Wintel Support Contract Job Trends in the South West

Wintel Support
England > South West

The median Wintel Support daily rate in the South West 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 142 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Wintel Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.036% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
England median daily rate £490 £350 £131
% change year-on-year +40.00% +167.18% -75.87%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 2,555 1,674 2,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.02% 93.73% 93.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,393 1,051 1,835
10th Percentile £257 £209 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £725
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 448 111 380
10th Percentile £17.87 £19.83 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.15 £49.38 £29.19
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.86
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +33.03% -22.44%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £67.84 £74.44 £76.33
England median hourly rate £33.50 £36.50 £34.25
% change year-on-year -8.22% +6.57% -14.38%

Wintel Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Wintel Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Wintel Support job vacancy trend in the South West

Wintel Support
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wintel Support job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wintel Support job vacancies in the South West

Wintel Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wintel Support job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wintel Support job vacancies in the South West

Wintel Support
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wintel Support within the South West region over the 6 months to 25 February 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
Devon - 1 £490 - 2
Wintel Support
England

Wintel Support Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, Wintel Support 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 South West region featuring Wintel Support 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 Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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