1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Brentwood

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Essex > Brentwood

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer daily rate in Brentwood is £240, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
29 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Brentwood 8.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £240 - -
Essex median daily rate £240 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Brentwood

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Brentwood. 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 Brentwood with a recognized job title 23 8 10
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 100.00% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 2
10th Percentile £300 £150 £371
25th Percentile - £311 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £434 £413
Median % change year-on-year -19.31% +5.15% -22.17%
75th Percentile £500 £510 £434
90th Percentile £600 £572 £444
Essex median daily rate £460 £400 £350
% change year-on-year +15.00% +14.29% -33.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £24.77 £35.60 -
25th Percentile £26.68 £36.86 -
Median hourly rate £27.74 £40.35 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +0.88% -40.82%
75th Percentile - £42.46 -
90th Percentile - £42.91 -
Essex median hourly rate £17.73 £31.33 £65.00
% change year-on-year -43.42% -51.81% +13.04%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st/2nd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Brentwood.

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Brentwood

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brentwood

For the 6 months to 29 August 2026, 1st/2nd 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 Brentwood region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Brentwood 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1st/2nd Line Support Engineer jobs