Wintel Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Wintel Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Wintel Support Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London 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 421 346 408
Rank change year-on-year -75 +62 +69
Contract jobs requiring a Wintel Support Engineer 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.008% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.008% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -
UK median daily rate £490 £350 £131
% change year-on-year +40.00% +167.18% -64.59%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,782 12,271 19,292
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 92.40% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,276 7,524 12,071
10th Percentile £231 £210 £213
25th Percentile £381 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £594
90th Percentile £675 £675 £684
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,009 638 1,939
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.42 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £15.95
Median hourly rate £30.11 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -7.14% -2.78%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.00 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -10.88%

Wintel Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Wintel Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Wintel Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Wintel Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wintel Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wintel Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Wintel Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wintel Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wintel Support Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Wintel Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Wintel Support Engineer within the UK excluding London 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
South West - 1 £490 - 2
Wintel Support Engineer
UK

Wintel Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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 the UK excluding London 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