1st Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bolton

First Line Support Engineer
Manchester > Bolton

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in Bolton is £160, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bolton 3.03% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £155 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 - -
75th Percentile £165 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £160 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bolton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title 30 39 13
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 78.00% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 6
10th Percentile - £239 £363
25th Percentile £155 £328 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £513 £469
Median % change year-on-year -64.88% +9.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £200 £617 £499
90th Percentile - £624 £520
Manchester median daily rate £500 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 3
10th Percentile £19.78 £19.35 £46.40
25th Percentile £24.12 £22.16 £66.50
Median hourly rate £28.63 £22.63 £100.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.49% -77.37% +47.06%
75th Percentile £30.00 £56.62 -
90th Percentile £40.00 £75.25 -
Manchester median hourly rate £60.00 £20.68 £34.00
% change year-on-year +190.17% -39.18% +74.36%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

1st Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Bolton

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 1 September 2026, 1st Line Support Engineer 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 Bolton region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
21 1st Line Support Engineer jobs in England