2nd Line Support Engineer Contracts in Merseyside

Second Line Support Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median Second Line Support Engineer daily rate in Merseyside is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Merseyside 0.59% 1.72% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.77% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £149 -
Median % change year-on-year +67.79% - -
North West median daily rate £203 £220 £200
% change year-on-year -7.95% +9.86% +14.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.07 -
North West median hourly rate - £17.89 -

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 160 226 288
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 97.00% 95.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 123 206
10th Percentile £133 £143 £235
25th Percentile £213 £200 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -21.05% +11.76%
75th Percentile £550 £491 £534
90th Percentile £644 £588 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 36 10
10th Percentile - £15.36 £10.09
25th Percentile £12.21 £15.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £17.44 £21.43 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.62% +22.46% +7.69%
75th Percentile £19.36 £34.21 £25.35
90th Percentile £21.52 £38.13 £32.00
North West median hourly rate £29.27 £29.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year +0.93% +9.43% +6.00%

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in Merseyside

2nd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in Merseyside

2nd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in Merseyside

2nd 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 2nd Line Support Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 14 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
Liverpool -2 1 £250 +67.79% 1
2nd Line Support Engineer
North West

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 14 July 2025, 2nd 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 Merseyside region featuring 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
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 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory