1st Line Support Analyst Contracts in England

First Line Support Analyst
UK > England

The median First Line Support Analyst daily rate in England is £188, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 524 598
Rank change year-on-year +43 +74 +111
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Analyst 4 18 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.048% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.052% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 12 33
10th Percentile £166 £118 £135
25th Percentile £172 £125 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £150 £200
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -25.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £197 £173 £260
90th Percentile £199 £186 £298
UK median daily rate £188 £163 £240
% change year-on-year +15.38% -32.29% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £14.23 -
25th Percentile - £14.39 £20.44
Median hourly rate - £15.42 £22.63
Median % change year-on-year - -31.88% +46.00%
75th Percentile - £16.69 -
90th Percentile - £16.99 £25.85
UK median hourly rate - £15.17 £22.63
% change year-on-year - -32.97% +46.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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
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 1 May 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
North West +18 2 £175 - 1
North of England +17 2 £175 +34.62% 1
South East +45 1 £200 +21.21% 4
Midlands +20 1 - - 2
West Midlands +12 1 - - 1
1st Line Support Analyst
UK

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) IBM Notes
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Lotus
4 1 (25.00%) Oracle
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office

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 (25.00%) IBM Notes
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) Lotus
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle