2nd Line Support Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Second Line Support
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Second Line Support daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £270 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 67 80
Rank change year-on-year +20 +13 -13
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 2 10 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.41% 1.15% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 1.22% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 4
10th Percentile £190 - £165
25th Percentile £220 £185 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £225 £193
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +16.88% -26.67%
75th Percentile £320 £238 £208
90th Percentile £350 £592 -
South East median daily rate £205 £205 £193
% change year-on-year -0.04% +6.54% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £19.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year - +33.33% -14.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 456 821 924
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 94.26% 97.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 656 710
10th Percentile £261 £231 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +5.56%
75th Percentile £551 £580 £575
90th Percentile £645 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 5 44
10th Percentile £15.85 £11.13 -
25th Percentile £17.64 £13.57 £10.77
Median hourly rate £23.22 £17.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.66% +40.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £28.75 £19.50 £19.45
90th Percentile £48.75 £34.05 £49.00
South East median hourly rate £48.40 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.20% +150.00% -20.00%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire

2nd Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire

2nd Line Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire

2nd Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Support in Buckinghamshire

2nd Line Support
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. 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
Milton Keynes +22 1 £370 -9.42% 2
High Wycombe +3 1 £170 -
2nd Line Support
South East

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 6 June 2024, 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Apple
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft