1st Line Support Engineer Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

First Line Support Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £220, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 97 111
Rank change year-on-year -32 +14 +38
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.056% 0.15% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.16% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £130 -
25th Percentile - £138 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £158 £225
Median % change year-on-year +39.68% -30.00% +50.00%
75th Percentile - £178 £238
90th Percentile - £187 -
England median daily rate £175 £150 £170
% change year-on-year +16.67% -11.76% +4.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,647 1,227 1,784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 90.29% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,110 709 1,167
10th Percentile £250 £229 £229
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 51 30
10th Percentile £17.48 £15.22 £15.14
25th Percentile £21.30 £18.32 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £21.41
Median % change year-on-year +4.01% +12.96% +12.13%
75th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £26.02
90th Percentile - £48.75 £44.05
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '1st Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

1st Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

1st Line Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

1st Line Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

1st Line Support Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 November 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
West Yorkshire -10 1 £220 +18.92% 2
1st Line Support Engineer
England

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, 1st Line Support Engineer 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 Yorkshire region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management