1st Line Engineer Contracts in Central London

First Line Engineer
London > Central London

The median First Line Engineer daily rate in Central London is £190 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 169 193
Rank change year-on-year +40 +24 -35
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 2 3 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.083% 0.081% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.085% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £144 £129
25th Percentile £185 £158 £131
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £188 £140
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +33.93% +7.69%
75th Percentile £195 £197 £160
90th Percentile - £199 £169
London median daily rate £144 £175 £150
% change year-on-year -17.71% +16.67% +30.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.13 - -
Median hourly rate £26.25 - -
75th Percentile £29.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £26.25 - £32.25
% change year-on-year - - +95.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,284 3,513 4,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 95.15% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,607 2,395 3,207
10th Percentile £340 £325 £355
25th Percentile £439 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 23 52
10th Percentile £20.04 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £20.02
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% -3.45% +101.67%
75th Percentile £27.81 £53.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.64 £62.43
London median hourly rate £27.66 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.18% +2.86% +11.75%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in Central London

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in Central London.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in Central London

1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Engineer in Central London

1st Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
City of London +48 2 £190 +1.33% 1
1st Line Engineer
London

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, 1st 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 Central London region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
1 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (50.00%) WhatsApp
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (50.00%) WhatsApp
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (50.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory