2nd Line Support Analyst Contracts in England

Second Line Support Analyst
UK > England

The median Second Line Support Analyst daily rate in England is £263, 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 461 512 605
Rank change year-on-year +51 +93 +78
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 24 30 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.099% 0.081% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.087% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 29 34
10th Percentile £243 £170 £173
25th Percentile £253 £183 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £195 £225
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -13.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile £278 £238 £300
90th Percentile £288 £258 £330
UK median daily rate £263 £190 £215
% change year-on-year +38.16% -11.63% +22.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £24.80 - £14.38
25th Percentile £26.00 - £14.56
Median hourly rate £28.00 - £15.13
75th Percentile £28.54 - £15.94
90th Percentile £28.86 - £16.28
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £18.27 £15.13
% change year-on-year +53.26% +20.79% -14.55%

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 Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in England

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in England

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in England

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 2nd Line Support Analyst 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
South East +54 11 £263 +54.41% 3
London +35 11 £275 +22.22% 4
Midlands +17 1 £250 +26.58% 3
North of England +15 1 - - 1
East Midlands +10 1 £250 -7.41% 2
Yorkshire +6 1 - - 1
2nd Line Support Analyst
UK

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

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

1 18 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (70.83%) Microsoft
3 13 (54.17%) Finance
4 12 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 12 (50.00%) ServiceNow
5 11 (45.83%) WebEx
5 11 (45.83%) Citrix
5 11 (45.83%) Windows
6 9 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (33.33%) Sage
7 8 (33.33%) Windows 10
8 4 (16.67%) SLA
8 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (16.67%) ITIL
8 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
8 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (16.67%) Azure
8 4 (16.67%) Asset Management
9 3 (12.50%) iPhone
9 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (12.50%) Apple iOS
9 3 (12.50%) DHCP
9 3 (12.50%) DNS
9 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
9 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
9 3 (12.50%) Yammer
9 3 (12.50%) OneDrive
9 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
9 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (12.50%) Social Skills

2nd Line Support Analyst 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 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (16.67%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 3 (12.50%) OneDrive
3 3 (12.50%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) WebEx
2 3 (12.50%) DHCP
2 3 (12.50%) DNS
3 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.17%) Firewall
4 1 (4.17%) NAS
4 1 (4.17%) Softphone
4 1 (4.17%) VPN
4 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 13 (54.17%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Law
4 1 (4.17%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) iPhone
1 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.17%) Hedge funds
2 1 (4.17%) Housing Association
2 1 (4.17%) iPad
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (45.83%) Windows
2 8 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
4 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 4 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 4 (16.67%) ITIL
3 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (8.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.33%) Incident Management
4 2 (8.33%) ITSM
4 2 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 1 (4.17%) Agile
5 1 (4.17%) Change Management
5 1 (4.17%) CRM
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.17%) Document Management
5 1 (4.17%) Housing Management
5 1 (4.17%) Information Security
5 1 (4.17%) Investment Management
5 1 (4.17%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.17%) Service Management
5 1 (4.17%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) PaperCut
2 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (70.83%) Microsoft
2 12 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 11 (45.83%) Citrix
4 8 (33.33%) Sage
5 1 (4.17%) Apple
5 1 (4.17%) Capita
5 1 (4.17%) HP
5 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.17%) Toshiba
5 1 (4.17%) VMware
5 1 (4.17%) Zscaler