1st Line Engineer Contracts in the City of London

First Line Engineer
Central London > City of London

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median First Line Engineer daily rate in the City of London.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 - 168
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.11% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £136
25th Percentile - - £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £164
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.97%
75th Percentile - - £196
90th Percentile - - £199
Central London median daily rate - - £164
% change year-on-year - - +3.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £162.50 - -
Median hourly rate £175.00 - -
75th Percentile £187.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £175.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,634 2,090 3,462
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.00% 95.13% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,025 1,486 2,357
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -6.25% +6.19%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £820
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £585
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 22
10th Percentile £22.00 £15.62 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £18.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -6.04%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £92.75 £40.00 £87.97
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £25.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +16.28% -28.57% -6.04%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in the City of London

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the City of London

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the City of London

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 1st 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 City of London region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft