Wintel Engineer Contract Job Trends in London
Wintel Engineer
England > London
The median Wintel Engineer daily rate in London is £534, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 452 | 359 | 374 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -93 | +15 | +47 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Wintel Engineer | 12 | 11 | 11 |
| As % of all contract jobs in London | 0.059% | 0.082% | 0.069% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.063% | 0.089% | 0.073% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £389 | - | £445 |
| 25th Percentile | £448 | - | £518 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £534 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.62% | -2.33% | +19.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | - | £556 |
| 90th Percentile | £684 | £608 | £582 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | +12.24% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
London
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title | 18,978 | 12,390 | 14,996 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.84% | 92.57% | 94.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12,316 | 8,250 | 9,741 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £335 | £345 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £545 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.92% | -0.91% | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £663 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.44% | -2.38% | -2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 430 | 213 | 168 |
| 10th Percentile | £16.70 | £17.00 | £17.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £21.93 | £22.00 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £26.50 | £38.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +54.72% | -30.26% | -6.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.81 | £48.00 | £59.06 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £67.11 | £80.23 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.71 | £25.15 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.84% | -40.82% | -7.61% |
Wintel Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Wintel Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.
Wintel Engineer Daily Rate Trend in London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in London.
Wintel Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Wintel Engineer in London over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.
Wintel Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Wintel Engineer job vacancies in London.
Wintel Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London
For the 6 months to 22 October 2026, Wintel 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 London region featuring Wintel Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Windows | 100.0% | 12 |
| 2 | VMware | 91.7% | 11 |
| 2 | Windows Server | 91.7% | 11 |
| 4 | VMware Infrastructure | 83.3% | 10 |
| 5 | vSphere | 66.7% | 8 |
| 6 | Disaster Recovery | 58.3% | 7 |
| 6 | VMware ESXi | 58.3% | 7 |
| 8 | Service Delivery | 50.0% | 6 |
| 9 | Azure | 41.7% | 5 |
| 9 | Performance Optimisation | 41.7% | 5 |
| 9 | Service Management | 41.7% | 5 |
| 12 | Active Directory | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | DHCP | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | DNS | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | Infrastructure Engineering | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | ITIL | 33.3% | 4 |
| 12 | Storage Management | 33.3% | 4 |
| 18 | Entra ID | 25.0% | 3 |
| 18 | Hyper-V | 25.0% | 3 |
| 18 | Microsoft | 25.0% | 3 |
| 18 | PowerShell | 25.0% | 3 |
| 18 | Root Cause Analysis | 25.0% | 3 |
| 23 | Analytics | 16.7% | 2 |
| 23 | ARM Templates | 16.7% | 2 |
| 23 | Azure Monitor | 16.7% | 2 |
| 23 | Azure Stack | 16.7% | 2 |
| 23 | Bicep | 16.7% | 2 |
| 23 | Business Continuity | 16.7% | 2 |
| 23 | Change Management | 16.7% | 2 |
| 23 | High Availability | 16.7% | 2 |
Wintel Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VMware Engineer | 58.3% | 7 |
| 2 | Senior VMware Engineer | 41.7% | 5 |
| 2 | Senior Wintel Engineer | 41.7% | 5 |
| 4 | Wintel Infrastructure Engineer | 25.0% | 3 |