2nd Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Second Line Support Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Second Line Support Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £129, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 111 103
Rank change year-on-year +18 -8 +25
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 3 1 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.26% 0.058% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.064% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile - - £170
25th Percentile - £263 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £129 £276 £263
Median % change year-on-year -53.24% +4.95% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £288 £375
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £215 £267 £213
% change year-on-year -19.55% +25.76% +8.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
South East median hourly rate £23.44 - -

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 1,078 1,558 1,698
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 91.06% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 683 833 1,077
10th Percentile £314 £313 £300
25th Percentile £408 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £674 £699 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 82 60
10th Percentile £14.75 £41.28 £17.46
25th Percentile £17.69 £56.25 £48.18
Median hourly rate £34.80 £61.75 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -43.65% +6.80% +122.38%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.59 £72.33
90th Percentile £86.53 £96.75 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +111.01%

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in Berkshire

2nd Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

2nd Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

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 2nd Line Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 9 September 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 - 3 £129 -
2nd Line Support Engineer
South East

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, 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 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector

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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft