First Line Engineer
UK
The median First Line Engineer daily rate in the UK is £163, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 490 | 506 | 660 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +16 | +154 | +62 |
| Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 30 | 76 | 58 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.17% | 0.097% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.19% | 0.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 40 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £126 | £104 | £125 |
| 25th Percentile | £130 | £113 | £142 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £163 | £133 | £175 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.64% | -24.29% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £208 | £163 | £186 |
| 90th Percentile | £392 | £180 | £194 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £184 | £135 | £165 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.11% | -18.18% | +17.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £19.70 | - | £13.40 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.07 | £16.25 | £14.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.00 | £17.50 | £16.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +54.29% | +9.38% | -17.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £107.75 | £18.88 | £18.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £155.60 | £18.95 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.13 | £17.50 | £16.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.60% | +9.38% | -5.88% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 27,084 | 40,415 | 56,464 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,692 | 26,309 | 39,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.46% | -1.60% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,035 | 2,664 | 1,570 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.07 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.55 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.20% | -6.94% | +117.95% |
1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer.
1st Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer.
1st Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 1st Line Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
1st Line Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| England | +16 | 26 | £169 | +25.00% | 33 |
| UK excluding London | +22 | 18 | £184 | +36.11% | 25 |
| London | +34 | 10 | £160 | +21.90% | 9 |
| North of England | +10 | 5 | £163 | +25.00% | 6 |
| South East | +42 | 4 | £435 | +174.02% | 12 |
| North West | +13 | 4 | £163 | +33.20% | 3 |
| Midlands | +4 | 4 | £135 | -25.00% | 4 |
| West Midlands | -3 | 4 | £135 | -25.00% | |
| South West | +45 | 2 | £220 | +64.49% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +28 | 2 | £220 | +69.23% | 8 |
| Scotland | +11 | 2 | £135 | +7.14% | |
| East of England | +25 | 1 | £180 | +33.33% | |
| Yorkshire | +4 | 1 | £188 | +44.23% | 3 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.
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1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: