3rd Line Support Contracts in the North West

Third Line Support
England > North West

The median Third Line Support daily rate in the North West is £375 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 136 155 159
Rank change year-on-year +19 +4 -25
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 5 2 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.18% 0.062% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.065% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 22
10th Percentile £275 - £173
25th Percentile £313 £325 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £350 £250
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £395 £375 £320
90th Percentile £398 - £436
England median daily rate £375 £380 £314
% change year-on-year -1.32% +21.12% +0.40%

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 2,622 3,055 3,850
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 94.64% 96.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,725 2,198 2,821
10th Percentile £281 £300 £206
25th Percentile £394 £405 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +8.11% +9.11%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £560
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 138 178
10th Percentile £11.07 £14.18 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £26.39 £30.54 £20.31
Median % change year-on-year -13.59% +50.37% +12.83%
75th Percentile £46.18 £46.51 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in the North West

3rd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support in the North West.

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Support in the North West

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 3rd Line Support in the North West

3rd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Support in the North West

3rd Line Support
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 3rd Line Support within the North West 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
Manchester - 4 £350 - 4
Cheshire +4 1 £390 +11.43%
3rd Line Support
England

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 3rd Line Support 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 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Stack
4 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Proofpoint
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (20.00%) IaaS
4 1 (20.00%) Yammer
4 1 (20.00%) Skype
4 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) Sophos
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis

3rd Line Support 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Stack
4 1 (20.00%) IaaS
4 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (20.00%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Skype
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Dell
2 1 (20.00%) Proofpoint
2 1 (20.00%) Sophos
2 1 (20.00%) VMware