3rd Line Engineer Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Third Line Engineer
Devon > Exeter

The median Third Line Engineer daily rate in Exeter is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 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
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Exeter 1.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £250 - -

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 71 106 107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.03% 98.15% 90.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 80 96
10th Percentile £189 £143 £319
25th Percentile £305 £331 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £543 £563
Median % change year-on-year -26.27% -3.56% -1.32%
75th Percentile £520 £650 £666
90th Percentile £550 £685 £722
Devon median daily rate £413 £458 £500
% change year-on-year -9.84% -8.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.76 - -
Median hourly rate £22.84 £12.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.72% -30.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £22.92 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year -61.31% +67.74% +118.31%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Exeter

3rd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Exeter

3rd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Exeter

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, 3rd 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 Exeter region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust