1st Line Support Contracts in the Midlands

First Line Support
England > Midlands

The median First Line Support daily rate in the Midlands is £150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 136 154
Rank change year-on-year +30 +18 -41
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 25 17 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.93% 0.52% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.55% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 29
10th Percentile £120 £109 £115
25th Percentile £130 £135 £138
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £145 £150
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £188 £188
90th Percentile - £198 £244
England median daily rate £144 £150 £145
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.45% +11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 9
10th Percentile - £17.50 £12.48
25th Percentile £17.00 - £13.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £20.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% +60.00%
75th Percentile £19.00 - £19.50
90th Percentile - £24.00 £20.00
England median hourly rate £16.50 £18.50 £15.84
% change year-on-year -10.81% +16.81% +31.98%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,484 3,085 4,836
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 94.60% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,694 2,168 3,528
10th Percentile £213 £223 £210
25th Percentile £325 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +2.70% +14.20%
75th Percentile £577 £588 £560
90th Percentile £680 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 117 167
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.70
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.00 £14.61
Median hourly rate £19.13 £20.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% +17.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £32.00 £22.75
90th Percentile £52.34 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.65 £44.77 £23.03
% change year-on-year -18.13% +94.40% +5.92%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the Midlands

1st Line Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Support in the Midlands

1st Line Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support in the Midlands

1st Line Support
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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
West Midlands +20 20 £150 -14.29% 4
East Midlands +21 5 £130 +1.96% 17
1st Line Support
England

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, 1st 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 Midlands region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 14 (56.00%) ITIL
2 8 (32.00%) Windows
3 7 (28.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (28.00%) Customer Service
4 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
4 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
5 5 (20.00%) Azure
6 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
7 3 (12.00%) Mobile Device Management
7 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (8.00%) Cisco
8 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
8 2 (8.00%) CCNA
8 2 (8.00%) Apple
8 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (8.00%) Juniper
8 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
9 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
9 1 (4.00%) Proactive Monitoring
9 1 (4.00%) Analytical Thinking
9 1 (4.00%) Decision-Making
9 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
9 1 (4.00%) Data Centre Operations
9 1 (4.00%) Impact Assessments
9 1 (4.00%) Onboarding

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.00%) Azure
3 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
General
1 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (4.00%) EPoS
1 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.00%) PKI
1 1 (4.00%) SCADA
1 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) ITIL
2 7 (28.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (12.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (4.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (4.00%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (4.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (4.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (4.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (4.00%) Release Management
4 1 (4.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) CCNA
1 2 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) Apple
1 2 (8.00%) Cisco
1 2 (8.00%) Juniper
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) BMC
2 1 (4.00%) CA