1st Line Support Analyst Contracts in England

First Line Support Analyst
UK > England

The median First Line Support Analyst daily rate in England is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 607 709
Rank change year-on-year +75 +102 -150
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Analyst 18 58 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.048% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 35 48
10th Percentile £118 £136 £116
25th Percentile £125 £153 £142
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £200 £155
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +29.03% +29.17%
75th Percentile £173 £273 £189
90th Percentile £186 £295 £243
UK median daily rate £163 £250 £160
% change year-on-year -35.00% +56.25% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 16
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.85 £11.00
25th Percentile £14.39 £20.44 £11.94
Median hourly rate £15.42 £21.54 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +41.21% +17.31%
75th Percentile £16.69 £22.63 £20.00
90th Percentile £16.99 £25.32 £20.75
UK median hourly rate £15.17 £20.44 £15.25
% change year-on-year -25.78% +34.03% +1.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,508 48,174 68,262
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.56% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,974 34,135 48,471
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,404 1,457 1,922
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.33 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%

1st Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in England

1st Line Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in England

1st Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 1st Line Support Analyst in England

1st Line Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in England

1st Line Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
London +92 8 £160 -11.72% 2
North of England +12 4 £130 -48.00% 2
West Midlands +37 3 £150 -4.00%
Midlands +35 3 £150 -4.00%
Yorkshire +12 3 £130 -25.82%
South East +16 2 £165 -42.61% 4
South West +15 1 £130 -42.86%
North West +7 1 - - 2
1st Line Support Analyst
UK

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 1st Line Support Analyst 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 England region featuring 1st Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 10 (55.56%) Customer Service
3 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 7 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
5 6 (33.33%) Windows 10
6 4 (22.22%) Azure
6 4 (22.22%) Service Management
6 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
7 3 (16.67%) Finance
7 3 (16.67%) ITIL
7 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
8 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
8 2 (11.11%) Banking
8 2 (11.11%) assyst
8 2 (11.11%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (11.11%) Linux
8 2 (11.11%) SQL
8 2 (11.11%) SLA
8 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (11.11%) ITSM
8 2 (11.11%) Front Office
8 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
9 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (22.22%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
General
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Front Office
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) French Language
4 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Spanish Language
4 1 (5.56%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (61.11%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
4 1 (5.56%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 4 (22.22%) Service Management
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL
3 3 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (11.11%) ITSM
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.56%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.56%) Business Continuity
5 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (5.56%) Chat Support
5 1 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.56%) CRM
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (5.56%) Health Informatics
5 1 (5.56%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.56%) Informatics
5 1 (5.56%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (5.56%) Network Management
5 1 (5.56%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.56%) A+ Certification
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) ECDL
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (5.56%) MCP
2 1 (5.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Citrix
3 1 (5.56%) SAP