Wintel Engineer Contract Job Trends in Devon

Wintel Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Wintel Engineer daily rate in Devon is £468, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Wintel Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.02% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £429 - -
25th Percentile £439 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 - -
75th Percentile £484 - -
90th Percentile £488 - -
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £563
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.67% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 175 171 270
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.83% 95.00% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 92 192
10th Percentile £171 £190 £158
25th Percentile £231 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £493 £606 £591
90th Percentile £613 £684 £661
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 18 38
10th Percentile £15.74 £12.50 £10.42
25th Percentile £22.69 £41.56 £17.10
Median hourly rate £24.71 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.82% +50.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £46.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile - £70.00 £70.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.86
% change year-on-year -11.54% +33.03% -22.44%

Wintel Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Wintel Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Wintel Engineer job vacancy trend in Devon

Wintel Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in Devon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in Devon

Wintel Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wintel Engineer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 25 February 2026. 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
Plymouth - 1 £490 - 2
Wintel Engineer
South West

Wintel Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, Wintel 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 job ads across the Devon region featuring Wintel Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Skype
2 1 (50.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

Wintel Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (50.00%) Skype
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee