1st Line Engineer Contract Job Trends in Crawley

First Line Engineer
West Sussex > Crawley

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in Crawley is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Crawley 1.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £163 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 - -
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median daily rate £175 - £170

All Contract IT Job Roles
Crawley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Crawley. 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 Crawley with a recognized job title 94 40 58
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 72.73% 96.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 33 41
10th Percentile £188 £192 -
25th Percentile £253 £205 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £270 £410
Median % change year-on-year +85.19% -34.15% +9.63%
75th Percentile £598 £425 £500
90th Percentile £650 £466 £588
West Sussex median daily rate £459 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +14.75% -11.11% -7.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.57 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £48.46 £16.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +202.84% - -
75th Percentile £52.34 £16.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median hourly rate £30.50 £18.82 £25.75
% change year-on-year +62.06% -26.91% +5.27%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Crawley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Crawley.

1st Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Crawley

1st Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Crawley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Crawley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Crawley

1st Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Crawley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Crawley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Crawley

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crawley

For the 6 months to 27 July 2026, 1st Line Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Crawley region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crawley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft