1st Line Support Engineer Contracts in the City of London

First Line Support Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £190 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 168 185
Rank change year-on-year +44 +17 -28
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 2 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.093% 0.087% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.091% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £144 £128
25th Percentile £185 £158 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £188 £138
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +36.36% -
75th Percentile £195 £197 £144
90th Percentile - £199 £145
Central London median daily rate £190 £188 £138
% change year-on-year +1.33% +36.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.13 - -
Median hourly rate £26.25 - -
75th Percentile £29.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.25 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,053 3,286 4,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.09% 94.97% 94.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,435 2,222 3,008
10th Percentile £346 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.25% +6.67% +5.14%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £788 £813 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 21 52
10th Percentile £14.90 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £20.02
Median hourly rate £22.75 £35.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -3.45% +101.67%
75th Percentile £28.91 £58.75 £52.63
90th Percentile £40.00 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £26.78 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -23.49% -5.41% +105.84%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in the City of London

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in the City of London

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in the City of London

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 1st Line Support 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 City of London region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
1 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (50.00%) WhatsApp
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) WhatsApp
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (50.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory