2nd Line Support Contracts in England

Second Line Support
UK > England

The median Second Line Support daily rate in England is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 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
15 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 350 316 310
Rank change year-on-year -34 -6 +148
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 199 371 597
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.77% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.81% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 255 408
10th Percentile £150 £161 £135
25th Percentile £175 £181 £159
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £210 £190
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +10.14%
75th Percentile £238 £275 £238
90th Percentile £300 £338 £277
UK median daily rate £200 £205 £190
% change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% +10.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 27 85
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.00 £15.02
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.50 £16.38
Median hourly rate £17.72 £20.42 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.22% -2.76% +20.00%
75th Percentile £20.37 £25.86 £23.91
90th Percentile £23.77 £29.74 -
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £20.21 £20.50
% change year-on-year -12.32% -1.41% +23.31%

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 33,715 45,699 67,069
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,350 32,457 47,796
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,424 1,347 1,860
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.54 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.20 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in England

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in England

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Support in England

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in England

2nd Line Support
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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 +38 62 £198 -12.22% 26
Midlands +55 54 £205 -21.15% 22
West Midlands +44 39 £200 +14.29% 16
North of England +5 27 £190 -5.00% 19
South East -57 24 £194 -7.74% 36
South West +2 23 £190 -9.52% 15
East Midlands +14 15 £210 -37.78% 6
North West +9 13 £190 -5.00% 11
Yorkshire +16 12 £190 -2.56% 7
East of England -7 9 £213 +14.86% 16
North East +10 2 £195 +17.29% 1
2nd Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, 2nd Line Support 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 in the job title.

1 128 (64.32%) Windows
2 109 (54.77%) Microsoft
3 97 (48.74%) Microsoft 365
4 93 (46.73%) Active Directory
5 79 (39.70%) Social Skills
6 60 (30.15%) Microsoft Office
7 57 (28.64%) Windows 10
8 46 (23.12%) SCCM
9 45 (22.61%) Customer Service
10 39 (19.60%) Azure
11 36 (18.09%) Microsoft Intune
12 32 (16.08%) WAN
12 32 (16.08%) Security Cleared
13 31 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
14 30 (15.08%) Microsoft Exchange
15 29 (14.57%) ITIL
16 25 (12.56%) Degree
17 23 (11.56%) VPN
18 21 (10.55%) SC Cleared
18 21 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
19 20 (10.05%) Windows Server
19 20 (10.05%) Apple
19 20 (10.05%) VMware
20 19 (9.55%) LAN
21 18 (9.05%) SLA
22 16 (8.04%) DNS
22 16 (8.04%) VMware Infrastructure
22 16 (8.04%) Mac OS
23 15 (7.54%) Mobile Device Management
23 15 (7.54%) Cisco

2nd Line Support 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 30 (15.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.53%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.50%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 60 (30.15%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 97 (48.74%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (19.60%) Azure
3 11 (5.53%) OneDrive
4 6 (3.02%) WhatsApp
5 5 (2.51%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.01%) Asana
6 4 (2.01%) Slack
7 3 (1.51%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.50%) AWS
8 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.50%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.50%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 32 (16.08%) WAN
2 23 (11.56%) VPN
3 19 (9.55%) LAN
4 16 (8.04%) DNS
5 15 (7.54%) Firewall
5 15 (7.54%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (7.04%) BGP
6 14 (7.04%) IPsec
6 14 (7.04%) MPLS
7 12 (6.03%) VLAN
8 11 (5.53%) TCP/IP
9 10 (5.03%) VoIP
10 9 (4.52%) DHCP
11 8 (4.02%) SD-WAN
12 7 (3.52%) Wireless
13 5 (2.51%) Internet
14 4 (2.01%) Remote Desktop
14 4 (2.01%) WebEx
15 3 (1.51%) Ethernet
15 3 (1.51%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (4.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) Hudson
General
1 79 (39.70%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (6.53%) Finance
4 12 (6.03%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.03%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.02%) Marketing
7 7 (3.52%) Banking
7 7 (3.52%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.02%) Law
8 6 (3.02%) Legal
8 6 (3.02%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.02%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.51%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.51%) Advertising
10 3 (1.51%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.01%) Automotive
11 2 (1.01%) Billing
11 2 (1.01%) Electronics
11 2 (1.01%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.51%) Middleware
1 3 (1.51%) XMPP
2 1 (0.50%) .NET
2 1 (0.50%) Rendezvous
2 1 (0.50%) TIBCO EMS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.04%) PKI
2 10 (5.03%) Driving Licence
3 9 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.02%) Clustering
4 8 (4.02%) iPad
5 7 (3.52%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.52%) Smartphone
5 7 (3.52%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (3.02%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.51%) iPhone
7 3 (1.51%) NHS
8 2 (1.01%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.01%) PDA
8 2 (1.01%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.50%) BYOD
9 1 (0.50%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.50%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.50%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 128 (64.32%) Windows
2 57 (28.64%) Windows 10
3 20 (10.05%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.04%) Mac OS
5 13 (6.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (6.03%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (5.03%) Apple iOS
8 7 (3.52%) Android
8 7 (3.52%) Linux
9 6 (3.02%) Windows 7
10 4 (2.01%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (1.01%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.50%) OpenVMS
12 1 (0.50%) Unix
12 1 (0.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (22.61%) Customer Service
2 31 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (14.57%) ITIL
4 15 (7.54%) Asset Management
4 15 (7.54%) Mobile Device Management
5 12 (6.03%) Service Delivery
6 11 (5.53%) Service Management
7 9 (4.52%) Incident Management
8 8 (4.02%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (4.02%) Decision-Making
8 8 (4.02%) Proactive Monitoring
9 6 (3.02%) ITSM
9 6 (3.02%) Migration
9 6 (3.02%) PRINCE2
9 6 (3.02%) Quality Management
10 5 (2.51%) Network Monitoring
10 5 (2.51%) Patch Management
10 5 (2.51%) Security Monitoring
10 5 (2.51%) Software Deployment
10 5 (2.51%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.53%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.01%) Python
3 3 (1.51%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (16.08%) Security Cleared
2 25 (12.56%) Degree
3 21 (10.55%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.02%) A+ Certification
5 6 (3.02%) CCNA
5 6 (3.02%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.51%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.51%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.51%) MCSA
6 5 (2.51%) MCSE
7 4 (2.01%) MCP
8 2 (1.01%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.01%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.05%) SLA
2 5 (2.51%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 93 (46.73%) Active Directory
2 16 (8.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.03%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.01%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 46 (23.12%) SCCM
2 36 (18.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (4.52%) Autotask
3 9 (4.52%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (4.02%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (2.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.51%) AppManager
7 2 (1.01%) WSUS
8 1 (0.50%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.50%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.50%) Nessus
8 1 (0.50%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 109 (54.77%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.05%) Apple
2 20 (10.05%) VMware
3 15 (7.54%) Cisco
4 14 (7.04%) Juniper
5 10 (5.03%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.02%) Datto
7 4 (2.01%) Citrix
7 4 (2.01%) Fujitsu
7 4 (2.01%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.01%) Remedy
7 4 (2.01%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.51%) Dell
8 3 (1.51%) Google
8 3 (1.51%) HP
8 3 (1.51%) Ivanti
8 3 (1.51%) SAP
8 3 (1.51%) Veeam
9 2 (1.01%) Avaya
9 2 (1.01%) MobileIron
144 2nd Line Support jobs Nationwide