Wintel Specialist Contracts

Wintel Specialist
UK

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Wintel Specialist daily rate in the UK.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 - 716
Rank change year-on-year - - +134
Contract jobs requiring a Wintel Specialist 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £543
Median % change year-on-year - - +27.76%
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £543
% change year-on-year - - +27.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Wintel Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Wintel Specialist in the UK

Wintel Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Wintel Specialist.

Daily rate trend for Wintel Specialist in the UK

Wintel Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Wintel Specialist.

Hourly rate trend for Wintel Specialist in the UK

Wintel Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Wintel Specialist 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 featuring Wintel Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Wintel Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Virtualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
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
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware