1st/2nd Line Support Contracts in the Thames Valley

1st/2nd Line Support
South East > Thames Valley

The median 1st/2nd Line Support daily rate in the Thames Valley is £208 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 141 156
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 -17
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 2 5 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.074% 0.17% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.18% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile £200 - £145
25th Percentile £201 - £149
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £208 - £150
75th Percentile £221 - £170
90th Percentile £225 - £171
South East median daily rate £215 £175 £160
% change year-on-year +22.86% +9.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £20.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,507 2,756 3,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 94.32% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,434 1,908 2,284
10th Percentile £212 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.28% +8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 75 103
10th Percentile £15.78 £17.27 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.33 £12.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £48.40 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.02% +176.57% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.29 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £85.33 £79.19 £64.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

1st/2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

1st/2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

1st/2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire -12 1 £200 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £215 -
1st/2nd Line Support
South East

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, 1st/2nd 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 Thames Valley region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) Apple
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (50.00%) AirWatch
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) DBS Check

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy
1 1 (50.00%) SAP