First Line Technical Support
UK > England
As of 16 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median First Line Technical Support daily rate in England.
| 6 months to 16 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 536 | 493 | 561 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -43 | +68 | +178 |
| Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Technical Support | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.022% | 0.045% | 0.011% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.024% | 0.048% | 0.011% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £170 | £250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -32.00% | +132.56% |
| UK median daily rate | - | £170 | £250 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -32.00% | +132.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £15.10 | - |
| UK median hourly rate | - | £15.10 | - |
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 | 28,580 | 26,974 | 34,934 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.23% | 92.91% | 93.36% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,273 | 16,797 | 23,997 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £300 | £288 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £413 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £533 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -1.50% | -3.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | - | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,755 | 871 | 1,356 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.38 | £15.63 | £15.33 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.20 | £21.25 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.30 | £36.00 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.94% | -20.00% | +38.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.30 | £73.75 | £77.50 |
| UK median hourly rate | £25.15 | £34.00 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.03% | -24.44% | +50.00% |
1st Line Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st Line Technical Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.
1st Line Technical Support
Daily Rate Trend in England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Technical Support job vacancies in England.
1st Line Technical Support
Hourly Rate Trend in England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Technical Support job vacancies in England.
1st Line Technical Support
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 Technical Support within the England region over the 6 months to 16 December 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | +4 | 7 | - | - | |
| 1st Line Technical Support UK |
|||||
1st Line Technical Support Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England
For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 1st Line Technical 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 England region featuring 1st Line Technical Support in the job title.
|
1st Line Technical Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||