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 6 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
6 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 395 431 474
Rank change year-on-year +36 +43 +45
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 153 231 337
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.46% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.49% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 178 252
10th Percentile £150 £150 £130
25th Percentile £171 £172 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £218 £200
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% +8.84% +14.29%
75th Percentile £255 £280 £250
90th Percentile £300 £350 £338
UK median daily rate £200 £210 £200
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 30
10th Percentile - £20.00 £14.29
25th Percentile £17.72 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £18.33 £23.50 £17.85
Median % change year-on-year -22.02% +31.65% -0.83%
75th Percentile £22.56 £25.13 £22.44
90th Percentile £23.16 £28.00 £23.77
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £22.75 £17.64
% change year-on-year -22.11% +28.97% +8.55%

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 34,362 47,263 67,966
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,836 33,555 48,392
10th Percentile £280 £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 £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,442 1,404 1,879
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.32 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.64% +96.98% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.86 £77.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

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 6 May 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 6 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 +79 41 £203 -10.00% 17
Midlands +20 37 £200 -20.00% 21
North of England +38 29 £195 +5.41% 24
West Midlands +25 26 £200 +14.29% 17
South East -13 23 £194 -7.74% 32
North West +31 16 £220 +22.22% 20
South West +17 14 £190 -6.86% 23
East Midlands +3 11 £200 -38.46% 4
Yorkshire +26 10 £193 +1.32% 3
East of England +5 9 £213 +19.72% 17
North East +18 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 6 May 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 97 (63.40%) Windows
2 71 (46.41%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 68 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 54 (35.29%) Social Skills
5 40 (26.14%) Windows 10
5 40 (26.14%) Microsoft Office
6 37 (24.18%) Customer Service
7 33 (21.57%) Security Cleared
8 32 (20.92%) SCCM
9 30 (19.61%) Azure
9 30 (19.61%) WAN
10 25 (16.34%) ITIL
10 25 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (15.03%) Microsoft Intune
11 23 (15.03%) VPN
12 22 (14.38%) Degree
13 21 (13.73%) SC Cleared
14 20 (13.07%) Microsoft Exchange
15 18 (11.76%) Windows Server
15 18 (11.76%) Cisco
16 15 (9.80%) Firewall
16 15 (9.80%) DNS
16 15 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
17 14 (9.15%) SLA
17 14 (9.15%) MPLS
17 14 (9.15%) BGP
17 14 (9.15%) Juniper
17 14 (9.15%) IPsec
17 14 (9.15%) PKI

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 (13.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (6.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.31%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.65%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (26.14%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 71 (46.41%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (19.61%) Azure
3 11 (7.19%) OneDrive
4 6 (3.92%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.27%) WhatsApp
6 3 (1.96%) Asana
6 3 (1.96%) Slack
7 2 (1.31%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.65%) AWS
8 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (19.61%) WAN
2 23 (15.03%) VPN
3 15 (9.80%) DNS
3 15 (9.80%) Firewall
4 14 (9.15%) BGP
4 14 (9.15%) IPsec
4 14 (9.15%) MPLS
5 13 (8.50%) SD-WAN
6 10 (6.54%) VoIP
6 10 (6.54%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (5.88%) LAN
7 9 (5.88%) VLAN
8 8 (5.23%) TCP/IP
9 6 (3.92%) Internet
10 4 (2.61%) Junos
11 3 (1.96%) DHCP
11 3 (1.96%) Ethernet
11 3 (1.96%) FTP
11 3 (1.96%) Wireless
12 2 (1.31%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (5.23%) JIRA
2 1 (0.65%) Hudson
General
1 54 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (6.54%) Documentation Skills
3 10 (6.54%) Finance
3 10 (6.54%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.23%) Manufacturing
5 7 (4.58%) Legal
6 6 (3.92%) Marketing
6 6 (3.92%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.27%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.96%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.96%) Law
9 3 (1.96%) Multimedia
10 2 (1.31%) Automotive
10 2 (1.31%) Aviation
10 2 (1.31%) Banking
10 2 (1.31%) Electronics
10 2 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.96%) Middleware
2 1 (0.65%) Rendezvous
2 1 (0.65%) TIBCO EMS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.15%) PKI
2 9 (5.88%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.23%) Clustering
4 7 (4.58%) iPad
5 6 (3.92%) Smartphone
6 5 (3.27%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.61%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.96%) NHS
9 2 (1.31%) Blackberry
9 2 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.65%) BYOD
10 1 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.65%) Social Media
10 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 97 (63.40%) Windows
2 40 (26.14%) Windows 10
3 18 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 13 (8.50%) Mac OS
5 12 (7.84%) Linux
6 10 (6.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (5.23%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (3.92%) Apple iOS
8 6 (3.92%) Windows 7
9 4 (2.61%) Android
9 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (1.31%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.65%) Unix
11 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.18%) Customer Service
2 25 (16.34%) ITIL
2 25 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (8.50%) Proactive Monitoring
4 12 (7.84%) Asset Management
4 12 (7.84%) Mobile Device Management
5 11 (7.19%) Service Management
6 10 (6.54%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (6.54%) Network Monitoring
6 10 (6.54%) Security Monitoring
7 8 (5.23%) Decision-Making
7 8 (5.23%) Service Delivery
8 7 (4.58%) Customer Requirements
8 7 (4.58%) Migration
8 7 (4.58%) PRINCE2
9 6 (3.92%) Quality Management
10 5 (3.27%) Change Management
10 5 (3.27%) Customer Experience
10 5 (3.27%) Software Deployment
10 5 (3.27%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.19%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.96%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 22 (14.38%) Degree
3 21 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.88%) CCNA
4 9 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.92%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (3.27%) MCSA
6 5 (3.27%) MCSE
7 4 (2.61%) CCNP
8 3 (1.96%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.96%) MCP
9 2 (1.31%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.31%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.15%) SLA
2 10 (6.54%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 68 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 11 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.88%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.31%) Firmware
4 2 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (20.92%) SCCM
2 23 (15.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (5.88%) Autotask
3 9 (5.88%) Jamf Pro
4 8 (5.23%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (2.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.31%) WSUS
7 1 (0.65%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.65%) Nessus
7 1 (0.65%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.76%) Cisco
3 14 (9.15%) Juniper
4 13 (8.50%) Apple
4 13 (8.50%) VMware
5 7 (4.58%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.92%) Datto
7 4 (2.61%) Dell
7 4 (2.61%) Fujitsu
7 4 (2.61%) Remedy
8 3 (1.96%) Citrix
8 3 (1.96%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.96%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.31%) Autodesk
9 2 (1.31%) Google
9 2 (1.31%) Meraki
9 2 (1.31%) SAP
9 2 (1.31%) Veeam
9 2 (1.31%) Wyse
10 1 (0.65%) IBM
144 2nd Line Engineer jobs Nationwide