1st Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

First Line Support Engineer
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in Wakefield is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 4.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £138 £185 -
% change year-on-year -25.68% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wakefield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 17 24 94
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 73.91% 100.00% 98.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 9 25
10th Percentile £133 £119 £221
25th Percentile £218 £123 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £365 £350
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +4.29% +75.00%
75th Percentile £355 £373 £400
90th Percentile £538 £553 £513
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £36.38 £13.82
25th Percentile - £36.56 £14.78
Median hourly rate - £38.75 £16.58
Median % change year-on-year - +133.68% +62.57%
75th Percentile - £41.56 £17.41
90th Percentile - £42.13 £17.80
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.00 £24.18 £19.85
% change year-on-year +7.53% +21.80% -7.66%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

1st Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Wakefield

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 1st Line Support Engineer 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 across the Wakefield region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1st Line Support Engineer jobs