1st Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

First Line Support Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £180, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
21 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £170 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - -
75th Percentile £190 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £180 £175 -
% change year-on-year +2.86% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 704 627 792
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 90.22% 96.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 423 425 542
10th Percentile £250 £227 £325
25th Percentile £359 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £444 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -11.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £588
90th Percentile £613 £674 £700
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +0.89% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 17
10th Percentile - £11.78 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.84 £14.51 £12.26
Median hourly rate £23.75 £19.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.24% +35.10% -61.26%
75th Percentile £32.12 £26.76 £17.72
90th Percentile £58.50 £43.27 £36.36
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

1st Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, 1st Line Support 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 Glasgow region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
3 1st Line Support Engineer jobs in Scotland