2nd Line Engineer Contract Job Trends in Herefordshire

Second Line Engineer
West Midlands > Herefordshire

As of 19 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Herefordshire.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Herefordshire 1.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.89% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £210 £275 £183
% change year-on-year -23.64% +50.68% +2.82%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Herefordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Herefordshire. 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 Herefordshire with a recognized job title 53 44 46
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 91.67% 75.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 33 37
10th Percentile £491 £410 £558
25th Percentile £522 £506 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £612
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +6.21% +16.57%
75th Percentile £647 £700 £685
90th Percentile £700 - £805
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £491 £500
% change year-on-year -0.20% -1.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 4 1
10th Percentile £48.87 - -
25th Percentile £58.43 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £25.15 £11.92
Median % change year-on-year +151.03% +110.99% -76.16%
75th Percentile £70.59 - -
90th Percentile £72.54 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £29.60 £25.15 £21.00
% change year-on-year +17.69% +19.76% -

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

2nd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Herefordshire

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Herefordshire

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

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

2nd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Herefordshire

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

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

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Herefordshire

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 Herefordshire region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Herefordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) CentOS
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware