2nd Line Engineer Contracts in Cheshire

Second Line Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Cheshire is £161 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 62 49
Rank change year-on-year +14 -13 -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 9 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.80% 0.19% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 0.21% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile - - £158
25th Percentile £122 £263 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £161 £275 £175
Median % change year-on-year -41.45% +57.14% -
75th Percentile £213 £288 £238
90th Percentile £235 - £293
North West median daily rate £220 £180 £175
% change year-on-year +22.22% +2.86% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.72 - -
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -

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 468 482 501
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 89.93% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 319 334 279
10th Percentile £274 £263 £182
25th Percentile £366 £400 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% -0.79%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £632 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 20 29
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.23 £12.04
25th Percentile £16.47 £19.71 £16.49
Median hourly rate £20.11 £29.26 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.27% +19.43% +36.87%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £42.58 £59.60
North West median hourly rate £26.66 £30.76 £20.50
% change year-on-year -13.31% +50.02% +14.53%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Cheshire

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Cheshire

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in Cheshire

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Cheshire

2nd Line Engineer
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 2nd Line Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 - 5 £122 -
Northwich - 2 - - 1
Chester - 2 £225 - 1
2nd Line Engineer
North West

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 2nd Line Engineer 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 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (77.78%) OneDrive
2 6 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) SLA
3 5 (55.56%) Service Management
3 5 (55.56%) Asset Management
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (55.56%) ServiceNow
3 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
4 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (44.44%) Customer Experience
4 4 (44.44%) Software Deployment
4 4 (44.44%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (44.44%) Inventory Management
4 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 4 (44.44%) SCCM
4 4 (44.44%) Mac OS
4 4 (44.44%) Apple iOS
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 4 (44.44%) Apple
4 4 (44.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (33.33%) VPN
6 2 (22.22%) iPad
6 2 (22.22%) Firewall
6 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
6 2 (22.22%) Wyse
6 2 (22.22%) Information Security

2nd Line Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (77.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) iPad
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
1 6 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 4 (44.44%) Apple iOS
2 4 (44.44%) Mac OS
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Asset Management
1 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
1 5 (55.56%) Service Management
2 4 (44.44%) Customer Experience
2 4 (44.44%) Customer Requirements
2 4 (44.44%) Inventory Management
2 4 (44.44%) Software Deployment
3 2 (22.22%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CCNA
1 2 (22.22%) CCNP
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (44.44%) SCCM
2 4 (44.44%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) ServiceNow
2 4 (44.44%) Apple
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Autodesk
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) Dell
3 2 (22.22%) Meraki
3 2 (22.22%) Wyse