1st Line Support Engineer Contracts in the West Midlands

First Line Support Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands is £180 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 142 164
Rank change year-on-year +35 +22 -42
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.26% 0.042% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.044% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £112
25th Percentile - - £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 - £175
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.44%
75th Percentile - - £194
90th Percentile - - £198
England median daily rate £130 £175 £140
% change year-on-year -25.71% +25.00% -0.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.00 -
England median hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +9.38% -27.27% +62.96%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,761 2,271 3,434
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 94.94% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,184 1,562 2,511
10th Percentile £259 £250 £215
25th Percentile £363 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 67 85
10th Percentile £12.01 £12.50 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.00 £15.05 £14.00
Median hourly rate £22.25 £19.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.11% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £42.31 £26.50 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.88 £55.25 £23.15
England median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in the West Midlands

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in the West Midlands

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in the West Midlands

1st Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Solihull -13 3 - -
Birmingham +9 1 £180 -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
1st Line Support Engineer
England

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 1st 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 West Midlands region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) PKI
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) SCADA
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (20.00%) BMC
3 1 (20.00%) CA
3 1 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) PKI
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) BMC
2 1 (20.00%) CA