1st Line Support Contracts in Stockport

First Line Support
Manchester > Stockport

The median First Line Support daily rate in Stockport is £145, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stockport 5.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £133 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £145 - -
75th Percentile £158 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £163 £160 £250
% change year-on-year +1.56% -36.00% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stockport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stockport. 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 Stockport with a recognized job title 17 15 20
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 93.75% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 12
10th Percentile £306 £302 £328
25th Percentile - £391 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile £466 £579 £566
90th Percentile £500 £625 £684
Manchester median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £11.38 £38.95
25th Percentile - £12.11 £39.63
Median hourly rate - £13.31 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year - -68.68% -26.09%
75th Percentile - £35.41 £47.81
90th Percentile - £48.66 £48.38
Manchester median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
% change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in Stockport

1st Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stockport

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in Stockport.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support in Stockport

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stockport

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 1st Line Support 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 Stockport region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stockport 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft