1st Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

First Line Support Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in Merseyside is £138, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 26 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 0.54% 1.72% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.85% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £134 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £138 £149 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% - -
75th Percentile £141 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £138 £149 £183
% change year-on-year -7.72% -18.36% +19.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £18.10 -
North West median hourly rate - £18.10 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 179 216 208
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.24% 93.10% 92.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 99 129
10th Percentile £129 £159 £200
25th Percentile £190 £200 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £563 £530
90th Percentile £687 £600 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 13
10th Percentile - £15.22 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £17.33 £16.25
Median hourly rate £15.18 £19.16 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.77% -4.20% +14.29%
75th Percentile £17.44 £24.18 £29.00
90th Percentile £21.52 £41.40 £46.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -28.16% +6.06% +41.09%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Merseyside

1st Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside

1st Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside

1st Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Liverpool -4 1 £138 -7.72% 1
1st Line Support Engineer
North West

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, 1st Line Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Merseyside region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow