3rd Line Support Analyst Contract Job Trends

Third Line Support Analyst
UK

The median Third Line Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £344, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 524 -
Rank change year-on-year -69 - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Analyst 8 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.020% 0.010% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.010% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £272 £345 -
25th Percentile £295 £356 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £344 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% - -
75th Percentile £395 £469 -
90th Percentile £421 £495 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £263 £350 -
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.25 - -
Median hourly rate £22.50 - -
75th Percentile £23.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 35,834 28,947 41,693
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 92.90% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,581 17,764 27,572
10th Percentile £300 £291 £275
25th Percentile £406 £408 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £490
% change year-on-year -0.42% -2.65% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,159 838 2,289
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.98 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.54 £21.25 £16.54
Median hourly rate £29.65 £33.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.17% -5.71% -
75th Percentile £61.25 £62.64 £61.60
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £73.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.77 £31.76 £36.00
% change year-on-year -12.56% -11.78% +10.77%

3rd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

3rd Line Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

3rd Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

3rd Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for 3rd Line Support Analyst in the UK

3rd Line Support Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

3rd Line Support Analyst
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 6 February 2026. 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 -60 7 £344 -14.06% 6
Work from Home -26 5 £425 -2.86% 1
UK excluding London -70 5 £263 -25.00% 6
East of England - 4 - - 2
South East -31 1 £263 -25.00%
London -34 1 £425 -2.86% 1

3rd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 February 2026, 3rd Line Support Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring 3rd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) DNS
2 5 (62.50%) LAN
2 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 5 (62.50%) WAN
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) AutoCAD
5 1 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (12.50%) DHCP
5 1 (12.50%) GCP
5 1 (12.50%) GDPR
5 1 (12.50%) Google
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
5 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
5 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
5 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
5 1 (12.50%) Proactive Management
5 1 (12.50%) SCCM
5 1 (12.50%) Server Management

3rd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) AutoCAD
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) GCP
1 1 (12.50%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) DNS
1 5 (62.50%) LAN
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
1 5 (62.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
2 1 (12.50%) VLAN
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
2 1 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
2 1 (12.50%) Proactive Management
2 1 (12.50%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) XenApp
2 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) SolarWinds