2nd Line Support Engineer Contracts in Kent

Second Line Support Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Second Line Support Engineer daily rate in Kent is £175 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 33 27
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 0
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 5 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 2.44% 0.47% 3.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 0.48% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 10
10th Percentile - - £173
25th Percentile £163 - £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £250 £193
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +29.87% +10.00%
75th Percentile £188 - £197
90th Percentile - - £205
South East median daily rate £194 £225 £195
% change year-on-year -13.89% +15.38% +11.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 190 210 269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 97.67% 96.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 169 233
10th Percentile £203 £130 £174
25th Percentile £205 £193 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £350 £425
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -17.65% +27.82%
75th Percentile £525 £494 £575
90th Percentile £598 £690 £638
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 14
10th Percentile £11.45 £38.11 £17.84
25th Percentile £14.25 £43.48 £22.45
Median hourly rate £51.50 £55.59 £33.12
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% +67.85% -11.68%
75th Percentile £67.02 £56.79 £40.75
90th Percentile £82.43 £60.45 £45.31
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.08 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.21% +128.95% -13.40%

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in Kent

2nd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer in Kent.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in Kent

2nd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer in Kent.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in Kent

2nd Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Aylesford - 2 £175 -
Folkestone - 2 - -
2nd Line Support Engineer
South East

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 2nd Line Support 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 Kent region featuring 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) NHS
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (40.00%) Smartphone
2 2 (40.00%) CMDB
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) NHS
2 2 (40.00%) CMDB
2 2 (40.00%) Smartphone
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) ServiceNow