2nd Line Support Contracts in Yorkshire

Second Line Support
England > Yorkshire

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Yorkshire is £161, 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 82 85 113
Rank change year-on-year +3 +28 -17
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 10 15 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.98% 0.89% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.97% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 11
10th Percentile - £173 £178
25th Percentile £126 £185 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £161 £190 £195
Median % change year-on-year -15.53% -2.56% +21.50%
75th Percentile £207 £201 £240
90th Percentile £215 £258 £265
England median daily rate £225 £200 £223
% change year-on-year +12.50% -10.11% +17.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.88
25th Percentile £18.10 - £20.94
Median hourly rate £18.21 - £26.25
75th Percentile £18.40 - £30.94
90th Percentile £18.46 - £32.63
England median hourly rate £28.00 £17.72 £20.42
% change year-on-year +58.01% -13.22% +2.10%

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 959 1,546 2,201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 91.53% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 962 1,502
10th Percentile £224 £233 £260
25th Percentile £358 £378 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £629 £650 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 65 27
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.23 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.12 £12.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £21.24 £14.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.71% -36.36% +25.71%
75th Percentile £22.14 £23.75 £54.07
90th Percentile £80.10 £51.75 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Yorkshire

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Yorkshire

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Yorkshire

2nd Line Support
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 Support within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +6 6 £126 -33.68% 1
West Yorkshire +16 2 £208 +6.41% 3
North Yorkshire +6 2 - -
2nd Line Support
England

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 2nd 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 Yorkshire region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) Citrix
3 4 (40.00%) Apple
3 4 (40.00%) Banking
3 4 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (40.00%) Coaching
3 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Degree
5 2 (20.00%) QA
5 2 (20.00%) Time Management
5 2 (20.00%) Service Management
5 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (10.00%) iPhone
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
6 1 (10.00%) ITSM
6 1 (10.00%) Wireless
6 1 (10.00%) Legal
6 1 (10.00%) HP

2nd Line Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) Legal
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) iPhone
1 1 (10.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Coaching
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
3 2 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Apple
1 4 (40.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft