3rd Line Engineer Contracts in Lancashire

Third Line Engineer
North West > Lancashire

The median Third Line Engineer daily rate in Lancashire is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 2.86% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.99% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
North West median daily rate £350 £394 £488
% change year-on-year -11.11% -19.23% +95.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 167 167 220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 85.64% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 81 124
10th Percentile £204 £200 £240
25th Percentile £445 £363 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £591 £650 £625
90th Percentile £630 £750 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 53 36
10th Percentile £14.34 £15.00 £23.05
25th Percentile £22.98 £25.60 £28.40
Median hourly rate £28.75 £42.91 £41.37
Median % change year-on-year -33.00% +3.72% +16.13%
75th Percentile £31.52 £46.18 £52.13
90th Percentile £43.83 £49.69 £54.91
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Lancashire

3rd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Lancashire

3rd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Lancashire

3rd Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Burnley - 3 - - 1
Preston - 2 £350 -
3rd Line Engineer
North West

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Lancashire region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 5 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (60.00%) Symantec
2 3 (60.00%) Veeam
2 3 (60.00%) Backup Exec
2 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (60.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) WLAN
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Unix
3 2 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (40.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
2 3 (60.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) WLAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (40.00%) Unix
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Storage Management
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) E-Discovery
3 2 (40.00%) High Availability
3 2 (40.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (40.00%) RBAC
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) MCSE
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) vCenter Server
2 3 (60.00%) Backup Exec
3 2 (40.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Symantec
2 3 (60.00%) Veeam
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix