1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
South East > Berkshire

As of 3 July 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer daily rate in Berkshire.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 - 108
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.085% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% - 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £170
75th Percentile - - £173
90th Percentile - - £174
South East median daily rate £213 £300 £170
% change year-on-year -29.17% +76.47% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
South East median hourly rate £21.77 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,083 1,841 1,737
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 93.26% 94.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 936 1,080
10th Percentile £313 £271 £325
25th Percentile £409 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £706
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 128 56
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.93 £17.31
25th Percentile £27.63 £42.00 £22.66
Median hourly rate £59.50 £60.83 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -2.19% +5.21% +175.32%
75th Percentile £76.77 £77.12 £74.06
90th Percentile £88.73 £87.53 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £49.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.86% -2.00% +138.10%

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in Berkshire

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in Berkshire

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in Berkshire

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. 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
Slough - 1 - - 1
1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
South East

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, 1st/2nd 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 across the Berkshire region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft