3rd Line Support Engineer Contracts in Wales

Third Line Support Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Third Line Support Engineer daily rate in Wales is £200, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £190 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - -
75th Percentile £210 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £325 £375
% change year-on-year +76.92% -13.33% +15.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 269 333 587
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 88.80% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 235 452
10th Percentile £160 £175 £180
25th Percentile £255 £350 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £488 £550 £573
90th Percentile £613 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 25 32
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.13
25th Percentile £18.08 £12.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.01 £19.00 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% +4.74% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £25.36 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.08 £47.25
UK median hourly rate £28.60 £36.65 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.96% -18.56% +88.21%

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in Wales

3rd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer in Wales.

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in Wales

3rd Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in Wales

3rd Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 10 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
South Wales - 1 £200 - 4
3rd Line Support Engineer
UK

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, 3rd Line Support 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 across the Wales region featuring 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos