2nd Line Engineer Contracts in England

Second Line Engineer
UK > England

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in England is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 427 472
Rank change year-on-year +59 +45 +48
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 170 239 337
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.47% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.50% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 187 252
10th Percentile £140 £153 £130
25th Percentile £164 £179 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £225 £200
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £254 £280 £250
90th Percentile £291 £350 £338
UK median daily rate £200 £210 £200
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 32
10th Percentile - £18.30 £14.39
25th Percentile - £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £22.00 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -19.45% +23.25% +2.00%
75th Percentile £22.52 £25.13 £22.31
90th Percentile £23.04 £28.00 £23.00
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £21.00 £17.64
% change year-on-year -15.62% +19.05% +9.40%

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 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £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 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

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 24 April 2024.

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
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 24 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
London +76 47 £200 -13.04% 12
Midlands +25 38 £200 -20.00% 22
North of England +53 33 £195 +8.33% 25
South East -15 30 £200 -11.11% 32
West Midlands +36 27 £200 +14.29% 18
North West +24 18 £200 +11.11% 19
South West +12 14 £190 -6.86% 22
Yorkshire +33 12 £198 +3.95% 5
East Midlands -4 11 £200 -38.46% 4
East of England +9 8 £200 - 12
North East +19 3 £195 - 1
2nd Line Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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.

1 108 (63.53%) Windows
2 79 (46.47%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (43.53%) Microsoft
4 73 (42.94%) Active Directory
5 57 (33.53%) Social Skills
6 45 (26.47%) Windows 10
7 42 (24.71%) Security Cleared
7 42 (24.71%) Microsoft Office
8 39 (22.94%) Customer Service
9 32 (18.82%) Azure
10 30 (17.65%) SCCM
10 30 (17.65%) WAN
11 28 (16.47%) SC Cleared
12 27 (15.88%) VPN
13 26 (15.29%) ITIL
14 25 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
14 25 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
15 21 (12.35%) Degree
16 20 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
17 19 (11.18%) Cisco
17 19 (11.18%) Windows Server
18 18 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
18 18 (10.59%) SLA
19 17 (10.00%) VMware
19 17 (10.00%) DNS
20 15 (8.82%) Apple
20 15 (8.82%) Public Sector
21 14 (8.24%) Firewall
22 13 (7.65%) IPsec
22 13 (7.65%) Finance

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 20 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (5.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (1.18%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.59%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 42 (24.71%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.18%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 79 (46.47%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (18.82%) Azure
3 11 (6.47%) OneDrive
4 7 (4.12%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.94%) WhatsApp
6 3 (1.76%) Asana
6 3 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.76%) Slack
7 2 (1.18%) Google Workspace
7 2 (1.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 30 (17.65%) WAN
2 27 (15.88%) VPN
3 17 (10.00%) DNS
4 14 (8.24%) Firewall
5 13 (7.65%) BGP
5 13 (7.65%) IPsec
5 13 (7.65%) MPLS
6 12 (7.06%) SD-WAN
6 12 (7.06%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (5.88%) VoIP
8 9 (5.29%) LAN
8 9 (5.29%) TCP/IP
9 8 (4.71%) VLAN
10 5 (2.94%) Internet
11 3 (1.76%) DHCP
11 3 (1.76%) Ethernet
11 3 (1.76%) FTP
11 3 (1.76%) Junos
11 3 (1.76%) Wireless
12 2 (1.18%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.18%) Power BI
2 1 (0.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (4.71%) JIRA
2 3 (1.76%) Hudson
General
1 57 (33.53%) Social Skills
2 18 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.65%) Finance
5 11 (6.47%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (5.29%) Marketing
8 8 (4.71%) Legal
8 8 (4.71%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.53%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (2.94%) Electronics
10 5 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.76%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.76%) Banking
12 3 (1.76%) Law
12 3 (1.76%) Multimedia
13 2 (1.18%) Automotive
13 2 (1.18%) Aviation
14 1 (0.59%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.76%) Middleware
2 1 (0.59%) Rendezvous
2 1 (0.59%) TIBCO EMS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.65%) PKI
2 11 (6.47%) Driving Licence
3 9 (5.29%) Smartphone
4 8 (4.71%) Clustering
5 6 (3.53%) iPad
5 6 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (2.35%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.76%) Blackberry
8 3 (1.76%) NHS
9 2 (1.18%) CMDB
9 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.59%) BYOD
10 1 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.59%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.59%) Social Media
10 1 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 108 (63.53%) Windows
2 45 (26.47%) Windows 10
3 19 (11.18%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.65%) Mac OS
5 12 (7.06%) Linux
6 11 (6.47%) Windows 7
7 9 (5.29%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (3.53%) Android
10 5 (2.94%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.76%) Mac OS X
12 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.59%) Unix
13 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.94%) Customer Service
2 26 (15.29%) ITIL
3 25 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (7.65%) Mobile Device Management
5 12 (7.06%) Asset Management
5 12 (7.06%) Customer Requirements
5 12 (7.06%) Proactive Monitoring
6 11 (6.47%) Service Management
7 10 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (5.88%) Network Monitoring
7 10 (5.88%) Security Monitoring
8 9 (5.29%) Service Delivery
9 8 (4.71%) Decision-Making
10 7 (4.12%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (4.12%) Migration
10 7 (4.12%) PRINCE2
11 6 (3.53%) Quality Management
12 5 (2.94%) Change Management
12 5 (2.94%) Digital Marketing
12 5 (2.94%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.76%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 42 (24.71%) Security Cleared
2 28 (16.47%) SC Cleared
3 21 (12.35%) Degree
4 9 (5.29%) CCNA
4 9 (5.29%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.53%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.94%) MCSA
6 5 (2.94%) MCSE
7 4 (2.35%) CCNP
8 3 (1.76%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.76%) MCP
9 2 (1.18%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.18%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.59%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.59%) SLA
2 10 (5.88%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 73 (42.94%) Active Directory
2 12 (7.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (6.47%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.18%) BitLocker
4 2 (1.18%) Firmware
4 2 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.18%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (17.65%) SCCM
2 25 (14.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (5.29%) Autotask
3 9 (5.29%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (4.71%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (2.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.18%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.59%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.59%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.59%) WSUS
Vendors
1 74 (43.53%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.18%) Cisco
3 17 (10.00%) VMware
4 15 (8.82%) Apple
5 13 (7.65%) Juniper
6 12 (7.06%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.71%) Remedy
8 6 (3.53%) Datto
9 5 (2.94%) Citrix
9 5 (2.94%) SAP
10 4 (2.35%) Dell
10 4 (2.35%) Fujitsu
10 4 (2.35%) HP
11 3 (1.76%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.76%) Zscaler
12 2 (1.18%) Computacenter
12 2 (1.18%) Meraki
12 2 (1.18%) Mitel
12 2 (1.18%) Veeam
12 2 (1.18%) Wyse