1st Line Support Engineer Contracts in Tyne and Wear

First Line Support Engineer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in Tyne and Wear is £180 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - 0
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 1 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.41% - 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £135
25th Percentile - - £141
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - £165
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.71%
75th Percentile - - £180
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £180 - £165
% change year-on-year - - -5.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 220 343 384
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 98.28% 97.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 267 304
10th Percentile £250 £312 £165
25th Percentile £370 £441 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £596
90th Percentile £650 £732 £688
North East median daily rate £475 £538 £475
% change year-on-year -11.63% +13.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 0 11
10th Percentile £11.50 - £11.17
25th Percentile £12.13 - £14.36
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.93%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £18.13
90th Percentile £60.00 - £19.91
North East median hourly rate £13.99 £40.75 £17.00
% change year-on-year -65.67% +139.71% +16.96%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Tyne and Wear

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Tyne and Wear

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in Tyne and Wear.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Tyne and Wear

1st Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 27 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
Sunderland - 1 £180 -
1st Line Support Engineer
North East

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 1st Line Support Engineer 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Site Server
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Server Virtualisation

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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%) Site Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware