1st Line Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

First Line Engineer
England > Midlands

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £180 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 160 192
Rank change year-on-year +46 +32 -45
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 21 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.77% 0.38% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.40% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 13
10th Percentile - £110 £108
25th Percentile - £114 £128
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £125 £175
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% -28.57% +32.08%
75th Percentile - £148 £190
90th Percentile - £160 -
England median daily rate £135 £175 £140
% change year-on-year -22.86% +25.00% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £17.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.94% -12.82% +32.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,517 3,272 4,921
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 94.48% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,701 2,301 3,601
10th Percentile £213 £223 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £459
Median % change year-on-year - +3.49% +14.75%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 131 179
10th Percentile £11.97 £12.00 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.33 £15.17 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £29.25 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.40 £60.00 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in the Midlands

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the Midlands

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the Midlands

1st Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
West Midlands +44 21 £180 - 2
1st Line Engineer
England

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 Midlands region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (85.71%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (80.95%) Firewall
2 17 (80.95%) CA
2 17 (80.95%) PKI
2 17 (80.95%) Impact Assessments
3 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco
4 2 (9.52%) CCNA
4 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (9.52%) Juniper
4 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Inventory Management
5 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Service Management
5 1 (4.76%) Risk Management
5 1 (4.76%) Azure
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
5 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Operations
5 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
5 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
5 1 (4.76%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (4.76%) Decision-Making
5 1 (4.76%) BMC
5 1 (4.76%) Unix
5 1 (4.76%) Middleware
5 1 (4.76%) Degree

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (80.95%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Network Security
General
1 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (85.71%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (80.95%) PKI
3 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.76%) SCADA
3 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science
4 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection
4 1 (4.76%) Decision-Making
4 1 (4.76%) Inventory Management
4 1 (4.76%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (4.76%) Release Management
4 1 (4.76%) Risk Management
4 1 (4.76%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) CCNA
1 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
Vendors
1 17 (80.95%) CA
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco
2 2 (9.52%) Juniper
3 1 (4.76%) BMC