1st Line Engineer Contracts in the North West

First Line Engineer
England > North West

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in the North West is £122 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 155 164
Rank change year-on-year +25 +9 -35
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 8 5 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.30% 0.16% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.17% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 15
10th Percentile £114 - -
25th Percentile £119 - £113
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £122 £175 £140
Median % change year-on-year -30.29% +25.00% +43.59%
75th Percentile £133 - £150
90th Percentile £152 - £171
England median daily rate £135 £175 £148
% change year-on-year -22.86% +18.64% +18.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £17.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.94% -12.82% +32.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,533 2,968 3,891
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 94.92% 96.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,645 2,109 2,840
10th Percentile £275 £300 £213
25th Percentile £388 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £569
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 127 176
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.71 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.61
Median hourly rate £27.00 £30.76 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% +23.02% +38.01%
75th Percentile £46.91 £49.08 £50.01
90th Percentile £69.14 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in the North West

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the North West

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the North West

1st Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Cheshire +14 7 £122 -30.29% 2
Manchester +22 1 £160 - 2
1st Line Engineer
England

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 1st 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 West region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
1 7 (87.50%) ServiceNow
2 6 (75.00%) SLA
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (50.00%) Time Management
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (37.50%) Windows
5 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
6 2 (25.00%) Apple
6 2 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (25.00%) Service Management
6 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
6 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
6 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (25.00%) OneDrive
6 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
6 2 (25.00%) SCCM
6 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
6 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (12.50%) Proactive Maintenance
7 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
7 1 (12.50%) DBS Check

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Hudson
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
2 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (50.00%) Time Management
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
4 1 (12.50%) Proactive Maintenance
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
1 2 (25.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
1 7 (87.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Apple