3rd Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in North London

Third Line Support Engineer
London > North London

The median Third Line Support Engineer daily rate in North London is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 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
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in North London 4.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 - -
London median daily rate £510 £420 £388
% change year-on-year +21.43% +8.39% +10.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in North London. 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 North London with a recognized job title 20 22 29
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 100.00% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 20 26
10th Percentile £317 £248 £160
25th Percentile £510 £254 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £378 £475
Median % change year-on-year +45.70% -20.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £650 £484 £566
90th Percentile - £590 £594
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
London median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -13.57% -6.67% +15.21%

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in North London.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in North London

3rd Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in North London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in North London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in North London

3rd Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in North London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in North London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in North London

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North London

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, 3rd 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 North London region featuring 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North London 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft