3rd Line Engineer Contracts in Oxford

Third Line Engineer
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Third Line Engineer daily rate in Oxford is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 21 25
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 -3
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 2.86% 2.36% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.37% 2.48% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - £360
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.22%
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £375 - £318
% change year-on-year - - +10.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 89 121 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.76% 95.28% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 89 111
10th Percentile £180 £250 £160
25th Percentile £356 £350 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £575
90th Percentile £598 £614 £600
Oxfordshire median daily rate £375 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 6 13
10th Percentile £12.18 - £15.48
25th Percentile £13.00 - £17.42
Median hourly rate £15.48 £18.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.38% -9.60% -42.86%
75th Percentile £47.75 £24.02 -
90th Percentile £65.00 £26.75 £21.00
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £19.50 £25.95 £20.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% +29.75% -8.62%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Oxford

3rd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in Oxford.

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Oxford

3rd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in Oxford.

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Engineer in Oxford

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 3rd 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 Oxford region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Aruba
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Sophos
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Aruba
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Sophos