2nd Line Engineer Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Second Line Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Farnborough is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £300 £325 £244
% change year-on-year -7.69% +33.33% +7.73%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 268 87 140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.06% 92.55% 74.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 56 102
10th Percentile £475 £366 £401
25th Percentile £505 £459 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -16.63% +26.32%
75th Percentile £650 £619 £675
90th Percentile £763 £675 £750
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 8
10th Percentile £25.00 £69.75 £69.00
25th Percentile £32.06 - £74.06
Median hourly rate £38.25 £75.00 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.00% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £51.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £45.59 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -8.83% -12.82% +9.24%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

2nd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

2nd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Farnborough

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 25 July 2026, 2nd Line Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Farnborough region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atlassian