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

1st/2nd Line Support Technician
UK > England

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Technician daily rate in England is £185, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 482 557
Rank change year-on-year -122 +75 -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Technician 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.005% 0.008% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% 0.009% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £164 - £180
25th Percentile £170 - £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 - £184
75th Percentile £195 - £190
90th Percentile £198 - £192
UK median daily rate £185 - £184

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 40,099 23,167 34,776
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.29% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,670 15,218 22,731
10th Percentile £325 £293 £293
25th Percentile £417 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,043 2,631
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.04 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -27.22% -9.47%
75th Percentile £67.60 £57.55 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £27.13 £37.50
% change year-on-year +60.37% -27.67% -12.79%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1st/2nd Line Support Technician
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 Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 25 June 2026. 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
South East -64 1 £200 - 1
1st/2nd Line Support Technician
UK

1st/2nd Line Support Technician Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 June 2026, 1st/2nd Line Support Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10

1st/2nd Line Support Technician 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft