2nd Line Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Second Line Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 290 289
Rank change year-on-year +17 -1 +56
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 118 169 253
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.71% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.75% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 130 179
10th Percentile £150 £150 £130
25th Percentile £175 £163 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £205 £195
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +18.18%
75th Percentile £240 £289 £250
90th Percentile £288 £350 £338
UK median daily rate £200 £210 £200
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 32
10th Percentile £17.55 - £14.39
25th Percentile - £20.00 £15.72
Median hourly rate £17.72 £22.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.45% +25.71% +9.38%
75th Percentile £21.31 £26.00 £20.25
90th Percentile £22.70 £29.00 £23.00
UK median hourly rate £17.72 £22.75 £17.57
% change year-on-year -22.11% +29.48% +8.96%

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 19,029 22,515 29,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.22% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,794 20,727
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £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 2,245 1,162 1,474
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.81 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd 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 2nd Line Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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 +18 37 £200 -20.00% 21
North of England +37 29 £195 +5.41% 24
West Midlands +30 26 £200 +14.29% 17
South East -12 23 £194 -7.74% 33
North West +24 16 £220 +22.22% 20
South West +16 13 £190 -6.86% 25
East Midlands +7 11 £200 -38.46% 4
Yorkshire +26 10 £193 +1.32% 3
East of England +6 9 £213 +19.72% 16
Scotland +37 4 £200 -6.98% 5
North East +20 3 £195 - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £145 - 1
Wales +10 1 £135 -15.63% 4
2nd Line Engineer
UK

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 2nd 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 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 73 (61.86%) Windows
2 52 (44.07%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (38.98%) Microsoft
4 45 (38.14%) Active Directory
5 40 (33.90%) Social Skills
6 33 (27.97%) Windows 10
7 27 (22.88%) Customer Service
7 27 (22.88%) WAN
7 27 (22.88%) SCCM
7 27 (22.88%) Security Cleared
8 23 (19.49%) Microsoft Office
9 21 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
10 20 (16.95%) Azure
11 18 (15.25%) Cisco
12 17 (14.41%) VPN
12 17 (14.41%) Microsoft Intune
13 16 (13.56%) DNS
13 16 (13.56%) ITIL
14 15 (12.71%) SC Cleared
14 15 (12.71%) Windows Server
14 15 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
15 14 (11.86%) Degree
15 14 (11.86%) PKI
15 14 (11.86%) IPsec
15 14 (11.86%) Juniper
15 14 (11.86%) MPLS
15 14 (11.86%) BGP
16 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
16 13 (11.02%) Asset Management
16 13 (11.02%) SD-WAN

2nd 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 13 (11.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (8.47%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (0.85%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 23 (19.49%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 52 (44.07%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (16.95%) Azure
3 9 (7.63%) OneDrive
4 4 (3.39%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.85%) AWS
5 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 27 (22.88%) WAN
2 17 (14.41%) VPN
3 16 (13.56%) DNS
4 14 (11.86%) BGP
4 14 (11.86%) IPsec
4 14 (11.86%) MPLS
5 13 (11.02%) SD-WAN
6 12 (10.17%) Firewall
7 11 (9.32%) TCP/IP
8 7 (5.93%) VLAN
8 7 (5.93%) VoIP
8 7 (5.93%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (5.08%) LAN
10 4 (3.39%) Junos
11 3 (2.54%) Ethernet
12 2 (1.69%) Internet
13 1 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (0.85%) DHCP
13 1 (0.85%) HTTP
13 1 (0.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.54%) JIRA
General
1 40 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.47%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (7.63%) Manufacturing
4 9 (7.63%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.93%) Finance
5 7 (5.93%) Marketing
6 5 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.24%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (4.24%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.54%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.54%) Electronics
7 3 (2.54%) Law
7 3 (2.54%) Legal
8 2 (1.69%) Automotive
8 2 (1.69%) Aviation
8 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Advertising
9 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.69%) Middleware
2 1 (0.85%) CSS
2 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.86%) PKI
2 8 (6.78%) Driving Licence
2 8 (6.78%) iPad
3 6 (5.08%) Clustering
4 4 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.54%) NHS
6 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.85%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.85%) BYOD
7 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.85%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) Social Media
7 1 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 73 (61.86%) Windows
2 33 (27.97%) Windows 10
3 15 (12.71%) Windows Server
4 10 (8.47%) Linux
4 10 (8.47%) Mac OS
4 10 (8.47%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (5.08%) Apple iOS
5 6 (5.08%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (3.39%) Windows 7
6 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.69%) Android
8 1 (0.85%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (22.88%) Customer Service
2 21 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (13.56%) ITIL
4 13 (11.02%) Asset Management
5 11 (9.32%) Proactive Monitoring
6 10 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (8.47%) Network Monitoring
6 10 (8.47%) Security Monitoring
7 8 (6.78%) Mobile Device Management
7 8 (6.78%) Service Management
8 7 (5.93%) Customer Requirements
8 7 (5.93%) PRINCE2
9 6 (5.08%) Customer Experience
9 6 (5.08%) Decision-Making
9 6 (5.08%) Quality Management
10 5 (4.24%) Break/Fix
10 5 (4.24%) Inventory Management
10 5 (4.24%) Service Delivery
10 5 (4.24%) Software Deployment
11 4 (3.39%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.78%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.39%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (22.88%) Security Cleared
2 15 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 14 (11.86%) Degree
4 9 (7.63%) CCNA
4 9 (7.63%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.24%) MCSA
6 5 (4.24%) MCSE
7 4 (3.39%) CCNP
8 2 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.69%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.85%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.85%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.32%) SLA
2 10 (8.47%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
System Software
1 45 (38.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.93%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (22.88%) SCCM
2 17 (14.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (7.63%) Autotask
4 7 (5.93%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (5.08%) Failover Clustering
6 4 (3.39%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (1.69%) WSUS
8 1 (0.85%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.85%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.85%) Nessus
Vendors
1 46 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.25%) Cisco
3 14 (11.86%) Juniper
4 12 (10.17%) Apple
5 11 (9.32%) VMware
6 10 (8.47%) ServiceNow
7 6 (5.08%) Datto
8 4 (3.39%) Fujitsu
8 4 (3.39%) Remedy
9 3 (2.54%) SAP
10 2 (1.69%) Autodesk
10 2 (1.69%) Dell
10 2 (1.69%) Meraki
10 2 (1.69%) Veeam
10 2 (1.69%) Wyse
11 1 (0.85%) Citrix
11 1 (0.85%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.85%) Google
11 1 (0.85%) Qualys
11 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds