2nd Line Support Contracts in Torfaen

Second Line Support
South Wales > Torfaen

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Torfaen is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Torfaen 100.00% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £188 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
75th Percentile £213 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £200 £135 £200
% change year-on-year +48.15% -32.50% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Torfaen

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Torfaen. 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 Torfaen with a recognized job title 1 3 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 75.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £188 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £450 £180
Median % change year-on-year -55.56% +150.00% -
75th Percentile £213 £460 -
90th Percentile - £466 -
South Wales median daily rate £395 £470 £460
% change year-on-year -15.96% +2.17% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £15.50
Median hourly rate - - £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.03%
75th Percentile - - £16.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Torfaen

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Torfaen

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Torfaen

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Torfaen.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Torfaen

2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Torfaen

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the Torfaen region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Cwmbran - 1 £200 -
2nd Line Support
South Wales

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Torfaen

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 Torfaen region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
1 1 (100.00%) Sysprep
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) WhatsApp

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Torfaen 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%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware