2nd Line Support Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Second Line Support
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £193 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 66 76
Rank change year-on-year +18 +10 -13
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 4 12 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.83% 1.39% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.49% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 3
10th Percentile - £185 £164
25th Percentile £170 £199 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £193 £225 £180
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +25.00% -31.43%
75th Percentile £263 £238 £199
90th Percentile £327 £592 £204
South East median daily rate £194 £210 £190
% change year-on-year -7.74% +10.53% +8.57%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 451 808 829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.84% 97.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 320 650 619
10th Percentile £225 £261 £202
25th Percentile £400 £402 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £570
90th Percentile £661 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £491
% change year-on-year - +1.83% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 4 42
10th Percentile £15.85 £10.60 £10.39
25th Percentile £17.64 £12.25 £10.77
Median hourly rate £23.48 £15.33 £12.28
Median % change year-on-year +53.18% +24.89% -12.32%
75th Percentile £28.75 £25.00 £22.25
90th Percentile £48.75 £36.25 £34.20
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £47.79 £20.00
% change year-on-year -0.61% +138.95% -20.00%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire

2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Milton Keynes +23 2 £293 +27.17% 3
High Wycombe +3 1 £170 -
Aylesbury - 1 £170 -
2nd Line Support
South East

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Apple
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) Smartphone
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Remedy
3 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Electronics
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (25.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) AirWatch
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Apple
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Remedy
2 1 (25.00%) SAP