2nd Line Engineer Contracts in the South West

Second Line Engineer
England > South West

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in the South West is £190 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 153 149
Rank change year-on-year +14 -4 -28
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 15 19 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.52% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.56% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 12
10th Percentile £170 £160 £116
25th Percentile £175 £171 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £204 £175
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +16.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £275 £225 £200
90th Percentile £288 £298 £203
England median daily rate £200 £225 £200
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.18
25th Percentile - - £15.45
Median hourly rate - - £16.03
75th Percentile - - £16.73
90th Percentile - - £17.07
England median hourly rate £17.72 £22.00 £17.70
% change year-on-year -19.45% +24.29% +5.67%

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 2,999 3,396 3,582
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 92.26% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,950 2,542 2,544
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £707 £713 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 277 196
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £25.63 £51.25 £16.79
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.17
Median % change year-on-year -25.72% +43.90% +5.66%
75th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £62.31
90th Percentile £77.80 £83.54 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £43.25 £22.28
% change year-on-year -19.08% +94.12% -0.62%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South West

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South West

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the South West

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South West

2nd 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 2nd Line Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 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 6 £275 +26.44% 4
Bristol +14 4 £190 - 6
Dorset - 3 £175 - 3
Gloucestershire +14 2 £190 +4.11% 5
2nd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 South West region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (26.67%) Legal
3 4 (26.67%) VMware
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Antivirus Management
4 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (20.00%) SCCM
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (20.00%) Case Management
4 3 (20.00%) Project Management
4 3 (20.00%) Python
4 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
5 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (6.67%) Server Management
6 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
6 1 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
6 1 (6.67%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 1 (6.67%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure

2nd 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 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
General
1 4 (26.67%) Legal
1 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.67%) Electronics
4 1 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (20.00%) Antivirus Management
2 3 (20.00%) Case Management
2 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.67%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 1 (6.67%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL
4 1 (6.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (6.67%) Server Management
4 1 (6.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) CCNA
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) MCP
2 1 (6.67%) MCSA
2 1 (6.67%) MCSE
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (6.67%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
1 4 (26.67%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) Citrix
2 1 (6.67%) SAP
2 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds
2 1 (6.67%) Veeam