Windows Deployment Engineer Contracts

Windows Deployment Engineer
UK

The median Windows Deployment Engineer daily rate in the UK is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 554 686
Rank change year-on-year +55 +132 +137
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Deployment Engineer 39 23 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.053% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.057% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 19 1
10th Percentile £153 £149 -
25th Percentile £170 £163 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £235
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -4.26% +34.29%
75th Percentile £250 £319 £243
90th Percentile £338 £420 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £195 £225 £235
% change year-on-year -13.33% -4.26% +34.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £18.06 £21.23 -
25th Percentile £18.19 £21.45 -
Median hourly rate £18.41 £21.80 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% - -
75th Percentile £18.63 £22.65 -
90th Percentile £18.77 £23.16 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £23.00 -

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 27,724 40,402 52,424
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.96% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,773 25,924 36,491
10th Percentile £288 £281 £313
25th Percentile £402 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.80%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,210 2,937 1,505
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.84 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £16.37 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.36 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.03% -12.79% +72.00%
75th Percentile £57.44 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.88 £74.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%

Windows Deployment Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Windows Deployment Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Deployment Engineer in the UK

Windows Deployment Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Windows Deployment Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Windows Deployment Engineer in the UK

Windows Deployment Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Windows Deployment Engineer over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Windows Deployment Engineer in the UK

Windows Deployment Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Windows Deployment Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Windows Deployment Engineer in the UK

Windows Deployment Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Deployment Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 June 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 +70 34 £200 -11.11% 9
UK excluding London +64 24 £195 -13.33% 5
London +52 13 £325 +35.28% 5
North of England +32 6 £184 -26.50%
Midlands +13 6 £200 +14.29%
South East - 5 £250 - 3
West Midlands - 5 £200 -
North West +11 4 £190 -24.00%
East of England +23 3 £155 -52.31%
Work from Home - 3 £325 - 2
Wales - 2 £215 -
South West +37 1 £205 +9.33%
East Midlands +4 1 - -
North East - 1 £180 -
Yorkshire - 1 £188 -
Scotland - 1 £175 - 2

Windows Deployment Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Windows Deployment 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 Deployment Engineer in the job title.

1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 26 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 22 (56.41%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (46.15%) Windows 10
5 15 (38.46%) SCCM
5 15 (38.46%) Microsoft
6 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (30.77%) Active Directory
8 11 (28.21%) Migration
9 8 (20.51%) Finance
10 6 (15.38%) VPN
10 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
11 5 (12.82%) Azure
11 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
11 5 (12.82%) Banking
11 5 (12.82%) Configuration Management
11 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
12 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (10.26%) CyberArk
12 4 (10.26%) Apple
12 4 (10.26%) Validation
12 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
13 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
14 2 (5.13%) Remarketing
14 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (5.13%) User Experience
14 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
14 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange

Windows Deployment 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (56.41%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (12.82%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.38%) VPN
2 3 (7.69%) Remote Desktop
General
1 26 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Finance
3 5 (12.82%) Banking
4 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.13%) Law
4 2 (5.13%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.56%) Device Driver
2 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 39 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (46.15%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.56%) Android
3 1 (2.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Migration
2 5 (12.82%) Configuration Management
3 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
3 4 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (10.26%) Validation
4 2 (5.13%) Remarketing
4 2 (5.13%) User Experience
5 1 (2.56%) Application Packaging
5 1 (2.56%) Customer Experience
5 1 (2.56%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (2.56%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.56%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.56%) ITIL
5 1 (2.56%) Server Management
5 1 (2.56%) Task Automation
5 1 (2.56%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.56%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) QA
1 1 (2.56%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (30.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (38.46%) SCCM
2 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Apple
2 4 (10.26%) CyberArk
3 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.56%) Snow
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