3rd Line Support Contracts in Scotland

Third Line Support
UK > Scotland

The median Third Line Support daily rate in Scotland is £325 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 164 167
Rank change year-on-year +48 +3 -17
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 10 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.46% 0.11% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.11% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 4
10th Percentile £297 - £282
25th Percentile £313 - £286
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £388
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.32%
75th Percentile £340 - £450
90th Percentile £350 - -
UK median daily rate £375 £378 £325
% change year-on-year -0.66% +16.15% +3.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,054 2,677 3,368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 95.30% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,920 2,393
10th Percentile £200 £232 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £580 £554 £550
90th Percentile £654 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 45 52
10th Percentile £12.32 £12.90 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.29 £21.75 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +11.68% -18.99% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.13 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in Scotland

3rd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Support in Scotland

3rd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Support in Scotland

3rd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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
Glasgow - 6 £325 -
Edinburgh +42 4 £340 - 2
3rd Line Support
UK

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 3rd 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 Scotland region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (70.00%) Linux
2 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) Red Hat
2 7 (70.00%) KVM
2 7 (70.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 6 (60.00%) Data Centre
3 6 (60.00%) IIS
3 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (60.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (60.00%) RHCT
3 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (60.00%) CentOS
3 6 (60.00%) MCSE
3 6 (60.00%) MCSA
3 6 (60.00%) Citrix
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (60.00%) Debian
3 6 (60.00%) VMware
4 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) SLA
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Network Management
6 1 (10.00%) High Availability
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Service

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (60.00%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Teamcenter
General
1 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows Server
2 6 (60.00%) CentOS
2 6 (60.00%) Debian
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (10.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (10.00%) High Availability
1 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (10.00%) Network Management
1 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (10.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) MCSA
1 6 (60.00%) MCSE
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (60.00%) RHCT
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (70.00%) KVM
3 6 (60.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
1 1 (10.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Red Hat
2 6 (60.00%) Citrix
2 6 (60.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Siemens