1st Line Engineer Contracts in the South West

First Line Engineer
England > South West

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in the South West is £168, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 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
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 145 146
Rank change year-on-year +33 +1 +27
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 2 1 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.11% 0.034% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.036% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 9
10th Percentile £157 - £125
25th Percentile £159 £158 £129
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £165 £150
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% +10.00% -1.64%
75th Percentile £174 £173 £188
90th Percentile £176 - -
England median daily rate £160 £150 £175
% change year-on-year +7.02% -14.57% +16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,691 2,751 3,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.95% 92.25% 95.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 997 1,780 2,265
10th Percentile £225 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £406 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £613 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £720
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 377 273
10th Percentile £14.04 £13.94 £17.70
25th Percentile £18.19 £35.00 £39.55
Median hourly rate £26.28 £65.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.57% +3.17% +30.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £83.75
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.96% +70.79%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in the South West

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the South West

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the South West

1st Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Devon - 1 £175 - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £160 - 1
1st Line Engineer
England

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 July 2025, 1st 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 West region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory