3rd Line Support Contract Job Trends in Devon

Third Line Support
South West > Devon

The median Third Line Support daily rate in Devon is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 0.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South West median daily rate £450 £300 £300
% change year-on-year +50.00% - -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 169 171 269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.42% 93.96% 94.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 93 195
10th Percentile £171 £188 £158
25th Percentile £228 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £458
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +9.29% -3.17%
75th Percentile £481 £601 £600
90th Percentile £580 £683 £666
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 17 35
10th Percentile £15.74 £12.50 £10.42
25th Percentile £22.69 £40.00 £15.30
Median hourly rate £24.71 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.82% +50.00% -30.43%
75th Percentile £46.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile - £70.00 £70.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Devon

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

3rd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

3rd Line Support
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 Support within the Devon region over the 6 months to 14 February 2026. 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
Plymouth - 1 £500 - 1
3rd Line Support
South West

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 14 February 2026, 3rd Line Support 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 Devon region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Netskope
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) VBScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Netskope
1 1 (100.00%) VMware