1st/2nd Line Support Contracts in Cheshire

1st/2nd Line Support
North West > Cheshire

The median 1st/2nd Line Support daily rate in Cheshire is £122 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 59 49
Rank change year-on-year +5 -10 -5
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 5 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.99% 0.55% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.62% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £188 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £122 £200 £150
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% +33.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £167 £225 £188
90th Percentile £194 £233 -
North West median daily rate £190 £200 £175
% change year-on-year -5.00% +14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.72 - -
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year -11.40% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 472 481 492
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 88.91% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 330 278
10th Percentile £275 £262 £184
25th Percentile £380 £392 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £486 £438
Median % change year-on-year +0.18% +11.11% +0.34%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £629 £651 £631
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -1.40% +7.53% +9.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 21 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.00 £11.83
25th Percentile £16.47 £18.82 £16.49
Median hourly rate £20.11 £27.98 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.13% +14.20% +36.87%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.83
90th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £26.53 £30.54 £20.49
% change year-on-year -13.15% +49.05% +12.41%

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire

1st/2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire

1st/2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire

1st/2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Macclesfield - 4 £122 -
Warrington +7 1 £200 -
1st/2nd Line Support
North West

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 1st/2nd Line Support 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 Cheshire region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Apple
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (80.00%) Inventory Management
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 4 (80.00%) SCCM
2 4 (80.00%) Mac OS
2 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (80.00%) Software Deployment
2 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) OneDrive
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (80.00%) SLA
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Social Media
4 1 (20.00%) BitLocker

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (80.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (80.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (80.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
1 4 (80.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
1 4 (80.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Apple
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (20.00%) VMware