2nd Line Support Contracts in Solihull

Second Line Support
West Midlands > Solihull

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Solihull is £325 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 16 14 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 15 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Solihull 11.90% 3.39% -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.00% 3.92% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £237 - -
25th Percentile £300 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £200 £175 £170
% change year-on-year +14.29% +2.94% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Solihull

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Solihull. 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 Solihull with a recognized job title 125 51 51
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 99.21% 86.44% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 18 29
10th Percentile £157 £312 £200
25th Percentile £261 £450 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £510 £425
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% +20.00% +3.34%
75th Percentile £388 £575 £525
90th Percentile £460 £700 £575
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile - £13.53 -
25th Percentile £11.25 £14.08 -
Median hourly rate £11.50 £15.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% - -
75th Percentile £11.75 £16.36 -
90th Percentile - £17.18 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.25 £19.50 £17.28
% change year-on-year +14.10% +12.85% +8.00%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Solihull

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Solihull

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Solihull

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

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Support in Solihull

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Solihull

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Solihull

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Solihull

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 Solihull region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (80.00%) WAN
3 11 (73.33%) Juniper
3 11 (73.33%) MPLS
3 11 (73.33%) BGP
3 11 (73.33%) IPsec
3 11 (73.33%) PKI
4 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
5 5 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
6 4 (26.67%) SD-WAN
7 3 (20.00%) Windows
8 2 (13.33%) Linux
8 2 (13.33%) Cisco
8 2 (13.33%) ISO 9000
8 2 (13.33%) VPN
8 2 (13.33%) Junos
8 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (13.33%) Network Monitoring
8 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
8 2 (13.33%) Security Monitoring
8 2 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
9 1 (6.67%) Fujitsu
9 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
9 1 (6.67%) DNS
9 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
9 1 (6.67%) Active Directory

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

Communications & Networking
1 12 (80.00%) WAN
2 11 (73.33%) BGP
2 11 (73.33%) IPsec
2 11 (73.33%) MPLS
3 4 (26.67%) SD-WAN
4 2 (13.33%) Junos
4 2 (13.33%) VPN
5 1 (6.67%) DNS
General
1 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
2 2 (13.33%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (13.33%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 13 (86.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Juniper
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Fujitsu
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft