1st Line Support Engineer Contracts in Hertfordshire

First Line Support Engineer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in Hertfordshire is £104 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.48% - 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% - 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £116
25th Percentile - - £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £104 - £138
75th Percentile £135 - £144
90th Percentile £153 - £159
East of England median daily rate £128 £194 £152
% change year-on-year -33.77% +27.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.00 - -
Median hourly rate £18.00 - -
75th Percentile £19.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £18.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 755 733 724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.99% 91.74% 92.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 312 397 446
10th Percentile £240 £209 £157
25th Percentile £315 £360 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £426 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £760 £675
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 287 148 83
10th Percentile £37.91 £19.96 £16.49
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +27.55% +22.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £74.95 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £35.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% +125.81% -11.68%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Hertfordshire

1st Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Hatfield - 3 £104 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - -
1st Line Support Engineer
East of England

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 1 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 Hertfordshire region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Veeam
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) SCCM
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Onboarding

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Veeam