2nd Line Engineer Contracts in Bolton

Second Line Engineer
Manchester > Bolton

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Bolton is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bolton 3.13% - 3.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.23% - 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
Manchester median daily rate £325 £220 £180
% change year-on-year +47.73% +22.22% -12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
Manchester median hourly rate - £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year - -31.85% +30.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 31 16 28
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 100.00% 90.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 4
10th Percentile £157 £310 £200
25th Percentile £170 £406 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £480 £388
Median % change year-on-year -60.42% +23.87% +45.54%
75th Percentile £200 £519 £488
90th Percentile £250 £538 -
Manchester median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 22
10th Percentile £54.60 £24.15 £26.00
25th Percentile - £26.39 £30.06
Median hourly rate £60.00 £41.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.34% -36.92% +165.31%
75th Percentile £75.00 £57.25 £69.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £78.75 £70.00
Manchester median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Bolton

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Bolton.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Bolton

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Bolton.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Bolton

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 2nd Line 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 Bolton region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft