2nd Line Support Contract Job Trends in East London

Second Line Support
London > East London

The median Second Line Support daily rate in East London is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 22 31
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 -3
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in East London 1.77% 0.83% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 0.96% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £117
25th Percentile - £213 £121
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £225 £175
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +28.57% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £238 £225
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £230 £250 £205
% change year-on-year -7.90% +21.95% +2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.73 - -
Median hourly rate £23.47 - -
75th Percentile £24.20 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £19.50 £24.66 £23.80
% change year-on-year -20.92% +3.61% -4.80%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East 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 East London with a recognized job title 104 104 195
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.04% 86.67% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 83 168
10th Percentile £185 £288 £271
25th Percentile £337 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -6.37%
75th Percentile £671 £585 £613
90th Percentile £775 £666 £706
London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 15
10th Percentile £19.90 £18.00 £11.95
25th Percentile £20.96 £26.63 £12.54
Median hourly rate £23.47 £32.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +45.45% -19.90%
75th Percentile £26.62 £38.50 £25.66
90th Percentile £28.07 £49.00 £32.15
London median hourly rate £39.00 £31.75 £27.81
% change year-on-year +22.83% +14.17% -25.68%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

2nd Line Support job vacancy trend in East London

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in East London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in East London

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in East London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in East London

2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the East London region over the 6 months to 9 July 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
Dagenham - 1 - -
2nd Line Support
London

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, 2nd 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 East London region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft