2nd Line Engineer Contracts in England

Second Line Engineer
UK > England

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in England is £203, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 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
20 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 399 410
Rank change year-on-year +20 +11 +50
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 92 134 237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.37% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.40% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 97 183
10th Percentile £150 £150 £150
25th Percentile £162 £165 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £203 £200 £210
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £251 £230 £280
90th Percentile £316 £288 £350
UK median daily rate £203 £200 £210
% change year-on-year +1.25% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 8
10th Percentile £18.10 - £20.00
25th Percentile £21.34 £17.72 £21.50
Median hourly rate £24.66 £20.72 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.04% -11.85% +32.99%
75th Percentile £26.58 £22.71 £26.00
90th Percentile £28.00 £23.29 £27.50
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £18.93 £23.50
% change year-on-year +29.42% -19.45% +32.99%

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 22,435 33,769 45,858
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.77% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,906 22,420 32,568
10th Percentile £295 £282 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.23% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 927 2,442 1,343
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.27
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.92 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.73% -17.97% +95.42%
75th Percentile £63.13 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% -18.89% +87.50%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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
North of England +17 27 £155 -20.51% 37
London +38 25 £225 +12.50% 25
Midlands +6 18 £275 +37.50% 12
West Midlands +1 14 £275 +37.50% 9
South East +34 13 £204 +5.16% 37
Yorkshire +22 13 £150 -22.08% 7
North West +9 8 £210 -4.55% 18
East of England +24 7 £213 - 6
North East -2 6 £195 - 13
East Midlands +4 4 £180 -12.20% 2
South West +30 2 £205 +7.89% 16
2nd Line Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 59 (64.13%) Windows
2 46 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 43 (46.74%) Active Directory
4 41 (44.57%) Social Skills
5 40 (43.48%) Microsoft
6 27 (29.35%) Microsoft Office
7 26 (28.26%) VPN
7 26 (28.26%) Windows 10
7 26 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (25.00%) ITIL
9 22 (23.91%) Customer Service
10 21 (22.83%) Azure
11 18 (19.57%) Security Cleared
12 17 (18.48%) Citrix
13 15 (16.30%) Microsoft Exchange
13 15 (16.30%) Service Management
13 15 (16.30%) Apple iOS
14 14 (15.22%) Banking
15 13 (14.13%) SC Cleared
15 13 (14.13%) WAN
16 12 (13.04%) Apple
16 12 (13.04%) SCCM
16 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
16 12 (13.04%) Coaching
17 11 (11.96%) Public Sector
18 10 (10.87%) Entra ID
18 10 (10.87%) Service Delivery
18 10 (10.87%) Finance
18 10 (10.87%) Juniper

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 15 (16.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (7.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (29.35%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (5.43%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Alphatax
2 1 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (22.83%) Azure
3 10 (10.87%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.52%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.26%) Asana
5 3 (3.26%) Slack
6 2 (2.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 26 (28.26%) VPN
2 13 (14.13%) WAN
3 9 (9.78%) BGP
3 9 (9.78%) IPsec
3 9 (9.78%) LAN
3 9 (9.78%) MPLS
4 7 (7.61%) Firewall
4 7 (7.61%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (6.52%) DHCP
5 6 (6.52%) DNS
6 4 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (4.35%) TCP/IP
6 4 (4.35%) Wireless
7 2 (2.17%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (2.17%) VoIP
8 1 (1.09%) Softphone
8 1 (1.09%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.26%) JIRA
General
1 41 (44.57%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (15.22%) Banking
4 11 (11.96%) Public Sector
5 10 (10.87%) Finance
6 8 (8.70%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (8.70%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.43%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.26%) Games
8 3 (3.26%) Legal
8 3 (3.26%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.17%) Electronics
9 2 (2.17%) Marketing
10 1 (1.09%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.09%) Automotive
10 1 (1.09%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) PKI
2 7 (7.61%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.43%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.35%) Smartphone
4 4 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (3.26%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.09%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.09%) iPhone
6 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 59 (64.13%) Windows
2 26 (28.26%) Windows 10
3 15 (16.30%) Apple iOS
4 8 (8.70%) Windows Server
5 7 (7.61%) Windows 8
5 7 (7.61%) Windows XP
6 6 (6.52%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (5.43%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (5.43%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (5.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (4.35%) Android
9 2 (2.17%) Mac OS X
9 2 (2.17%) VMS
10 1 (1.09%) Mac OS
10 1 (1.09%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (25.00%) ITIL
3 22 (23.91%) Customer Service
4 15 (16.30%) Service Management
5 12 (13.04%) Coaching
6 10 (10.87%) Service Delivery
7 9 (9.78%) ITSM
8 8 (8.70%) Asset Management
8 8 (8.70%) Time Management
9 6 (6.52%) Mentoring
9 6 (6.52%) Patch Management
9 6 (6.52%) Proactive Maintenance
10 5 (5.43%) Business Case
10 5 (5.43%) Infrastructure Monitoring
10 5 (5.43%) Load Balancing
10 5 (5.43%) Project Delivery
10 5 (5.43%) Technical Analysis
11 4 (4.35%) Incident Management
12 3 (3.26%) Cybersecurity
12 3 (3.26%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 13 (14.13%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (7.61%) Degree
5 2 (2.17%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.17%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.09%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.26%) QA
2 1 (1.09%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.09%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (46.74%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.43%) vSphere
3 4 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
1 12 (13.04%) SCCM
2 2 (2.17%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (2.17%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (1.09%) AppManager
Vendors
1 40 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.48%) Citrix
3 12 (13.04%) Apple
4 10 (10.87%) Juniper
5 8 (8.70%) Canon
6 6 (6.52%) Cisco
6 6 (6.52%) VMware
7 5 (5.43%) ServiceNow
8 4 (4.35%) Dell
8 4 (4.35%) Google
9 3 (3.26%) Palo Alto
9 3 (3.26%) Zscaler
10 2 (2.17%) Aerohive Networks
10 2 (2.17%) AVG
10 2 (2.17%) ConnectWise
10 2 (2.17%) ESET
10 2 (2.17%) GFI Software
10 2 (2.17%) Spiceworks
10 2 (2.17%) Symantec
10 2 (2.17%) Xerox
129 2nd Line Engineer jobs Nationwide