2nd Line Desktop Support Contracts

Second Line Desktop Support
UK

The median Second Line Desktop Support daily rate in the UK is £190 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 643 703
Rank change year-on-year +95 +60 -69
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Desktop Support 38 79 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.087% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 54 84
10th Percentile £122 £178 £133
25th Percentile £155 £200 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £210 £194
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +8.39% +24.40%
75th Percentile £208 £250 £249
90th Percentile £228 £300 £250
UK excluding London median daily rate £195 £204 £190
% change year-on-year -4.41% +7.37% +26.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 18
10th Percentile - - £14.31
25th Percentile - £22.75 £16.15
Median hourly rate - £23.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.56% -14.49%
75th Percentile - £24.25 £21.00
90th Percentile - - £22.48
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £17.75
% change year-on-year - - -15.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

2nd Line Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support in the UK

2nd Line Desktop Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Desktop Support.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support in the UK

2nd Line Desktop Support
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Desktop Support over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Desktop Support in the UK

2nd Line Desktop Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support in the UK

2nd Line Desktop Support
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Desktop Support within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +79 37 £190 -9.52% 2
UK excluding London +48 25 £195 -4.41% 2
London +89 13 £160 -36.00% 1
North of England +38 9 £195 +20.00%
South East -3 9 £205 +0.24%
Work from Home +100 6 £102 -50.00%
South West +16 6 £190 -8.21% 1
Yorkshire - 4 £198 -
North West +18 3 £122 -9.63%
North East +18 2 £195 +2.63%
Northern Ireland - 1 - -

2nd Line Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 2nd Line Desktop 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 featuring 2nd Line Desktop Support in the job title.

1 30 (78.95%) Windows
2 25 (65.79%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (47.37%) Microsoft
4 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
5 15 (39.47%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (34.21%) SCCM
7 12 (31.58%) Windows 10
8 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Exchange
9 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
10 7 (18.42%) Service Management
10 7 (18.42%) Customer Service
10 7 (18.42%) ServiceNow
11 6 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (15.79%) Asset Management
11 6 (15.79%) LAN
11 6 (15.79%) ITIL
12 5 (13.16%) VPN
12 5 (13.16%) Cisco
12 5 (13.16%) Software Deployment
12 5 (13.16%) OneDrive
12 5 (13.16%) Apple iOS
12 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
12 5 (13.16%) Mac OS
12 5 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (13.16%) Customer Requirements
13 4 (10.53%) Android
13 4 (10.53%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
13 4 (10.53%) SLA
13 4 (10.53%) Apple

2nd Line Desktop Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (28.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.63%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.63%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (39.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (65.79%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (13.16%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) LAN
1 6 (15.79%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (13.16%) VPN
3 4 (10.53%) DNS
4 3 (7.89%) DHCP
4 3 (7.89%) VLAN
4 3 (7.89%) WAN
4 3 (7.89%) WebEx
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (2.63%) HTTP
5 1 (2.63%) SAN
5 1 (2.63%) TCP/IP
General
1 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.26%) Electronics
5 2 (5.26%) Marketing
5 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.63%) Banking
6 1 (2.63%) French Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) XMPP
2 1 (2.63%) CSS
2 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) CMDB
1 2 (5.26%) Smartphone
1 2 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.63%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (78.95%) Windows
2 12 (31.58%) Windows 10
3 5 (13.16%) Apple iOS
3 5 (13.16%) Mac OS
4 4 (10.53%) Android
5 3 (7.89%) Windows 7
6 1 (2.63%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.42%) Customer Service
1 7 (18.42%) Service Management
2 6 (15.79%) Asset Management
2 6 (15.79%) ITIL
3 5 (13.16%) Customer Requirements
3 5 (13.16%) Software Deployment
4 3 (7.89%) Customer Experience
4 3 (7.89%) Patch Management
4 3 (7.89%) Security Patching
5 2 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.26%) Business Strategy
5 2 (5.26%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (5.26%) Information Security
5 2 (5.26%) Inventory Management
5 2 (5.26%) Organisational Awareness
5 2 (5.26%) Programme Management
5 2 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (2.63%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.63%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.63%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
1 1 (2.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.89%) Degree
2 3 (7.89%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.63%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.63%) MCP
4 1 (2.63%) MCSA
4 1 (2.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (34.21%) SCCM
2 4 (10.53%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (7.89%) AppManager
3 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (5.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (2.63%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 18 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.42%) ServiceNow
3 5 (13.16%) Cisco
4 4 (10.53%) Apple
5 3 (7.89%) Dell
5 3 (7.89%) HP
5 3 (7.89%) Ivanti
5 3 (7.89%) VMware
6 2 (5.26%) Computacenter
6 2 (5.26%) Remedy
6 2 (5.26%) SAP
7 1 (2.63%) Avaya
7 1 (2.63%) Citrix
7 1 (2.63%) EMC