Wintel Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Plymouth

Wintel Support Engineer
Devon > Plymouth

The median Wintel Support Engineer daily rate in Plymouth is £490, 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 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Wintel Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Plymouth 2.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
Devon median daily rate £490 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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 Plymouth with a recognized job title 39 57 60
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.78% 96.61% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 15
10th Percentile £310 £123 £57
25th Percentile £319 £161 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £194 £400
Median % change year-on-year +158.06% -51.56% -
75th Percentile £713 £641 £506
90th Percentile £778 £684 £689
Devon median daily rate £400 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 16 26
10th Percentile £15.00 £29.92 £11.21
25th Percentile £16.52 £46.25 £15.15
Median hourly rate £34.00 £60.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -43.33% +41.18% -26.09%
75th Percentile £46.00 £68.13 £65.00
90th Percentile - £70.00 £70.00
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -58.82% +50.00% -30.43%

Wintel Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, Wintel Support 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 Plymouth region featuring Wintel Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016

Wintel Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware