2nd Line Support Contracts in Leicestershire

Second Line Support
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Leicestershire is £229 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 4 0 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 2.52% - 3.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.76% - 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £190 - £188
25th Percentile £203 - £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £229 - £215
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.50%
75th Percentile £251 - £230
90th Percentile £262 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £210 £312 £175
% change year-on-year -32.69% +78.29% +13.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £14.27 £20.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -28.65% +14.29% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 145 176 251
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 97.78% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 149 203
10th Percentile £138 £245 £150
25th Percentile £258 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.52%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £475
90th Percentile £633 £561 £537
East Midlands median daily rate £415 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 12
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.02 -
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.54 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% +9.12% +17.19%
75th Percentile £27.81 £32.81 £39.38
90th Percentile £28.38 £62.63 £46.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £20.40 £17.29
% change year-on-year -14.22% +17.97% +17.64%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Leicestershire

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Leicestershire

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Leicestershire

2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Coalville - 2 - - 1
Leicester - 1 £270 - 2
Loughborough - 1 £188 -
2nd Line Support
East Midlands

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 2nd Line Support 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 Leicestershire region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Yammer
3 1 (25.00%) WebEx
3 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (25.00%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft