2nd Line Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Second Line Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £220 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 103 112
Rank change year-on-year +15 +9 -28
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 8 10 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.52% 0.52% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.54% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 25
10th Percentile £189 £126 £123
25th Percentile £210 £141 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £180 £200
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £230 £199 £230
90th Percentile £244 £277 £238
North West median daily rate £200 £174 £175
% change year-on-year +15.27% -0.86% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
Median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,465 1,851 2,502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.69% 96.71% 97.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,381 1,991
10th Percentile £313 £313 £213
25th Percentile £400 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £575
90th Percentile £694 £663 £650
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 59 58
10th Percentile £12.02 £14.57 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £25.10 £37.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% +114.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60.94 £56.88 £20.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £34.13
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.74 £20.00
% change year-on-year -14.15% +53.70% +11.73%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Manchester

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Manchester

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Manchester region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (75.00%) Windows 10
4 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
4 5 (62.50%) VPN
5 4 (50.00%) Azure
5 4 (50.00%) Degree
5 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
6 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (37.50%) Datto
6 3 (37.50%) Autotask
6 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
6 3 (37.50%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
6 3 (37.50%) Break/Fix
6 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
6 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (37.50%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (37.50%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (37.50%) VLAN
6 3 (37.50%) SCCM
6 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (37.50%) Mac OS
6 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
6 3 (37.50%) Quality Management

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) LAN
2 3 (37.50%) VLAN
2 3 (37.50%) VoIP
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Clustering
1 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (37.50%) Mac OS
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Break/Fix
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (37.50%) Quality Management
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) Defect Management
4 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (12.50%) High Availability
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Autotask
1 3 (37.50%) Failover Clustering
1 3 (37.50%) Jamf Pro
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (37.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Apple
2 3 (37.50%) Datto
2 3 (37.50%) VMware