Wintel Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leicester

Wintel Engineer
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Wintel Engineer daily rate in Leicester is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
22 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Wintel Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicester 1.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Leicestershire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 69 72 116
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 96.00% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 46 83
10th Percentile £126 £225 £179
25th Percentile £360 £275 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -10.53% +17.28%
75th Percentile £603 £619 £575
90th Percentile £625 £715 £658
Leicestershire median daily rate £425 £425 £375
% change year-on-year - +13.33% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £15.17 - £12.35
25th Percentile £17.17 £21.25 £12.87
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £34.58
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -34.93% +130.53%
75th Percentile £23.50 £23.75 £58.25
90th Percentile - - £62.30
Leicestershire median hourly rate £23.71 £26.25 £18.25
% change year-on-year -9.69% +43.84% +14.06%

Wintel Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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 Leicester.

Wintel Engineer job vacancy trend in Leicester

Wintel Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 22 January 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 Leicester region featuring Wintel Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Energy Management
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Intel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Server Building
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Wintel Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Energy Management
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Server Building
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Intel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
Wintel Engineer jobs