2nd Line Engineer Contracts in the Midlands

Second Line Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 95 118
Rank change year-on-year +4 +23 +39
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 20 38 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.04% 1.38% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.16% 1.50% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 29 42
10th Percentile £140 £160 £158
25th Percentile £160 £185 £167
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £200 £250
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £325 £273 £347
90th Percentile £453 £375 £350
England median daily rate £210 £200 £224
% change year-on-year +5.00% -10.68% +11.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £24.19 - -
25th Percentile £24.20 - -
Median hourly rate £24.34 - £20.00
75th Percentile £24.61 - -
90th Percentile £24.69 - -
England median hourly rate £24.58 £17.72 £23.50
% change year-on-year +38.71% -24.60% +32.99%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd 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 2nd Line Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands +3 16 £263 +31.25% 6
East Midlands +3 4 £180 -10.00% 3
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 2nd 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 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) IPsec
2 9 (45.00%) PKI
2 9 (45.00%) WAN
2 9 (45.00%) VPN
2 9 (45.00%) Juniper
2 9 (45.00%) MPLS
2 9 (45.00%) BGP
3 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
5 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
6 5 (25.00%) Load Balancing
6 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 5 (25.00%) Windows
7 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
7 4 (20.00%) Azure
7 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
8 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
8 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (15.00%) Citrix
8 3 (15.00%) Cisco
8 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (10.00%) MCP
9 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (10.00%) A+ Certification
9 2 (10.00%) Mac OS X

2nd 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) BGP
1 9 (45.00%) IPsec
1 9 (45.00%) MPLS
1 9 (45.00%) VPN
1 9 (45.00%) WAN
2 2 (10.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) PKI
2 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.00%) iPhone
2 1 (5.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (10.00%) Mac OS X
4 1 (5.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Load Balancing
2 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.00%) Break/Fix
5 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (5.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (10.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) MCP
System Software
1 5 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Juniper
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Cisco
3 3 (15.00%) Citrix
4 2 (10.00%) VMware