2nd Line Support Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Second Line Support
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Oxfordshire is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 0.56% - 2.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £152
25th Percentile - - £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £180
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile - - £184
90th Percentile - - £192
South East median daily rate £206 £267 £200
% change year-on-year -22.82% +33.62% -13.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 158 130 199
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.27% 90.91% 91.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 79 148
10th Percentile £189 £206 £170
25th Percentile £263 £375 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £550 £556 £575
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 12
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.49 £25.03
25th Percentile £19.37 £19.25 £25.78
Median hourly rate £25.08 £22.75 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year +10.22% -29.61% +90.12%
75th Percentile £27.63 £27.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £87.64 £49.50 -
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £57.54 £51.90
% change year-on-year -56.55% +10.87% +38.40%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

2nd Line Support job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in Oxfordshire

2nd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in Oxfordshire

2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 November 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
Oxford - 1 £200 -
2nd Line Support
South East

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, 2nd Line Support 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 Oxfordshire region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ariba
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAP