1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £205, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 190 160 187
Rank change year-on-year -30 +27 +54
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 3 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.073% 0.12% 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.13% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £178 £149 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £150 £213
Median % change year-on-year +37.12% -29.65% +30.77%
75th Percentile £208 £150 £219
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £205 £185 £188
% change year-on-year +10.81% -1.33% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate - £22.09 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.26% -
75th Percentile - £23.14 £19.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £21.44 £22.09 £21.00
% change year-on-year -2.97% +5.19% +27.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,795 3,838 4,785
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.76% 92.15% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,516 2,100 3,232
10th Percentile £223 £263 £263
25th Percentile £369 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.98% -2.10% -
75th Percentile £563 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £650 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 232 214
10th Percentile £13.41 £15.22 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.45 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.56 £32.50 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -24.43% +44.25% +7.29%
75th Percentile £50.56 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £75.79 £70.00 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.52% +73.58%

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st/2nd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Yorkshire - 2 £205 - 4
North West -16 1 £155 +3.68% 1
1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
England

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 10 October 2025, 1st/2nd Line Support 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 North of England region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Google
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Google