1st Line Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

First Line Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £135 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 329 421 412
Rank change year-on-year +92 -9 -40
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 57 35 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.15% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.16% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 75
10th Percentile £105 £125 £113
25th Percentile £121 £150 £119
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £135 £175 £140
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +25.00% +7.69%
75th Percentile £169 £184 £185
90th Percentile £180 £188 £193
UK median daily rate £135 £175 £140
% change year-on-year -22.86% +25.00% +10.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 3
10th Percentile - £13.40 £14.70
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.38 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% +25.93%
75th Percentile £18.88 £18.50 £18.50
90th Percentile £18.95 - -
UK median hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% -17.95% +32.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,847 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,464 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,241 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

1st Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 1st Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

1st Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Midlands +44 22 £180 +9.09% 4
West Midlands +37 21 £180 - 1
North of England +33 14 £130 -25.71% 5
North West +26 8 £122 -30.29% 4
South East +24 7 £159 +5.83% 12
East of England +4 6 £135 -30.32% 5
Yorkshire +30 5 £130 -13.33% 1
Scotland +48 4 £126 - 1
South West +10 2 £138 -21.43% 6
North East - 2 £135 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £210 - 2
East Midlands +19 1 - - 3
1st Line Engineer
UK

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 1st Line 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 UK excluding London region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 21 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (29.82%) Firewall
4 17 (29.82%) PKI
4 17 (29.82%) CA
4 17 (29.82%) Impact Assessments
5 16 (28.07%) Active Directory
6 15 (26.32%) Windows
6 15 (26.32%) Customer Service
7 13 (22.81%) Microsoft
8 12 (21.05%) Time Management
9 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (14.04%) ServiceNow
10 8 (14.04%) SLA
10 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
11 7 (12.28%) ITIL
11 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Excel
11 7 (12.28%) Degree
12 6 (10.53%) Cisco
12 6 (10.53%) Apple
12 6 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (8.77%) Decision-Making
13 5 (8.77%) Windows 10
14 4 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
14 4 (7.02%) SCCM
14 4 (7.02%) Service Management
14 4 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
14 4 (7.02%) Inventory Management

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.75%) Site Server
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 21 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.26%) Azure
3 2 (3.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (29.82%) Firewall
2 2 (3.51%) Network Security
2 2 (3.51%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.75%) DHCP
3 1 (1.75%) NAS
3 1 (1.75%) SAN
3 1 (1.75%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Hudson
General
1 22 (38.60%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.75%) Electronics
6 1 (1.75%) Finance
6 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.75%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) .NET
1 1 (1.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (29.82%) PKI
3 3 (5.26%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.51%) iPhone
4 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.75%) SCADA
5 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (26.32%) Windows
2 5 (8.77%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.26%) Mac OS
4 2 (3.51%) Android
4 2 (3.51%) Apple iOS
4 2 (3.51%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.75%) Unix
5 1 (1.75%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.82%) Impact Assessments
2 15 (26.32%) Customer Service
3 12 (21.05%) Time Management
4 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (12.28%) ITIL
6 5 (8.77%) Decision-Making
7 4 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (7.02%) Inventory Management
7 4 (7.02%) Service Management
8 3 (5.26%) Asset Management
8 3 (5.26%) Customer Experience
9 2 (3.51%) Customer Requirements
9 2 (3.51%) Data Protection
9 2 (3.51%) Incident Management
9 2 (3.51%) Project Delivery
9 2 (3.51%) Service Delivery
9 2 (3.51%) Software Deployment
10 1 (1.75%) Password Management
10 1 (1.75%) Programme Management
10 1 (1.75%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.75%) C#
1 1 (1.75%) Java
1 1 (1.75%) SQL
1 1 (1.75%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (12.28%) Degree
2 4 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (5.26%) CCNA
3 3 (5.26%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.51%) A+ Certification
4 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.75%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.04%) SLA
2 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (28.07%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) SCCM
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (29.82%) CA
2 13 (22.81%) Microsoft
3 8 (14.04%) ServiceNow
4 6 (10.53%) Apple
4 6 (10.53%) Cisco
5 3 (5.26%) Juniper
6 2 (3.51%) Mitel
6 2 (3.51%) Progress
7 1 (1.75%) BMC
7 1 (1.75%) SAP
7 1 (1.75%) Veeam
7 1 (1.75%) VMware