2nd Line Engineer Contracts in London

Second Line Engineer
England > London

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in London is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 361 417
Rank change year-on-year +30 +56 +88
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 29 35 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.20% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.21% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 29 52
10th Percentile £168 £140 £146
25th Percentile £204 £155 £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £190 £200
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -5.00% -12.09%
75th Percentile £263 £255 £241
90th Percentile £294 £290 £311
England median daily rate £205 £200 £208
% change year-on-year +2.50% -3.66% +3.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.75
Median hourly rate £24.66 £23.09 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -1.74% -1.71%
75th Percentile - - £25.13
90th Percentile - - £25.65
England median hourly rate £21.25 £22.58 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.89% +5.02% +19.44%

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 12,405 16,530 24,369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 93.95% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,370 11,825 17,806
10th Percentile £331 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 305 278
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.45 £20.22 £22.79
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.81 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% -27.29% +9.29%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.86 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £68.45 £82.33
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £44.06
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.20% +79.82%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer 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 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in London

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer 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 6 July 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
South London - 6 £238 -
West London +15 5 £250 +51.52% 8
Central London +7 2 £263 +81.03% 9
2nd Line Engineer
England

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

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

1 21 (72.41%) Active Directory
2 20 (68.97%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (62.07%) Azure
3 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
4 17 (58.62%) Windows
5 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
6 14 (48.28%) Customer Service
7 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (37.93%) Windows 10
8 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (31.03%) ITSM
8 9 (31.03%) Finance
9 8 (27.59%) Service Management
9 8 (27.59%) VPN
9 8 (27.59%) Entra ID
10 7 (24.14%) ServiceNow
10 7 (24.14%) ITIL
10 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
10 7 (24.14%) Onboarding
11 6 (20.69%) Public Sector
11 6 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (20.69%) vSphere
11 6 (20.69%) Apple iOS
11 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (20.69%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (17.24%) Android
12 5 (17.24%) Firewall
13 4 (13.79%) Games
13 4 (13.79%) LAN

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 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (6.90%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (62.07%) Azure
3 8 (27.59%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.90%) Asana
4 2 (6.90%) Google Workspace
4 2 (6.90%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) VPN
2 6 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (17.24%) Firewall
4 4 (13.79%) LAN
4 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
4 4 (13.79%) WAN
5 3 (10.34%) DHCP
5 3 (10.34%) DNS
6 2 (6.90%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (6.90%) Wireless
7 1 (3.45%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (20.69%) Public Sector
4 4 (13.79%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Games
5 3 (10.34%) Local Government
6 2 (6.90%) Banking
6 2 (6.90%) Electronics
6 2 (6.90%) Legal
6 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 2 (6.90%) Marketing
6 2 (6.90%) Telecoms
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Smartphone
2 2 (6.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (58.62%) Windows
2 11 (37.93%) Windows 10
3 6 (20.69%) Apple iOS
4 5 (17.24%) Android
5 3 (10.34%) Mac OS X
5 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
6 2 (6.90%) VMS
6 2 (6.90%) Windows 8
6 2 (6.90%) Windows XP
7 1 (3.45%) Mac OS
7 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
7 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Customer Service
2 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (31.03%) ITSM
4 8 (27.59%) Service Management
5 7 (24.14%) ITIL
6 5 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
8 3 (10.34%) Incident Management
8 3 (10.34%) Network Monitoring
9 2 (6.90%) Asset Management
9 2 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (6.90%) Customer Requirements
9 2 (6.90%) Digital Marketing
9 2 (6.90%) Incident Response
9 2 (6.90%) Investment Management
9 2 (6.90%) Mobile Device Management
9 2 (6.90%) Proactive Monitoring
9 2 (6.90%) Programme Management
9 2 (6.90%) Server Management
9 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (6.90%) SC Cleared
1 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 21 (72.41%) Active Directory
2 6 (20.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 6 (20.69%) vSphere
3 2 (6.90%) XenApp
4 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (13.79%) SCCM
3 2 (6.90%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (6.90%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) ServiceNow
3 4 (13.79%) Citrix
4 3 (10.34%) Canon
4 3 (10.34%) Dell
4 3 (10.34%) Google
4 3 (10.34%) Remedy
4 3 (10.34%) Sage
4 3 (10.34%) VMware
5 2 (6.90%) Aerohive Networks
5 2 (6.90%) AVG
5 2 (6.90%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (6.90%) Draytek
5 2 (6.90%) GFI Software
5 2 (6.90%) Kaspersky
5 2 (6.90%) NETGEAR
5 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
5 2 (6.90%) Panasonic
5 2 (6.90%) Spiceworks
5 2 (6.90%) Xerox