1st Line Engineer Contracts in Manchester

First Line Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £160 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 111 128
Rank change year-on-year +21 +17 -39
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 1 1 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.069% 0.055% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.057% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £155 - £113
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 - £140
Median % change year-on-year - - +51.35%
75th Percentile £165 - £150
90th Percentile - - £171
North West median daily rate £122 £175 £140
% change year-on-year -30.29% +25.00% +43.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
North West median hourly rate - £14.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,389 1,754 2,525
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.73% 96.32% 97.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 1,301 1,968
10th Percentile £313 £313 £228
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +12.94%
75th Percentile £585 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 45 68
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.44 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £18.50 £13.83
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +93.83% +11.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £33.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £24.10
% change year-on-year -17.88% +36.42% +34.26%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in Manchester

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in Manchester

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in Manchester

1st Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Wigan - 1 £160 -
1st Line Engineer
North West

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 1st 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 Manchester region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Hudson
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Hudson
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft