3rd Line Support Contract Job Trends in Ashton-under-Lyne

Third Line Support
Manchester > Ashton-under-Lyne

As of 19 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Third Line Support daily rate in Ashton-under-Lyne.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Ashton-under-Lyne 100.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median daily rate - - £278
% change year-on-year - - -30.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Ashton-under-Lyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Ashton-under-Lyne. 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 Ashton-under-Lyne with a recognized job title 1 0 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% -

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Ashton-under-Lyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Ashton-under-Lyne.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Ashton-under-Lyne

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ashton-under-Lyne

For the 6 months to 19 October 2025, 3rd Line Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Ashton-under-Lyne region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) QNAP
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ashton-under-Lyne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) QNAP
1 1 (100.00%) VMware