1st/2nd Line Support Contracts in Cheshire

1st/2nd Line Support
North West > Cheshire

The median 1st/2nd Line Support daily rate in Cheshire is £122 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 58 51
Rank change year-on-year +8 -7 -6
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 4 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.80% 0.56% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.62% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £188 £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £122 £200 £175
Median % change year-on-year -39.00% +14.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile - £225 £188
90th Percentile - £233 -
North West median daily rate £189 £200 £175
% change year-on-year -5.63% +14.29% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.72 - -
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £20.00 -
% change year-on-year -11.40% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 473 482 492
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 90.26% 94.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 322 332 271
10th Percentile £275 £275 £185
25th Percentile £369 £400 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £538
90th Percentile £630 £650 £631
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 21 27
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.67
25th Percentile £16.47 £20.00 £17.74
Median hourly rate £20.11 £30.54 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.15% +24.65% +36.87%
75th Percentile £38.00 £35.00 £33.26
90th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £60.45
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 £21.00
% change year-on-year -12.21% +46.45% +16.99%

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire

1st/2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire

1st/2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in Cheshire

1st/2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 9 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
Macclesfield - 4 £122 -
1st/2nd Line Support
North West

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 1st/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 Cheshire region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Apple
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (100.00%) Software Deployment
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Social Media

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) OneDrive
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) Service Management
1 4 (100.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (100.00%) SCCM
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Apple
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) ServiceNow