2nd Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Second Line Support Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Second Line Support Engineer daily rate in Leeds is £210, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 64 81
Rank change year-on-year -10 +17 +20
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.15% 0.30% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.32% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £161 -
25th Percentile £205 £165 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £180 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £215 £195 -
90th Percentile - £200 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £200 £180 -
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 646 627 1,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.42% 93.44% 97.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 390 718
10th Percentile £309 £325 £306
25th Percentile £400 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -6.90% +1.94%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £625
90th Percentile £651 £648 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 30 11
10th Percentile £21.63 £17.89 £16.50
25th Percentile £23.80 £19.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.50 £24.59 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +15.39% -0.30%
75th Percentile £27.06 £46.25 £23.00
90th Percentile £28.08 £48.75 £23.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £26.25 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.76% +31.25% -5.15%

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

2nd Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

2nd Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, 2nd 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 Leeds region featuring 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft