3rd Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Third Line Support Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Third Line Support Engineer daily rate in Surrey is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £250 £600 £298
% change year-on-year -58.33% +101.34% -14.86%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 528 276 589
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.64% 97.87% 93.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 193 423
10th Percentile £207 £191 £213
25th Percentile £400 £280 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £548 £609
90th Percentile £656 £600 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 22 63
10th Percentile £33.00 £13.69 £12.78
25th Percentile £55.00 £24.17 £15.96
Median hourly rate £66.00 £28.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.70% -6.67% -36.84%
75th Percentile £70.00 £51.16 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.07 £62.50 £76.86
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £28.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +87.23% -44.00% -

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

3rd Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

3rd Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

3rd Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. 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
Leatherhead - 2 £500 -
3rd Line Support Engineer
South East

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 10 July 2026, 3rd 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 Surrey region featuring 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow