1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Contracts in London

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
England > London

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer daily rate in London is £245, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 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
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 373 450
Rank change year-on-year +11 +77 +139
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 4 10 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.030% 0.062% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.065% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 11
10th Percentile £180 £133 £131
25th Percentile £201 £152 £153
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £245 £193 £200
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -3.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £291 £223 £213
90th Percentile £315 £260 £230
England median daily rate £223 £180 £188
% change year-on-year +23.61% -4.00% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
England median hourly rate £18.69 - £21.00
% change year-on-year - - +27.27%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,473 15,272 21,808
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 94.05% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,393 10,641 16,002
10th Percentile £325 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 198 234
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.88 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.56
Median hourly rate £29.07 £33.29 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -12.66% -11.05% +8.24%
75th Percentile £49.63 £54.69 £63.94
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.88 £79.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +5.88% +65.50%

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in London

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in London

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in London over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in London

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in London

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 August 2025, 1st/2nd Line Support 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 London region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (25.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix