1st Line Support Contracts in England

First Line Support
UK > England

The median First Line Support daily rate in England is £145 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 387 436 454
Rank change year-on-year +49 +18 -13
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 152 233 348
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.47% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.49% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 163 210
10th Percentile £110 £121 £110
25th Percentile £122 £131 £121
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £151 £143
Median % change year-on-year -3.99% +5.61% +9.62%
75th Percentile £159 £188 £180
90th Percentile £181 £238 £203
UK median daily rate £146 £155 £145
% change year-on-year -5.97% +6.90% +11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 26 72
10th Percentile £14.16 £15.00 £11.57
25th Percentile £14.25 £16.34 £13.69
Median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £15.59
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +18.68% +29.90%
75th Percentile £17.53 £20.00 £18.56
90th Percentile £18.80 £22.63 £20.00
UK median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year -10.81% +19.35% +29.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,367 47,420 67,920
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,815 33,680 48,307
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,442 1,403 1,897
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in England.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in England.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the England 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
South East +9 46 £165 +28.16% 20
London +45 31 £144 -7.10% 8
Midlands +39 27 £150 +3.45% 13
North of England +11 25 £138 -20.29% 15
West Midlands +32 21 £150 -7.69% 2
Yorkshire +15 15 £133 -15.34% 4
South West +10 15 £155 +12.73% 5
North West +3 8 £134 -33.25% 11
East of England +7 7 £128 -20.42% 11
East Midlands +24 6 £130 +15.56% 11
North East - 2 £173 -
1st Line Support
UK

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 1st 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 England region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 68 (44.74%) Microsoft
2 59 (38.82%) Windows
3 57 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (32.24%) Active Directory
5 46 (30.26%) Social Skills
6 45 (29.61%) Customer Service
7 34 (22.37%) Microsoft Office
7 34 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (21.71%) SLA
9 28 (18.42%) ITIL
9 28 (18.42%) Service Delivery
9 28 (18.42%) Windows 10
10 20 (13.16%) Security Cleared
11 17 (11.18%) Degree
11 17 (11.18%) Windows 7
12 14 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
12 14 (9.21%) Public Sector
12 14 (9.21%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (8.55%) SC Cleared
13 13 (8.55%) Azure
14 12 (7.89%) WhatsApp
15 10 (6.58%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (6.58%) Proactive Monitoring
15 10 (6.58%) ServiceNow
16 9 (5.92%) SQL
16 9 (5.92%) Retail
17 8 (5.26%) CRM
17 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
17 8 (5.26%) Service Management
17 8 (5.26%) Apple iOS

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.66%) Site Server
Applications
1 34 (22.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) assyst
1 1 (0.66%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 57 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (8.55%) Azure
3 12 (7.89%) WhatsApp
4 8 (5.26%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.61%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.66%) AWS
6 1 (0.66%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.21%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (4.61%) LAN
3 4 (2.63%) DHCP
3 4 (2.63%) VPN
4 3 (1.97%) DNS
4 3 (1.97%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.32%) Network Security
5 2 (1.32%) WAN
6 1 (0.66%) Firewall
6 1 (0.66%) NAS
6 1 (0.66%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Hudson
1 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 46 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (9.21%) Public Sector
3 10 (6.58%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (5.92%) Retail
5 8 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (4.61%) Finance
7 5 (3.29%) Legal
8 4 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.32%) Advertising
9 2 (1.32%) Banking
9 2 (1.32%) Electronics
9 2 (1.32%) Front Office
9 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.32%) Marketing
9 2 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.66%) Back Office
10 1 (0.66%) Dutch Language
10 1 (0.66%) French Language
10 1 (0.66%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.32%) FIX Protocol
1 2 (1.32%) OLE
2 1 (0.66%) .NET
2 1 (0.66%) Middleware
2 1 (0.66%) XML
2 1 (0.66%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.95%) Digital Signage
2 4 (2.63%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.97%) NHS
3 3 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.32%) iPhone
4 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.32%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.66%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.66%) BYOD
5 1 (0.66%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.66%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.66%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.66%) EPoS
5 1 (0.66%) iPad
5 1 (0.66%) PKI
5 1 (0.66%) SCADA
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 59 (38.82%) Windows
2 28 (18.42%) Windows 10
3 17 (11.18%) Windows 7
4 8 (5.26%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.29%) Mac OS
6 3 (1.97%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.32%) Linux
8 1 (0.66%) Android
8 1 (0.66%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.66%) Unix
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.66%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (29.61%) Customer Service
2 34 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (18.42%) ITIL
3 28 (18.42%) Service Delivery
4 10 (6.58%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (5.26%) CRM
5 8 (5.26%) Decision-Making
5 8 (5.26%) Service Management
6 7 (4.61%) Customer Requirements
6 7 (4.61%) Time Management
7 5 (3.29%) Asset Management
7 5 (3.29%) Inventory Management
8 4 (2.63%) Computer Science
8 4 (2.63%) Information Security
8 4 (2.63%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (2.63%) Proactive Maintenance
8 4 (2.63%) User Experience
9 3 (1.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (1.97%) Escalation Management
9 3 (1.97%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.92%) SQL
2 1 (0.66%) C#
2 1 (0.66%) Java
2 1 (0.66%) R
2 1 (0.66%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 17 (11.18%) Degree
3 13 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.95%) A+ Certification
5 6 (3.95%) DBS Check
6 4 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.97%) CCNA
7 3 (1.97%) MCITP
8 2 (1.32%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.66%) ECDL
9 1 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.66%) MCP
9 1 (0.66%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (21.71%) SLA
2 1 (0.66%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 49 (32.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.97%) SCCM
3 2 (1.32%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.66%) WSUS
Vendors
1 68 (44.74%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.58%) ServiceNow
3 6 (3.95%) Apple
4 4 (2.63%) Cisco
4 4 (2.63%) Citrix
5 3 (1.97%) Juniper
5 3 (1.97%) SAP
6 2 (1.32%) Bomgar
6 2 (1.32%) iManage
7 1 (0.66%) BMC
7 1 (0.66%) CA
7 1 (0.66%) Dell
7 1 (0.66%) Remedy
7 1 (0.66%) Veeam
7 1 (0.66%) VMware
88 1st Line Support jobs Nationwide