First Line Support Engineer
Devon > Exeter
The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in Exeter is £175, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 July 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 27 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 17 | - | 24 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +3 |
| Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Exeter | 1.37% | - | 0.95% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.52% | - | 1.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £173 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £175 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £178 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Devon median daily rate | £175 | - | £130 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +8.33% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Exeter
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title | 66 | 108 | 94 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 98.18% | 89.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 76 | 82 |
| 10th Percentile | £210 | £143 | £301 |
| 25th Percentile | £305 | £334 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | £487 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.20% | -2.50% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £520 | £613 | £667 |
| 90th Percentile | £549 | £673 | £724 |
| Devon median daily rate | £400 | £450 | £465 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.11% | -3.23% | +3.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £22.76 | £13.86 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £22.84 | £27.52 | £18.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.99% | +52.86% | -5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £22.92 | £30.25 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Devon median hourly rate | £26.96 | £55.00 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -50.98% | +4.76% | +191.67% |
1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter
Job postings that featured 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Exeter.
1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Exeter
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in Exeter.
1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in Exeter.