3rd Line Engineer Contracts in Leeds

Third Line Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Third Line Engineer daily rate in Leeds is £245, 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 59 57 93
Rank change year-on-year -2 +36 +13
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 1 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.22% 0.75% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.82% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 3
10th Percentile - £275 -
25th Percentile £243 £284 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £325 £325
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £248 £338 £388
90th Percentile - £359 £418
West Yorkshire median daily rate £245 £325 £325
% change year-on-year -24.62% - -13.33%

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 452 736 1,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.20% 92.12% 97.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 458 948
10th Percentile £257 £300 £356
25th Percentile £352 £413 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.11% +7.65%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £619
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 11
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.24 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.47 £11.75 £16.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.53 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +227.21% -79.95% +179.02%
75th Percentile £98.56 £15.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £17.67 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.82 £14.34 £32.50
% change year-on-year +73.14% -55.89% +92.88%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Leeds

3rd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Leeds

3rd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Leeds

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

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 Leeds region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AppManager
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) AppManager
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ivanti
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware