2nd Line Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Second Line Engineer
England > London

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in London is £204, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 366 378
Rank change year-on-year +27 +12 +110
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 29 32 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.20% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.21% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 25 55
10th Percentile £161 £145 £144
25th Percentile £181 £180 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £204 £225 £205
Median % change year-on-year -9.44% +9.76% -14.58%
75th Percentile £253 £298 £238
90th Percentile £297 £356 £285
England median daily rate £200 £210 £200
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.75
Median hourly rate £24.66 - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £24.69
90th Percentile - - £25.48
England median hourly rate £21.25 £21.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year +0.60% +0.58% -12.17%

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,354 15,084 20,906
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 94.05% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,278 10,094 15,252
10th Percentile £326 £343 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £673 £675 £690
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 181 235
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.50 £18.07
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.39
Median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% -6.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £50.50 £56.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £44.75
% change year-on-year -46.77% +5.58% +69.89%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in London

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in London

2nd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

2nd Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 16 September 2025. 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
Central London +5 7 £198 +27.42% 2
West London -1 5 £250 +38.89%
South London - 3 - -
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 London region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (62.07%) Windows
2 16 (55.17%) Active Directory
3 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
3 15 (51.72%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (44.83%) Azure
4 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
5 11 (37.93%) Windows 10
6 10 (34.48%) Finance
7 8 (27.59%) Customer Service
8 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
8 7 (24.14%) SCCM
9 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (20.69%) ServiceNow
9 6 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (20.69%) Citrix
9 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
9 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (17.24%) ITIL
10 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
10 5 (17.24%) Firewall
11 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
11 4 (13.79%) LAN
11 4 (13.79%) WAN
11 4 (13.79%) VPN
11 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
11 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
12 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (10.34%) Dell

2nd Line 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 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (6.90%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (44.83%) Azure
3 7 (24.14%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.90%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.45%) AWS
5 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (17.24%) Firewall
3 4 (13.79%) LAN
3 4 (13.79%) VPN
3 4 (13.79%) WAN
4 3 (10.34%) TCP/IP
5 2 (6.90%) DHCP
5 2 (6.90%) DNS
6 1 (3.45%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (3.45%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.34%) Banking
4 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Games
5 2 (6.90%) Electronics
5 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.90%) Local Government
5 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (6.90%) Marketing
5 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.45%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.45%) Publishing
6 1 (3.45%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (62.07%) Windows
2 11 (37.93%) Windows 10
3 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
4 3 (10.34%) Android
4 3 (10.34%) Mac OS X
5 2 (6.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (6.90%) Windows 8
5 2 (6.90%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Customer Service
2 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (17.24%) ITIL
4 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
5 3 (10.34%) ITSM
5 3 (10.34%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (10.34%) Process Improvement
6 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.90%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Programme Management
6 2 (6.90%) Server Management
6 2 (6.90%) Service Management
7 1 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.45%) Data Security
7 1 (3.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 1 (3.45%) Network Management
7 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.45%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) CCNA
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) MCP
3 1 (3.45%) MCSA
3 1 (3.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (55.17%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.34%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (10.34%) vSphere
2 3 (10.34%) XenApp
3 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) SCCM
2 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (6.90%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (6.90%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) Citrix
2 6 (20.69%) ServiceNow
3 3 (10.34%) Canon
3 3 (10.34%) Dell
3 3 (10.34%) Remedy
3 3 (10.34%) Sage
3 3 (10.34%) VMware
4 2 (6.90%) Adobe
4 2 (6.90%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (6.90%) Draytek
4 2 (6.90%) Google
4 2 (6.90%) Kaspersky
4 2 (6.90%) NETGEAR
4 2 (6.90%) Panasonic
4 2 (6.90%) SolarWinds
4 2 (6.90%) Spiceworks
4 2 (6.90%) Symantec
4 2 (6.90%) WatchGuard
4 2 (6.90%) Webroot
67 2nd Line Engineer jobs in England