2nd Line Engineer Contracts in Liverpool

Second Line Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Liverpool is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 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
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 22 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Liverpool 0.75% 2.25% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 2.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £149 -
Median % change year-on-year +67.79% - -
Merseyside median daily rate £250 £149 -
% change year-on-year +67.79% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.07 -
Merseyside median hourly rate - £18.07 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 125 170 226
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 95.51% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 86 159
10th Percentile £150 £143 £273
25th Percentile £288 £186 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £350 £463
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -24.32% +2.78%
75th Percentile £575 £494 £530
90th Percentile £681 £600 £600
Merseyside median daily rate £428 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +13.96% -21.03% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 30 9
10th Percentile - £15.47 £10.09
25th Percentile £12.21 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.37 £18.12 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% +3.54% +18.64%
75th Percentile £17.44 £34.21 £19.50
90th Percentile £19.74 £36.03 £31.84
Merseyside median hourly rate £17.44 £21.43 £17.50
% change year-on-year -18.62% +22.46% +7.69%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Liverpool

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Liverpool

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Liverpool

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 2025, 2nd 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 Liverpool region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Liverpool 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 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%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory