1st Line Engineer Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

First Line Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in Northamptonshire is £180, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 37 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 0.32% 1.16% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 1.26% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £180 - £160
% change year-on-year - - -3.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 305 239 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.44% 92.28% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 172 136
10th Percentile £290 £340 £213
25th Percentile £350 £359 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% -10.53% +0.53%
75th Percentile £450 £500 £539
90th Percentile £543 £575 £616
East Midlands median daily rate £413 £425 £475
% change year-on-year -3.00% -10.47% +2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 5
10th Percentile - - £11.46
25th Percentile - £11.83 £11.83
Median hourly rate £21.39 £12.22 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.04% -30.17% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £12.61 £23.73
90th Percentile £41.56 £20.22 £24.60
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.32 £24.18 £18.38
% change year-on-year -11.83% +31.56% +7.33%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

1st Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

1st Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

1st Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Northamptonshire

1st Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Northampton - 1 £180 -
1st Line Engineer
East Midlands

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, 1st Line 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 Northamptonshire region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory