engineer | 50 | 46 | 59 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.083% | 0.068% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.088% | 0.071% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 37 | 32 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £125 | £173 | £140 |
| 25th Percentile | £144 | £198 | £163 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £258 | £200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.33% | +28.75% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £245 | £283 | £275 |
| 90th Percentile | £479 | £389 | £425 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £210 | £270 | £165 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.22% | +63.64% | -17.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.25 | £13.40 | £14.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.00 | £15.50 | £16.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.00 | £20.00 | £23.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -15.79% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £18.27 | £25.50 | £45.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £24.18 | £28.20 | £64.40 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £20.00 | £17.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | +14.29% | - |
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 | 40,557 | 52,491 | 83,111 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.86% | 94.51% | 95.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,070 | 36,644 | 58,616 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £318 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £538 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.42% | +2.48% | +6.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,936 | 1,486 | 1,938 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.42 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +80.00% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.81 | £65.75 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £77.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.08 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.94% | +110.39% | +7.82% |
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 12 June 2024.
Windows Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Support Engineer.
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 12 June 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 | +100 | 42 | £210 | -2.33% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | +21 | 26 | £210 | -22.22% | 1 |
| London | +92 | 21 | £188 | -12.79% | |
| Midlands | +21 | 8 | £193 | -10.47% | |
| East Midlands | +13 | 8 | £193 | -10.47% | |
| Work from Home | +107 | 7 | £301 | +17.84% | |
| Scotland | +37 | 5 | £126 | -53.52% | |
| East of England | +9 | 5 | £240 | -4.00% | |
| North of England | +12 | 4 | £205 | -5.75% | |
| South East | - | 4 | £225 | - | 1 |
| North West | +13 | 2 | £168 | -4.29% | |
| Yorkshire | +12 | 2 | £238 | -13.64% |
Windows Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 June 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: