1st Line Technical Support Contracts in England

First Line Technical Support
UK > England

As of 29 April 2024, 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 530 - 780
Rank change year-on-year - - -167
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Technical Support 13 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.035% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate - - £149
% change year-on-year - - +65.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £11.50
25th Percentile - - £11.88
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
75th Percentile - - £14.38
90th Percentile - - £14.90
UK median hourly rate - - £13.00
% change year-on-year - - -7.96%

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 34,513 47,748 67,861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,922 33,906 48,257
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £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 2,426 1,408 1,904
10th Percentile £12.96 £14.34 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.65 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

1st Line Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Technical Support in England

1st Line Technical Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Technical Support in England

1st Line Technical Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Technical Support 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 29 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
Midlands - 7 - -
West Midlands - 7 - -
South East - 4 - - 3
London - 2 - - 2
1st Line Technical Support
UK

1st Line Technical Support Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 1st Line Technical 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 England region featuring 1st Line Technical Support in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Front Office
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Banking
2 2 (15.38%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared

1st Line Technical Support 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:

General
1 2 (15.38%) Banking
1 2 (15.38%) Finance
1 2 (15.38%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) FIX Protocol
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared