2nd Line Support Contracts in London

Second Line Support
England > London

The median Second Line Support daily rate in London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 369 402
Rank change year-on-year +48 +33 +22
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 70 130 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.39% 0.48% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.50% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 89 137
10th Percentile £140 £163 £150
25th Percentile £156 £185 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £220
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +17.33%
75th Percentile £247 £275 £250
90th Percentile £300 £305 £300
England median daily rate £200 £223 £190
% change year-on-year -10.11% +17.11% +10.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 25
10th Percentile £19.76 £19.93 £21.00
25th Percentile £21.01 £21.00 £21.50
Median hourly rate £23.09 £24.25 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -4.78% +1.42% +6.27%
75th Percentile £23.45 £25.53 -
90th Percentile £23.66 £28.70 £37.50
England median hourly rate £17.72 £20.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.22% +2.10% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,628 25,761 37,096
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 95.30% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,029 18,663 27,061
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £798 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 289 451
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +12.27%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in London

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in London.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in London

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Support in London

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in London.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in London

2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Central London +32 8 £200 -0.12% 1
East London -6 2 £123 -36.36% 4
West London +14 1 £150 -35.48% 2
South London +12 1 £200 - 3
2nd Line Support
England

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 London region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 55 (78.57%) Windows
2 46 (65.71%) Microsoft
3 40 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (55.71%) Active Directory
5 34 (48.57%) Social Skills
6 29 (41.43%) Microsoft Office
7 21 (30.00%) Customer Service
8 19 (27.14%) Windows 10
9 16 (22.86%) SCCM
10 15 (21.43%) Azure
11 13 (18.57%) Finance
12 12 (17.14%) ITIL
12 12 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
13 11 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
13 11 (15.71%) Security Cleared
14 10 (14.29%) Asset Management
15 9 (12.86%) SC Cleared
15 9 (12.86%) Mac OS
15 9 (12.86%) Degree
16 8 (11.43%) JIRA
16 8 (11.43%) Banking
16 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
16 8 (11.43%) VPN
17 7 (10.00%) Apple iOS
17 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
17 7 (10.00%) ServiceNow
17 7 (10.00%) WhatsApp
17 7 (10.00%) LAN
17 7 (10.00%) Apple
17 7 (10.00%) Video Conferencing

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (17.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.43%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (1.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 29 (41.43%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 40 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (21.43%) Azure
3 7 (10.00%) WhatsApp
4 5 (7.14%) Asana
4 5 (7.14%) Slack
5 3 (4.29%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.86%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.86%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.43%) VPN
2 7 (10.00%) LAN
3 6 (8.57%) WAN
3 6 (8.57%) Wireless
4 4 (5.71%) Firewall
4 4 (5.71%) Internet
4 4 (5.71%) VoIP
5 3 (4.29%) FTP
5 3 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (2.86%) DHCP
6 2 (2.86%) DNS
6 2 (2.86%) Intranet
6 2 (2.86%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (2.86%) VLAN
7 1 (1.43%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (1.43%) SAN
7 1 (1.43%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 8 (11.43%) JIRA
2 1 (1.43%) Hudson
General
1 34 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 13 (18.57%) Finance
3 8 (11.43%) Banking
4 5 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.71%) Legal
6 3 (4.29%) Billing
6 3 (4.29%) Multimedia
7 2 (2.86%) Advertising
7 2 (2.86%) Local Government
7 2 (2.86%) Marketing
7 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.43%) French Language
8 1 (1.43%) Front Office
8 1 (1.43%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.43%) Law
8 1 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.43%) .NET
1 1 (1.43%) Middleware
1 1 (1.43%) Rendezvous
1 1 (1.43%) TIBCO EMS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.00%) Smartphone
1 7 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (8.57%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.14%) iPad
4 4 (5.71%) iPhone
4 4 (5.71%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.86%) Clustering
5 2 (2.86%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.43%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.43%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.43%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.43%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.43%) PDA
6 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 55 (78.57%) Windows
2 19 (27.14%) Windows 10
3 9 (12.86%) Mac OS
4 7 (10.00%) Android
4 7 (10.00%) Apple iOS
5 6 (8.57%) Windows Server
6 4 (5.71%) Windows 7
7 3 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.86%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.43%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.43%) OpenVMS
9 1 (1.43%) Unix
9 1 (1.43%) VMS
9 1 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 12 (17.14%) ITIL
3 11 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 6 (8.57%) Investment Management
6 5 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
7 4 (5.71%) Information Security
7 4 (5.71%) ITSM
7 4 (5.71%) Migration
7 4 (5.71%) Service Management
8 3 (4.29%) Change Management
8 3 (4.29%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (4.29%) Data Protection
8 3 (4.29%) Data Visualisation
8 3 (4.29%) Proactive Maintenance
8 3 (4.29%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (4.29%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.29%) Software Deployment
8 3 (4.29%) Software Distribution
8 3 (4.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 9 (12.86%) Degree
2 9 (12.86%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.14%) A+ Certification
3 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.71%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.86%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.86%) MCITP
5 2 (2.86%) MCP
6 1 (1.43%) CCNA
6 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.43%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.43%) MCSA
6 1 (1.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.57%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (55.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.86%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (22.86%) SCCM
2 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (2.86%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.43%) ITRS Geneos
5 1 (1.43%) PaperCut
5 1 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (65.71%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.00%) Apple
2 7 (10.00%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.14%) Palo Alto
3 5 (7.14%) Zscaler
4 4 (5.71%) Dell
5 3 (4.29%) Citrix
5 3 (4.29%) VMware
6 2 (2.86%) Cisco
6 2 (2.86%) Google
6 2 (2.86%) HP
7 1 (1.43%) Avaya
7 1 (1.43%) Computacenter
7 1 (1.43%) EMC
7 1 (1.43%) Facebook
7 1 (1.43%) IBM
7 1 (1.43%) Instagram
7 1 (1.43%) Micro Focus
7 1 (1.43%) TIBCO
7 1 (1.43%) Veeam