3rd Line Support Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Third Line Support
South West > Wiltshire

The median Third Line Support daily rate in Wiltshire is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 3 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.51% - 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% - 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £335 - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.41%
75th Percentile £450 - £366
90th Percentile £465 - £405
South West median daily rate £438 £375 £300
% change year-on-year +16.67% +25.00% -20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 528 431 734
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 88.50% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 299 528
10th Percentile £377 £353 £300
25th Percentile £510 £459 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +0.18%
75th Percentile £715 £638 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 6 23
10th Percentile £16.55 - £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £12.79 £42.55
Median hourly rate £24.00 £15.09 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.07% -68.89% -25.95%
75th Percentile £25.15 £49.59 £55.13
90th Percentile - £60.00 £69.50
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -48.46% +14.22% -12.45%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

3rd Line Support
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Wiltshire

3rd Line Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Wiltshire

3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 10 December 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
Swindon - 1 £450 - 2
3rd Line Support
South West

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 10 December 2025, 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (33.33%) Skype
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam
2 1 (33.33%) VMware

3rd Line 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam
2 1 (33.33%) VMware