1st Line Support Contracts in Wigan

First Line Support
Manchester > Wigan

The median First Line Support daily rate in Wigan is £163, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 7 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wigan 33.33% 9.09% -
As % of the Job Titles category 37.50% 9.09% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £156 £155 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £160 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% - -
75th Percentile £169 £165 -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median daily rate £163 £160 £250
% change year-on-year +1.56% -36.00% +66.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wigan

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wigan. 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 Wigan with a recognized job title 8 11 5
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 100.00% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 3
10th Percentile - £353 £188
25th Percentile £156 £375 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £269 £400 £435
Median % change year-on-year -32.81% -8.05% +2.35%
75th Percentile £388 £463 £453
90th Percentile - £480 -
Manchester median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Wigan

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in Wigan

1st Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wigan

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in Wigan.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support in Wigan

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wigan

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Wigan region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 3 (100.00%) Hudson
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wigan 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Hudson
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft