2nd Line Support Analyst Contracts in the Thames Valley

Second Line Support Analyst
South East > Thames Valley

The median Second Line Support Analyst daily rate in the Thames Valley is £170 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 - 159
Rank change year-on-year - - -24
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 3 0 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.11% - 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - £142
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £170 - £150
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.43%
75th Percentile £175 - £170
90th Percentile £178 - £171
South East median daily rate £170 £320 £165
% change year-on-year -46.88% +93.94% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £15.00
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £15.00

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 2,538 2,767 3,351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 94.05% 95.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,453 1,914 2,284
10th Percentile £207 £311 £190
25th Percentile £369 £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 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 78 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.25 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

2nd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Support Analyst
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 2nd Line Support Analyst within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Buckinghamshire - 2 £170 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £180 -
2nd Line Support Analyst
South East

2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 2nd Line Support Analyst 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 2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V

2nd Line Support Analyst 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 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware