2nd Line Support Contracts in the Thames Valley

Second Line Support
South East > Thames Valley

The median Second Line Support daily rate in the Thames Valley is £180 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 113 149
Rank change year-on-year -22 +36 -26
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 8 33 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 1.17% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 1.24% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 20 15
10th Percentile £158 £181 -
25th Percentile £170 £185 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £225 £170
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +32.35% -24.44%
75th Percentile £258 £319 £189
90th Percentile £321 £397 £207
South East median daily rate £188 £208 £190
% change year-on-year -9.68% +9.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £24.45 £18.00
% change year-on-year - +35.83% -14.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,451 2,669 3,307
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.54% 95.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,412 1,849 2,251
10th Percentile £205 £304 £200
25th Percentile £363 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £493
% change year-on-year - +1.42% +9.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 77 98
10th Percentile £15.63 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £66.21 £23.25
90th Percentile £85.49 £79.19 £55.71
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -19.19%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 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
Buckinghamshire +16 4 £193 -14.44% 3
Oxfordshire +7 2 £160 -41.82% 4
Berkshire -26 2 £276 +32.77% 2
2nd Line Support
South East

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) Apple
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) AirWatch
4 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
4 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (12.50%) Break/Fix
4 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (12.50%) Junos

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (12.50%) BGP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) IPsec
2 1 (12.50%) Junos
2 1 (12.50%) MPLS
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) VLAN
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Advertising
2 1 (12.50%) Electronics
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 1 (12.50%) PKI
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (12.50%) Smartphone
1 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Break/Fix
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) AirWatch
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Apple
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Fujitsu
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) Juniper
2 1 (12.50%) Remedy
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) VMware