2nd Line Engineer Contracts in the South East

Second Line Engineer
England > South East

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in the South East is £194 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 160 203
Rank change year-on-year -12 +43 -7
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 23 57 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.42% 0.99% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 1.04% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 41 36
10th Percentile £160 £163 £164
25th Percentile £163 £200 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £194 £210 £195
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +7.69% +16.42%
75th Percentile £258 £250 £250
90th Percentile £306 £375 £264
England median daily rate £200 £218 £200
% change year-on-year -8.12% +8.84% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile £22.51 £20.70 £12.26
25th Percentile £22.52 £21.75 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.54 £24.50 £19.57
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +25.19% -7.03%
75th Percentile £22.56 £28.25 £22.81
90th Percentile £22.57 £29.90 £23.00
England median hourly rate £18.33 £23.50 £17.70
% change year-on-year -22.02% +32.77% +1.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,097 5,465 7,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 94.65% 95.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,079 3,820 5,047
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £396 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £617 £606 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 480 241 333
10th Percentile £12.78 £17.00 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £43.95
90th Percentile £77.04 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Thames Valley +3 11 £245 +9.00% 9
Hampshire -9 7 £188 -7.45% 8
Berkshire -11 6 £276 -21.29% 1
Buckinghamshire +26 4 £333 +47.78% 3
Kent - 3 £175 - 6
Surrey +7 2 £228 -9.00% 2
Oxfordshire +5 1 £140 -37.78% 5
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 South East region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) Windows
2 7 (30.43%) Cisco
2 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
3 6 (26.09%) Proactive Monitoring
3 6 (26.09%) SD-WAN
4 5 (21.74%) Security Monitoring
4 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 5 (21.74%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (21.74%) SCCM
4 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
4 5 (21.74%) Linux
4 5 (21.74%) WAN
4 5 (21.74%) ISO 9000
4 5 (21.74%) DNS
5 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
6 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
6 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
6 3 (13.04%) VPN
6 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
6 3 (13.04%) NHS
6 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (13.04%) Windows 7
6 3 (13.04%) Azure
7 2 (8.70%) Apple
7 2 (8.70%) ITIL
7 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (8.70%) Finance

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.35%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (4.35%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.35%) AWS
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (26.09%) SD-WAN
2 5 (21.74%) DNS
2 5 (21.74%) WAN
3 3 (13.04%) VPN
4 2 (8.70%) Firewall
5 1 (4.35%) BGP
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (4.35%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (4.35%) IPsec
5 1 (4.35%) Junos
5 1 (4.35%) MPLS
5 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.35%) VLAN
5 1 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (4.35%) Wireless
General
1 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Advertising
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Electronics
4 1 (4.35%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Marketing
4 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) NHS
2 1 (4.35%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.35%) PKI
2 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (65.22%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Linux
3 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
3 3 (13.04%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.35%) Android
4 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS X
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Proactive Monitoring
2 5 (21.74%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (21.74%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (21.74%) Security Monitoring
3 4 (17.39%) Customer Service
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL
4 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.35%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.35%) Break/Fix
5 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.35%) Change Control
5 1 (4.35%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (4.35%) IT Asset Management
5 1 (4.35%) ITSM
5 1 (4.35%) Migration
5 1 (4.35%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.35%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.35%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) SCCM
2 1 (4.35%) AirWatch
2 1 (4.35%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) Nessus
2 1 (4.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Cisco
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 2 (8.70%) Apple
4 1 (4.35%) Avaya
4 1 (4.35%) Freshdesk
4 1 (4.35%) Fujitsu
4 1 (4.35%) HP
4 1 (4.35%) Juniper
4 1 (4.35%) Qualys
4 1 (4.35%) Remedy
4 1 (4.35%) SAP
4 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) VMware