2nd Line Support Analyst Contracts in the South East

Second Line Support Analyst
England > South East

The median Second Line Support Analyst daily rate in the South East is £170 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 208 242
Rank change year-on-year +8 +34 -42
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 3 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.054% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.15% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 11
10th Percentile - £196 -
25th Percentile - £258 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 £320 £165
Median % change year-on-year -46.88% +93.94% +3.13%
75th Percentile £175 £334 £180
90th Percentile £178 £358 £250
England median daily rate £195 £225 £188
% change year-on-year -13.33% +20.00% +17.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £16.00 £17.70
% change year-on-year - -9.60% +2.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 East with a recognized job title 5,156 5,513 7,500
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.38% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,099 3,836 5,074
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £604 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 476 240 339
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.04 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.18
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.69 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.30
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

2nd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the South East

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the South East

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the South East

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 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
Thames Valley - 3 £170 -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £170 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £180 -
2nd Line Support Analyst
England

2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 2nd Line Support Analyst 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 East region featuring 2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V

2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware