2nd Line Engineer Contracts in Slough

Second Line Engineer
Berkshire > Slough

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Slough is £129, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Slough 4.84% - 2.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% - 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £170
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £129 - £173
75th Percentile - - £210
90th Percentile - - £273
Berkshire median daily rate £129 £276 £250
% change year-on-year -53.24% +10.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £18.87 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Slough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Slough. 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 Slough with a recognized job title 60 82 153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.77% 93.18% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 50 113
10th Percentile £185 £276 £285
25th Percentile £236 £311 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +8.82% -8.11%
75th Percentile £541 £585 £538
90th Percentile £628 £617 £625
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile - - £16.68
25th Percentile - £11.79 £17.11
Median hourly rate £18.87 £19.38 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% -4.32% +15.71%
75th Percentile £21.77 £40.75 £24.50
90th Percentile £23.50 £81.25 £39.08
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £60.83 £57.82
% change year-on-year -2.19% +5.21% +175.32%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Slough.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Slough

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Slough

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Slough.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Slough

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Slough

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Slough.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Slough

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, 2nd 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 Slough region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Slough 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
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