2nd Line Support Contracts in Edinburgh

Second Line Support
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Edinburgh is £185 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 103 99
Rank change year-on-year +36 -4 +5
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 3 12 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.37% 0.93% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.98% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 16
10th Percentile - £131 £126
25th Percentile £178 £139 £154
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 £175 £178
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -1.41% +26.79%
75th Percentile £193 £192 £255
90th Percentile - £212 £313
Scotland median daily rate £195 £181 £196
% change year-on-year +7.59% -7.53% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £17.78 - -
25th Percentile £17.86 - -
Median hourly rate £18.00 - £17.50
75th Percentile £18.13 - -
90th Percentile £18.22 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.00 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - +40.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 764 1,228 1,869
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.64% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 873 1,283
10th Percentile £206 £239 £230
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £565
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 12 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.62 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.81 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £24.27 £22.13 £26.85
% change year-on-year +9.71% -17.60% -28.40%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Edinburgh

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Edinburgh

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Edinburgh

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 2nd Line Support 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 Edinburgh region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS X
3 1 (33.33%) Apple

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS X
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
4 2nd Line Support jobs in Scotland