2nd Line Engineer Contract Job Trends in Crawley

Second Line Engineer
West Sussex > Crawley

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Crawley is £213, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Crawley 1.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £206 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 - -
75th Percentile £219 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median daily rate £213 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 54 30 81
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.08% 93.75% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 23 72
10th Percentile £194 - £178
25th Percentile £205 £200 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £300 £374
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -19.79% -28.42%
75th Percentile £438 £478 £525
90th Percentile £488 £500 £647
West Sussex median daily rate £439 £445 £491
% change year-on-year -1.40% -9.29% -0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £70.07
Median % change year-on-year - - +289.28%
75th Percentile £16.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Sussex median hourly rate £16.00 £28.00 £35.38
% change year-on-year -42.86% -20.85% +83.77%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Crawley

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Crawley

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Crawley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Crawley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Crawley

2nd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Crawley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Crawley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Crawley

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Crawley

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 Crawley region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Crawley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM