2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Contracts in Manchester

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £260 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.068% - 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% - 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £250 - £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 - £150
75th Percentile £270 - £155
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £260 - £195

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 1,399 1,768 2,524
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 96.40% 97.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 968 1,317 1,980
10th Percentile £313 £313 £226
25th Percentile £400 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +12.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 46 59
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.64 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £18.88 £12.02
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +100.00% +8.59%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.94 £24.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £34.00
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £20.32
% change year-on-year -17.88% +61.84% +13.49%

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in Manchester

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in Manchester

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in Manchester

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, 2nd/3rd 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 Manchester region featuring 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps

2nd/3rd Line Support 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
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft