2nd Line Engineer Contracts in Yorkshire

Second Line Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Yorkshire is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 96 113
Rank change year-on-year 0 +17 +9
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 16 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.05% 0.46% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.51% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 8
10th Percentile £128 £162 £125
25th Percentile - £178 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £200 £193
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +3.90% -12.50%
75th Percentile £163 £210 £256
90th Percentile £200 £267 -
England median daily rate £200 £210 £205
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.10 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.35 - £19.00
75th Percentile £63.88 - £19.50
90th Percentile £145.55 - -
England median hourly rate £21.25 £22.58 £21.00
% change year-on-year -5.89% +7.52% -12.17%

All DemandTrendContract 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 1,433 1,377 1,976
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 90.00% 96.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 934 847 1,302
10th Percentile £255 £300 £220
25th Percentile £375 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £619
90th Percentile £625 £658 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 59 36
10th Percentile £16.24 £13.50 £12.14
25th Percentile £18.10 £16.25 £16.13
Median hourly rate £22.14 £21.00 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% +3.70% +6.58%
75th Percentile £74.06 £38.75 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £48.75 £44.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Yorkshire

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

2nd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

2nd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in Yorkshire

2nd Line 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 2nd Line Engineer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
South Yorkshire -7 13 £150 -6.25% 1
West Yorkshire -3 3 £200 -38.46% 3
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, 2nd Line 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 Yorkshire region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 12 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 11 (68.75%) Citrix
3 11 (68.75%) Apple
3 11 (68.75%) Banking
3 11 (68.75%) Apple iOS
3 11 (68.75%) Coaching
3 11 (68.75%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
5 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (12.50%) Time Management
6 2 (12.50%) QA
7 1 (6.25%) WatchGuard
7 1 (6.25%) Sophos
7 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
7 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
7 1 (6.25%) Azure
7 1 (6.25%) VPN
7 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
7 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (68.75%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (68.75%) Banking
3 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Coaching
2 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (12.50%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Apple
1 11 (68.75%) Citrix
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Sophos
3 1 (6.25%) WatchGuard