2nd Line Engineer Contracts in England

Second Line Engineer
UK > England

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in England is £210, 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 386 383 430
Rank change year-on-year -3 +47 +44
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 99 160 231
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.43% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.46% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 115 180
10th Percentile £150 £144 £150
25th Percentile £164 £170 £179
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £200 £224
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -10.68% +11.96%
75th Percentile £255 £255 £282
90th Percentile £319 £296 £350
UK median daily rate £210 £200 £210
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 11 7
10th Percentile £18.10 - £20.00
25th Percentile £19.92 - £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.58 £17.72 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.71% -24.60% +32.99%
75th Percentile £25.05 £22.54 £25.13
90th Percentile £28.58 £23.09 £28.00
UK median hourly rate £23.59 £17.72 £22.75
% change year-on-year +33.13% -22.11% +30.00%

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%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
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 2nd Line Engineer 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
London +24 29 £250 +25.00% 12
North of England +16 29 £180 -8.86% 17
Midlands +4 20 £250 +25.00% 9
West Midlands +3 16 £263 +31.25% 6
Yorkshire +9 13 £150 -24.05% 6
South East +33 12 £204 +1.88% 24
North West +10 10 £210 -4.55% 8
East of England +29 7 £213 +6.25% 5
North East +3 6 £195 - 4
East Midlands +3 4 £180 -10.00% 3
South West +34 2 £225 +18.42% 7
2nd Line Engineer
UK

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 2nd Line Engineer 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 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 66 (66.67%) Windows
2 50 (50.51%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (48.48%) Microsoft
3 48 (48.48%) Active Directory
4 40 (40.40%) Social Skills
5 32 (32.32%) Windows 10
6 31 (31.31%) Microsoft Office
7 27 (27.27%) VPN
8 26 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
9 24 (24.24%) Azure
10 23 (23.23%) ITIL
11 21 (21.21%) Customer Service
12 20 (20.20%) Security Cleared
13 16 (16.16%) Service Management
13 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Exchange
13 16 (16.16%) Apple iOS
14 15 (15.15%) SC Cleared
14 15 (15.15%) SCCM
14 15 (15.15%) Banking
15 14 (14.14%) Citrix
16 13 (13.13%) Finance
16 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Intune
17 12 (12.12%) Asset Management
17 12 (12.12%) WAN
17 12 (12.12%) Entra ID
18 11 (11.11%) Apple
18 11 (11.11%) Coaching
19 10 (10.10%) Juniper
19 10 (10.10%) Microsoft Certification

2nd Line Engineer 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 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (8.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (31.31%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (5.05%) MS Visio
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Alphatax
2 1 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 50 (50.51%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (24.24%) Azure
3 12 (12.12%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.06%) OneDrive
5 4 (4.04%) Asana
5 4 (4.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (27.27%) VPN
2 12 (12.12%) WAN
3 9 (9.09%) BGP
3 9 (9.09%) IPsec
3 9 (9.09%) MPLS
4 8 (8.08%) LAN
5 7 (7.07%) Firewall
6 6 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (5.05%) Remote Desktop
8 4 (4.04%) DHCP
8 4 (4.04%) DNS
8 4 (4.04%) Wireless
9 3 (3.03%) TCP/IP
10 2 (2.02%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (2.02%) VoIP
11 1 (1.01%) Softphone
11 1 (1.01%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.04%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) JIRA
General
1 40 (40.40%) Social Skills
2 24 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (15.15%) Banking
4 13 (13.13%) Finance
5 10 (10.10%) Public Sector
6 7 (7.07%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (6.06%) Manufacturing
8 5 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.03%) Legal
10 2 (2.02%) Games
11 1 (1.01%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.01%) Automotive
11 1 (1.01%) Local Government
11 1 (1.01%) Military
11 1 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.01%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.09%) PKI
2 8 (8.08%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.05%) Management Information System
3 5 (5.05%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (4.04%) Smartphone
5 3 (3.03%) Driving Licence
6 2 (2.02%) iPhone
7 1 (1.01%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 66 (66.67%) Windows
2 32 (32.32%) Windows 10
3 16 (16.16%) Apple iOS
4 7 (7.07%) Windows Server
5 6 (6.06%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (5.05%) Android
6 5 (5.05%) Windows 8
6 5 (5.05%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (5.05%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (5.05%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (5.05%) Windows XP
7 3 (3.03%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.02%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.02%) Mac OS X
8 2 (2.02%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (26.26%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (23.23%) ITIL
3 21 (21.21%) Customer Service
4 16 (16.16%) Service Management
5 12 (12.12%) Asset Management
6 11 (11.11%) Coaching
7 10 (10.10%) ITSM
7 10 (10.10%) Service Delivery
8 9 (9.09%) Time Management
9 6 (6.06%) Mentoring
9 6 (6.06%) Patch Management
9 6 (6.06%) Proactive Maintenance
10 5 (5.05%) Business Case
10 5 (5.05%) Infrastructure Monitoring
10 5 (5.05%) Load Balancing
10 5 (5.05%) Process Improvement
10 5 (5.05%) Project Delivery
10 5 (5.05%) Technical Analysis
11 4 (4.04%) Incident Management
11 4 (4.04%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.01%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (20.20%) Security Cleared
2 15 (15.15%) SC Cleared
3 10 (10.10%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (9.09%) Degree
5 2 (2.02%) A+ Certification
5 2 (2.02%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.02%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.02%) MCP
6 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.03%) QA
2 2 (2.02%) SLA
3 1 (1.01%) Accessibility
System Software
1 48 (48.48%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.03%) vSphere
4 2 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (15.15%) SCCM
2 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.01%) AppManager
Vendors
1 48 (48.48%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.14%) Citrix
3 11 (11.11%) Apple
4 10 (10.10%) Juniper
5 6 (6.06%) Canon
6 5 (5.05%) ServiceNow
7 4 (4.04%) Cisco
7 4 (4.04%) Palo Alto
7 4 (4.04%) VMware
7 4 (4.04%) Zscaler
8 2 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (2.02%) Dell
8 2 (2.02%) Google
9 1 (1.01%) Altiris
9 1 (1.01%) Ivanti
9 1 (1.01%) Logitech
9 1 (1.01%) Meraki
9 1 (1.01%) Remedy