3rd Line Engineer Contract Job Trends in Devon

Third Line Engineer
South West > Devon

The median Third Line Engineer daily rate in Devon is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Devon 0.65% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £350 £375 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -25.00% +37.93%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 113 217 170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 73.38% 96.02% 91.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 142 135
10th Percentile £200 £150 £230
25th Percentile £275 £275 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £458 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% -8.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £528 £600 £600
90th Percentile £579 £685 £704
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 19 8
10th Percentile £21.40 £18.36 £16.43
25th Percentile £22.76 £48.13 £27.79
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +67.74% +118.31%
75th Percentile £28.50 £72.50 £53.75
90th Percentile £66.50 - £69.50
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Devon.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Devon

3rd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Devon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Devon

3rd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Devon.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Devon

3rd Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer within the Devon region over the 6 months to 14 September 2025. 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
Exeter - 1 £250 - 1
3rd Line Engineer
South West

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, 3rd 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 Devon region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Devon 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust