1st Line Support Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

First Line Support
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median First Line Support daily rate in Warwickshire is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 52 42
Rank change year-on-year -2 -10 +6
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 3 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 0.58% 0.23% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.25% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 - £135
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - £143
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.57%
75th Percentile £195 - £150
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £113 £165 £150
% change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 457 401 366
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.88% 93.26% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 227 256
10th Percentile £300 £400 £228
25th Percentile £400 £500 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £700
90th Percentile £695 £725 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -1.60% +2.04% -1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 19 9
10th Percentile £24.48 £12.71 £15.25
25th Percentile £30.47 £13.95 £17.25
Median hourly rate £37.73 £23.82 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.40% +32.33% -20.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 - £20.00
90th Percentile - £32.53 £30.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £21.80
% change year-on-year +19.76% -3.67% +21.11%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in Warwickshire

1st Line Support
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

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

1st Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

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

1st Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Leamington Spa - 1 £190 -
1st Line Support
West Midlands

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire

For the 6 months to 20 September 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 Warwickshire region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (66.67%) HCL Notes
2 2 (66.67%) Lotus
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Logitech
3 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Data Centre

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 2 (66.67%) HCL Notes
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (66.67%) Lotus
3 1 (33.33%) Logitech
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft