1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Stafford

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Staffordshire > Stafford

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer daily rate in Stafford is £180, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
10 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 12.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - -
Staffordshire median daily rate £180 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stafford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stafford. 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 Stafford with a recognized job title 7 10 15
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 90.91% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £249 £168 -
25th Percentile £353 £195 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £244 £300
Median % change year-on-year +98.97% -18.75% -40.00%
75th Percentile £581 £295 £350
90th Percentile £593 £324 £395
Staffordshire median daily rate £350 £375 £400
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 9
10th Percentile - £16.46 -
25th Percentile - £16.75 £23.00
Median hourly rate - £20.24 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year - -25.72% -26.60%
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - £30.45 £51.25
Staffordshire median hourly rate £20.00 £18.00 £25.96
% change year-on-year +11.11% -30.65% +11.25%

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford

For the 6 months to 10 March 2026, 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 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 Stafford region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Skype
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1st/2nd Line Support Engineer jobs