2nd Line Engineer Contracts in the North of England

Second Line Engineer
England > North of England

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in the North of England is £198 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 199 179
Rank change year-on-year +45 -20 -14
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 32 20 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.67% 0.34% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.36% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 13 53
10th Percentile £154 £135 £128
25th Percentile £185 £158 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £198 £180 £175
Median % change year-on-year +9.72% +2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £230 £201 £225
90th Percentile £277 £340 £240
England median daily rate £200 £225 £200
% change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 8
10th Percentile - £22.40 £16.00
25th Percentile - £23.00 £16.28
Median hourly rate £17.72 £24.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.17% +20.00% +9.59%
75th Percentile - £25.00 £23.00
90th Percentile - £25.60 £23.23
England median hourly rate £17.72 £22.00 £17.85
% change year-on-year -19.45% +23.25% +2.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,453 5,567 6,937
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 95.16% 96.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,811 3,938 5,099
10th Percentile £263 £280 £200
25th Percentile £382 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £580 £594 £550
90th Percentile £672 £680 £638
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 171 296
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.50 £11.09
25th Percentile £12.53 £18.57 £14.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £30.54 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% +64.26% +3.29%
75th Percentile £45.94 £48.86 £31.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £50.39
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the North of England

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the North of England

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the North of England

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the North of England

2nd Line 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 2nd Line Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 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
North West +20 17 £200 +11.11% 19
Yorkshire +34 12 £198 +3.95% 5
North East +20 3 £195 - 1
2nd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 North of England region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft 365
1 23 (71.88%) Windows
2 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 16 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 16 (50.00%) Windows 10
4 14 (43.75%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
6 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (34.38%) Customer Service
7 11 (34.38%) Azure
8 8 (25.00%) OneDrive
8 8 (25.00%) VPN
8 8 (25.00%) Service Management
8 8 (25.00%) Apple
9 7 (21.88%) VMware
9 7 (21.88%) SCCM
9 7 (21.88%) Degree
9 7 (21.88%) Mac OS
9 7 (21.88%) Customer Requirements
10 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
10 6 (18.75%) Asset Management
10 6 (18.75%) Firewall
10 6 (18.75%) SLA
11 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
11 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V
11 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow
11 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (15.63%) Windows Server
12 4 (12.50%) Software Deployment

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.13%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (34.38%) Azure
3 8 (25.00%) OneDrive
4 4 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) VPN
2 6 (18.75%) Firewall
3 4 (12.50%) VoIP
3 4 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (9.38%) LAN
4 3 (9.38%) VLAN
4 3 (9.38%) WAN
5 1 (3.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (9.38%) Law
5 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.13%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 3 (9.38%) Clustering
3 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.13%) iPad
4 1 (3.13%) Public Cloud
4 1 (3.13%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 23 (71.88%) Windows
2 16 (50.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (21.88%) Mac OS
4 5 (15.63%) Windows Server
5 4 (12.50%) Apple iOS
6 3 (9.38%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (9.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (3.13%) Android
8 1 (3.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Customer Service
2 8 (25.00%) Service Management
3 7 (21.88%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (18.75%) Asset Management
5 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (12.50%) Customer Experience
6 4 (12.50%) Inventory Management
6 4 (12.50%) ITIL
6 4 (12.50%) Software Deployment
7 3 (9.38%) Break/Fix
7 3 (9.38%) Decision-Making
7 3 (9.38%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (9.38%) Patch Management
7 3 (9.38%) Quality Management
8 2 (6.25%) Information Security
8 2 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
9 1 (3.13%) Agile
9 1 (3.13%) Change Management
9 1 (3.13%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (3.13%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Degree
2 2 (6.25%) CCNA
2 2 (6.25%) CCNP
2 2 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.13%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.13%) BitLocker
4 1 (3.13%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (21.88%) SCCM
3 4 (12.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (9.38%) Autotask
4 3 (9.38%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (9.38%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (25.00%) Apple
3 7 (21.88%) VMware
4 5 (15.63%) ServiceNow
5 3 (9.38%) Datto
6 2 (6.25%) Cisco
6 2 (6.25%) Meraki
7 1 (3.13%) Autodesk
7 1 (3.13%) Dell
7 1 (3.13%) Wyse