1st Line Support Contracts in Wakefield

First Line Support
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median First Line Support daily rate in Wakefield is £168, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 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
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - 12
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wakefield 22.22% - 5.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.22% - 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £126 - -
25th Percentile £141 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 - £220
Median % change year-on-year - - +55.35%
75th Percentile £194 - -
90th Percentile £210 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £204 £158 £163
% change year-on-year +29.37% -3.08% +13.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £13.58
25th Percentile - - £14.18
Median hourly rate - - £15.56
75th Percentile - - £17.00
90th Percentile - - £17.64
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £15.17 £15.56
% change year-on-year - -2.52% -

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Wakefield with a recognized job title 9 29 59
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 98.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 8
10th Percentile £126 £229 £101
25th Percentile £198 £355 £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £248
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +102.02% -11.61%
75th Percentile £531 £554 £488
90th Percentile £595 £561 £533
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £13.60
25th Percentile - - £14.25
Median hourly rate - - £16.11
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.94%
75th Percentile - - £17.48
90th Percentile - - £17.83
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £33.11 £24.18 £17.64
% change year-on-year +36.93% +37.07% -10.59%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in Wakefield

1st Line Support
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Support job vacancies in Wakefield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 1st Line Support job vacancies in Wakefield

1st Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Support job vacancies in Wakefield.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 1st Line Support job vacancies in Wakefield

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wakefield

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, 1st Line 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 across the Wakefield region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory