3rd Line Support Contracts in Manchester

Third Line Support
North West > Manchester

The median Third Line Support daily rate in Manchester is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 - 135
Rank change year-on-year - - -37
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.26% - 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £269 - -
25th Percentile £297 - £145
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £188
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £391 - £284
90th Percentile £396 - £369
North West median daily rate £375 £350 £250
% change year-on-year +7.14% +40.00% -

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 1,457 1,844 2,489
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.67% 96.75% 97.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,016 1,378 1,965
10th Percentile £313 £313 £213
25th Percentile £394 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £575
90th Percentile £691 £663 £650
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +9.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 57 62
10th Percentile £12.02 £14.15 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.82
Median hourly rate £24.15 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.01% +100.00% +9.38%
75th Percentile £60.94 £47.50 £22.90
90th Percentile £73.75 £67.60 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
% change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +12.83%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in Manchester

3rd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Support in Manchester

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 3rd Line Support in Manchester

3rd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Support in Manchester

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 3rd Line Support 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 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Dell
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (25.00%) IaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) SLA

3rd Line Support 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) IaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Dell