First Line Support Engineer
UK
The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £135 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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 7 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 542 | 658 | 756 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +116 | +98 | -96 |
| Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer | 43 | 35 | 93 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.060% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.064% | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 31 | 30 | 73 |
| 10th Percentile | £104 | £125 | £117 |
| 25th Percentile | £113 | £150 | £126 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £135 | £175 | £140 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.86% | +25.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £173 | £188 | £183 |
| 90th Percentile | £195 | £194 | £195 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £130 | £175 | £140 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.71% | +25.00% | -1.75% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £14.55 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £14.63 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.50 | £15.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -31.82% | +62.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.88 | £15.38 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £18.95 | £15.45 | £40.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.50 | £15.00 | £17.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -11.76% | +25.93% |
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 | 39,719 | 54,978 | 83,963 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.74% | 94.64% | 95.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,839 | 38,395 | 59,001 |
| 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 | 2,655 | 1,545 | 2,052 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.25 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.74 | £76.40 | £63.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £19.52 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +117.73% | +2.74% |
1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer.
1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer.
1st Line Support Engineer
Top 15 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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 |
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| England | +105 | 36 | £136 | -22.14% | 25 |
| UK excluding London | +80 | 29 | £130 | -25.71% | 28 |
| London | +85 | 13 | £141 | -19.57% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +130 | 9 | £145 | -17.14% | 10 |
| North of England | +28 | 8 | £130 | -25.71% | 3 |
| Midlands | +38 | 6 | £180 | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | +29 | 5 | £180 | - | |
| East of England | +7 | 5 | £128 | -33.77% | 5 |
| Scotland | +48 | 4 | £126 | - | 1 |
| North West | +23 | 4 | £122 | -30.29% | 3 |
| South East | +22 | 4 | £190 | +26.67% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | +28 | 3 | £130 | -13.33% | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £210 | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| North East | - | 1 | £180 | - |
1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 1st Line Support 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 featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.
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1st Line Support Engineer 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: