2nd Line Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Second Line Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 101 113 154
Rank change year-on-year +12 +41 -16
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 38 49 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.39% 1.42% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 1.50% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 42 36
10th Percentile £160 £158 £124
25th Percentile £185 £167 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £250 £195
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +28.21% +11.43%
75th Percentile £273 £347 £250
90th Percentile £375 £350 £349
England median daily rate £200 £225 £200
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 11
10th Percentile - - £15.00
25th Percentile - - £16.00
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £18.00
90th Percentile - - £19.25
England median hourly rate £17.72 £22.00 £17.67
% change year-on-year -19.45% +24.50% +0.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,508 3,256 4,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.65% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 2,289 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £223 £206
25th Percentile £325 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +3.83% +14.38%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 177
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.74% +14.47%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.70
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
West Midlands +36 27 £200 +14.29% 16
East Midlands +1 11 £200 -38.46% 5
2nd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Midlands region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (50.00%) WAN
2 17 (44.74%) Windows
3 15 (39.47%) Security Cleared
4 14 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (34.21%) PKI
5 13 (34.21%) IPsec
5 13 (34.21%) Active Directory
5 13 (34.21%) BGP
5 13 (34.21%) Juniper
5 13 (34.21%) MPLS
6 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
6 11 (28.95%) Windows 10
7 9 (23.68%) Cisco
7 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
8 8 (21.05%) Customer Service
8 8 (21.05%) DNS
9 7 (18.42%) TCP/IP
9 7 (18.42%) SCCM
9 7 (18.42%) SD-WAN
9 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
10 6 (15.79%) Autotask
10 6 (15.79%) Windows Server
10 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (15.79%) VPN
11 5 (13.16%) Linux
11 5 (13.16%) ITIL
11 5 (13.16%) ISO 9000
11 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
11 5 (13.16%) Mobile Device Management

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (7.89%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 19 (50.00%) WAN
2 13 (34.21%) BGP
2 13 (34.21%) IPsec
2 13 (34.21%) MPLS
3 8 (21.05%) DNS
4 7 (18.42%) SD-WAN
4 7 (18.42%) TCP/IP
5 6 (15.79%) VPN
6 3 (7.89%) Ethernet
6 3 (7.89%) Firewall
6 3 (7.89%) Junos
6 3 (7.89%) LAN
6 3 (7.89%) VLAN
6 3 (7.89%) VoIP
6 3 (7.89%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.63%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
General
1 9 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Public Sector
3 5 (13.16%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Aerospace
5 2 (5.26%) Automotive
5 2 (5.26%) Aviation
5 2 (5.26%) Finance
6 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (34.21%) PKI
2 4 (10.53%) iPad
3 3 (7.89%) Clustering
3 3 (7.89%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 17 (44.74%) Windows
2 11 (28.95%) Windows 10
3 6 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2012
4 5 (13.16%) Linux
5 3 (7.89%) Mac OS
5 3 (7.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) Customer Service
2 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (13.16%) ITIL
3 5 (13.16%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (13.16%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (13.16%) Proactive Monitoring
3 5 (13.16%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (10.53%) Asset Management
5 3 (7.89%) Agile
5 3 (7.89%) Decision-Making
5 3 (7.89%) Load Balancing
5 3 (7.89%) PRINCE2
5 3 (7.89%) Quality Management
5 3 (7.89%) Ticket Management
6 2 (5.26%) Change Management
6 2 (5.26%) Mentoring
6 2 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (2.63%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.63%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (39.47%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.89%) Degree
4 2 (5.26%) CCNA
4 2 (5.26%) CCNP
4 2 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (5.26%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 13 (34.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.89%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) SCCM
2 6 (15.79%) Autotask
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (7.89%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (7.89%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Juniper
2 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
3 9 (23.68%) Cisco
4 3 (7.89%) Apple
4 3 (7.89%) Datto
4 3 (7.89%) Fujitsu
4 3 (7.89%) Remedy
4 3 (7.89%) VMware
5 2 (5.26%) Citrix
6 1 (2.63%) NetApp
6 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow