3rd Line Engineer Contract Job Trends in Norfolk

Third Line Engineer
East of England > Norfolk

The median Third Line Engineer daily rate in Norfolk is £223, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Norfolk 1.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £222 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 - -
75th Percentile £225 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £223 - £425

All Contract IT Job Roles
Norfolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Norfolk. 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 Norfolk with a recognized job title 164 62 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.91% 74.70% 86.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 30 22
10th Percentile £163 £171 £124
25th Percentile £190 £175 £202
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £450 £366
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +23.04% +12.54%
75th Percentile £519 £538 £528
90th Percentile £576 £550 £549
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -12.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 4
10th Percentile - £15.33 -
25th Percentile £13.12 £16.57 £13.60
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.27 £14.68
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +31.31% -30.84%
75th Percentile £45.31 £21.41 £16.63
90th Percentile £52.50 £31.20 £16.64
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -6.98% -9.47% +42.99%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Norfolk.

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Norfolk

3rd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Norfolk

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Norfolk.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Norfolk

3rd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Norfolk

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Norfolk.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Norfolk

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk

For the 6 months to 10 August 2026, 3rd Line 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 Norfolk region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 2 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware