2nd Line Engineer Contracts in Northamptonshire

Second Line Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Northamptonshire is £272 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 20 42
Rank change year-on-year -5 +22 -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 3 15 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 1.55% 6.25% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.64% 6.82% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 4
10th Percentile £234 - £139
25th Percentile £249 £313 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £272 £350 £233
Median % change year-on-year -22.29% +50.54% -
75th Percentile £294 - £309
90th Percentile £306 - £326
East Midlands median daily rate £200 £325 £220
% change year-on-year -38.46% +47.73% +27.54%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 183 220 361
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 91.67% 95.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 173 280
10th Percentile £295 £205 £185
25th Percentile £356 £300 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £388 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.61% -13.89% +20.00%
75th Percentile £537 £500 £515
90th Percentile £621 £569 £575
East Midlands median daily rate £415 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 31
10th Percentile £10.90 £14.19 £10.50
25th Percentile £12.37 £17.82 £15.53
Median hourly rate £14.00 £19.02 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.37% -17.33% -48.89%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.33 £35.00
90th Percentile £57.88 £35.30 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £20.40 £17.29
% change year-on-year -14.22% +17.97% +17.64%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Northamptonshire

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Northamptonshire

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Northamptonshire

2nd Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Northampton +3 2 £291 -13.78% 1
2nd Line Engineer
East Midlands

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 26 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 Northamptonshire region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Automotive
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Middleware
2 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (33.33%) NetApp
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering

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

General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) NetApp