Senior Wintel Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Wintel Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Wintel Engineer daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 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
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 377 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Wintel Engineer 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.015% 0.019% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.020% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% - -
England median daily rate £525 £515 £388
% change year-on-year +1.94% +32.90% -31.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,265 15,131 21,023
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 94.07% 94.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,212 10,167 15,334
10th Percentile £325 £342 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £671 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 181 235
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.07
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% -6.67% +15.03%
75th Percentile £50.25 £56.00 £63.88
90th Percentile £66.34 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% +5.56% +73.08%

Senior Wintel Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Senior Wintel Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Wintel Engineer in London

Senior Wintel Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Wintel Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Wintel Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Wintel Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Wintel Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, Senior Wintel 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 across the London region featuring Senior Wintel Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server

Senior Wintel Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware