Wintel Engineer Contracts in the South East

Wintel Engineer
England > South East

The median Wintel Engineer daily rate in the South East is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 August 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
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 163 191
Rank change year-on-year +10 +28 +56
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Wintel Engineer 8 25 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.52% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.57% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 23 10
10th Percentile - £458 £324
25th Percentile £500 £488 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £525 £575 -
90th Percentile - - £535
England median daily rate £525 £550 £470
% change year-on-year -4.55% +17.02% +4.44%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,185 4,402 5,290
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.28% 92.25% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,050 2,665 3,629
10th Percentile £205 £251 £213
25th Percentile £375 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £634 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 363 232
10th Percentile £13.75 £16.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £27.25 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +122.22%
75th Percentile £57.50 £74.31 £65.44
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%

Wintel Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Wintel Engineer in the South East

Wintel Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Wintel Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Wintel Engineer
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 25 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire +6 8 £513 -6.82% 1
Wintel Engineer
England

Wintel Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, 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 South East region featuring Wintel Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 4 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) ITSM
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) QA
2 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 4 (50.00%) SCOM
2 4 (50.00%) Time Management
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared

Wintel Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 4 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (50.00%) ITSM
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
1 4 (50.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
1 4 (50.00%) VMware