1st/2nd Line Support Analyst Contract Job Trends in England

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
UK > England

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst daily rate in England is £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 499 546
Rank change year-on-year -23 +47 +167
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 11 5 17
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.035% 0.017% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.019% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 16
10th Percentile £118 £128 £185
25th Percentile £122 £151 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 £190 £203
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% -6.46% -0.91%
75th Percentile £163 £203 £240
90th Percentile £166 £210 £308
UK median daily rate £145 £190 £200
% change year-on-year -23.68% -5.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 -
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

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 28,706 26,921 34,873
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.92% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,309 16,785 23,966
10th Percentile £291 £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 1,763 853 1,358
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.73 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.68 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.90 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st/2nd Line Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst job vacancy trend in England

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in England

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in England

1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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 -8 5 - - 2
West Midlands -28 5 £145 -23.68%
Midlands -37 5 £145 -4.92%
South East -23 1 £163 - 2
1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
UK

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 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/2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (90.91%) Windows
3 9 (81.82%) Service Delivery
3 9 (81.82%) Windows 10
4 8 (72.73%) DHCP
4 8 (72.73%) DNS
4 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (54.55%) Customer Service
5 6 (54.55%) ITIL
6 5 (45.45%) Change Management
6 5 (45.45%) CRM
6 5 (45.45%) Disk Encryption
6 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
6 5 (45.45%) iManage
6 5 (45.45%) MCDST
6 5 (45.45%) MCP
6 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (45.45%) Mitel
6 5 (45.45%) Mobile Device Management
6 5 (45.45%) Problem Management
6 5 (45.45%) SCCM
6 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
6 5 (45.45%) VPN
7 4 (36.36%) Azure
7 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
8 3 (27.27%) Android
8 3 (27.27%) Apple

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
3 4 (36.36%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) DHCP
1 8 (72.73%) DNS
2 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
2 5 (45.45%) VPN
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Law
3 1 (9.09%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Self-Motivation
1 5 (45.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
2 3 (27.27%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Windows 10
3 3 (27.27%) Android
3 3 (27.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Service Delivery
2 8 (72.73%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) Customer Service
3 6 (54.55%) ITIL
4 5 (45.45%) Change Management
4 5 (45.45%) CRM
4 5 (45.45%) Disk Encryption
4 5 (45.45%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (45.45%) Problem Management
5 1 (9.09%) Incident Management
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) MCDST
1 5 (45.45%) MCP
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) SCCM
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) iManage
2 5 (45.45%) Mitel
3 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
4 3 (27.27%) Apple