1st Line Engineer Contracts in the South West

First Line Engineer
England > South West

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in the South West is £138 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 146 164 164
Rank change year-on-year +18 0 -28
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 4 9 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.13% 0.25% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.27% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile £126 £125 £110
25th Percentile £128 £127 £118
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £138 £175 £123
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +42.86% -5.77%
75th Percentile £143 £188 £172
90th Percentile £143 - £191
England median daily rate £135 £175 £148
% change year-on-year -22.86% +18.64% +13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £14.50
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
75th Percentile - - £15.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £17.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.94% -12.82% +32.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 2,979 3,380 3,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.50% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,910 2,526 2,537
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £659
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 276 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £51.24 £17.50
Median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.00 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in the South West

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the South West

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the South West

1st Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the South West 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
Wiltshire 0 2 £138 -22.54% 2
Devon -2 1 £130 -
1st Line Engineer
England

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 1st 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 South West region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Password Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Password Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft