2nd Line Support Contracts in Bristol

Second Line Support
South West > Bristol

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Bristol is £190 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
19 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 78 89
Rank change year-on-year +5 +11 -18
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 7 16 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.67% 1.25% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.39% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 13
10th Percentile - £138 £158
25th Percentile £185 £163 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £190 £228
Median % change year-on-year - -16.48% +21.33%
75th Percentile £210 £229 £275
90th Percentile £254 £244 £287
South West median daily rate £190 £205 £200
% change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +28.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £19.00 £16.80
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year - +17.30% -30.41%
75th Percentile - £21.00 £17.30
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - £17.50 £16.03
% change year-on-year - +9.20% -27.16%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,000 1,148 1,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 89.83% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 805 923
10th Percentile £250 £291 £276
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +16.47%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £707 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 154 113
10th Percentile £36.25 £35.00 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% -6.67%
75th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £85.70 £65.60
South West median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
% change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Bristol

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Bristol

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Bristol

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 2nd Line Support 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 Bristol region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (42.86%) SCCM
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 2 (28.57%) Security Patching
5 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
5 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (28.57%) LAN
6 1 (14.29%) SLA
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (14.29%) Azure
6 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
6 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
6 1 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
6 1 (14.29%) Compliance Management
6 1 (14.29%) Server Management
6 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Security Patching
2 1 (14.29%) Compliance Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
14 2nd Line Support jobs in the South West