2nd Line Engineer Contracts in Chester

Second Line Engineer
Cheshire > Chester

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Chester is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 3.70% - 1.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% - 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £205 - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile £245 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £161 £275 £175
% change year-on-year -41.45% +57.14% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 48 83 63
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 97.65% 96.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 47 33
10th Percentile £199 £270 £207
25th Percentile £244 £299 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +26.56% -5.88% +43.46%
75th Percentile £678 £525 £538
90th Percentile £738 £665 £624
Cheshire median daily rate £487 £475 £438
% change year-on-year +2.53% +8.57% -0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 5
10th Percentile £36.54 £23.15 £13.94
25th Percentile £41.25 £29.10 £16.49
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.65 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% +82.15% -6.01%
75th Percentile £47.50 £35.00 £21.50
90th Percentile - £35.50 £25.33
Cheshire median hourly rate £20.11 £29.26 £24.50
% change year-on-year -31.27% +19.43% +36.87%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Chester

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 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 Chester region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Autodesk
1 2 (100.00%) Wyse
1 2 (100.00%) iPad
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Autodesk
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Wyse
5 2nd Line Engineer jobs in Cheshire