Wintel Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Wintel Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Wintel Engineer daily rate in Leicestershire 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 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Wintel Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 0.66% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 145 78 156
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.03% 96.30% 95.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 51 114
10th Percentile £131 £225 £166
25th Percentile £360 £275 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +13.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £550 £581 £547
90th Percentile £634 £715 £629
East Midlands median daily rate £421 £425 £445
% change year-on-year -0.94% -4.49% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 6
10th Percentile £18.50 £22.13 £12.58
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.44 £13.37
Median hourly rate £23.71 £26.25 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +43.84% +14.06%
75th Percentile £30.25 £28.44 £47.94
90th Percentile £31.07 £29.38 £60.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.95 £22.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year -20.24% +26.98% +6.75%

Wintel Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Wintel Engineer job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Wintel Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in Leicestershire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in Leicestershire

Wintel Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 22 January 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
Leicester - 1 £550 - 1
Wintel Engineer
East Midlands

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

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 Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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