1st Line Support Analyst Contracts

First Line Support Analyst
UK

The median First Line Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £163 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 555 641 761
Rank change year-on-year +86 +120 -128
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Analyst 28 55 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.095% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.100% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 37 52
10th Percentile £127 £136 £117
25th Percentile £150 £155 £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £220 £161
Median % change year-on-year -26.14% +36.43% +24.04%
75th Percentile £175 £250 £195
90th Percentile £177 £270 £249
UK excluding London median daily rate £163 £250 £160
% change year-on-year -35.00% +56.25% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 13
10th Percentile £13.49 £15.98 £11.03
25th Percentile £13.73 - £12.21
Median hourly rate £15.17 £20.44 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.78% +27.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £16.18 £22.63 £20.00
90th Percentile £16.79 £25.85 £20.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.17 £20.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year -24.15% +25.00% +6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 39,665 55,057 84,118
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,784 38,442 59,095
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,534 2,069
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.26 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +3.98%

1st Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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
UK excluding London +50 20 £163 -35.00% 9
England +73 16 £150 -16.67% 9
Scotland +50 11 £175 -30.00%
London +81 8 £160 -20.00% 2
Work from Home +99 7 £150 -40.00% 2
Midlands +33 3 £150 -24.05% 1
West Midlands +23 3 £150 -24.05% 1
North of England +6 3 £130 -48.00% 1
South East +14 2 £165 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire +12 2 £130 -11.01%
North West +16 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 - - 1

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 1st 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 featuring 1st Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 13 (46.43%) Customer Service
2 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
3 12 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (39.29%) Windows
5 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
6 9 (32.14%) ITIL
7 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
7 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
9 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
9 6 (21.43%) Service Management
10 4 (14.29%) HNC
10 4 (14.29%) ServiceNow
10 4 (14.29%) Azure
10 4 (14.29%) Entra ID
11 3 (10.71%) OneDrive
11 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (10.71%) Mobile Device Management
11 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
11 3 (10.71%) Finance
12 2 (7.14%) ITSM
12 2 (7.14%) Front Office
12 2 (7.14%) Apple
12 2 (7.14%) SQL
12 2 (7.14%) Dell
12 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (7.14%) Linux
12 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
12 2 (7.14%) Banking

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (10.71%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 3 (10.71%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.57%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 15 (53.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Banking
4 2 (7.14%) Front Office
4 2 (7.14%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.57%) Electronics
5 1 (3.57%) French Language
5 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Marketing
5 1 (3.57%) Spanish Language
5 1 (3.57%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.57%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (39.29%) Windows
2 6 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) Customer Service
2 9 (32.14%) ITIL
3 8 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (21.43%) Service Management
5 3 (10.71%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (7.14%) ITSM
7 1 (3.57%) Asset Management
7 1 (3.57%) Business Continuity
7 1 (3.57%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.57%) Chat Support
7 1 (3.57%) CRM
7 1 (3.57%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (3.57%) Decision-Making
7 1 (3.57%) Digital Marketing
7 1 (3.57%) Health Informatics
7 1 (3.57%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.57%) Informatics
7 1 (3.57%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (3.57%) Network Management
7 1 (3.57%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) HNC
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.57%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.57%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) ECDL
3 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (3.57%) MCP
3 1 (3.57%) MCSE
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.14%) Apple
3 2 (7.14%) Dell
4 1 (3.57%) SAP