2nd Line Desktop Support Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Second Line Desktop Support
South West > Wiltshire

As of 31 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Second Line Desktop Support daily rate in Wiltshire.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - 77
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Desktop Support 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.13% - 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £191
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £203
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.17%
75th Percentile - - £214
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate - £181 £190
% change year-on-year - -4.61% -8.21%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 704 419 710
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 89.34% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 467 279 558
10th Percentile £363 £263 £322
25th Percentile £450 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £619 £640 £640
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 15 13
10th Percentile £12.34 £18.65 -
25th Percentile £14.36 £18.87 -
Median hourly rate £36.36 £22.00 £12.79
Median % change year-on-year +65.25% +72.01% -79.70%
75th Percentile £51.00 £25.15 £18.38
90th Percentile £85.25 - £25.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +138.57% -61.31% +3.17%

2nd Line Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Desktop Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

2nd Line Desktop Support job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

2nd Line Desktop Support
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support job vacancies in Wiltshire

2nd Line Desktop Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support job vacancies in Wiltshire

2nd Line Desktop Support
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Desktop Support within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 31 July 2026. 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
Salisbury - 1 - -
2nd Line Desktop Support
South West

2nd Line Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 31 July 2026, 2nd Line Desktop Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wiltshire region featuring 2nd Line Desktop Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

2nd Line Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disk Encryption
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft