First Line Engineer
UK
The median First Line Engineer daily rate in the UK is £135 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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 1 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 523 | 654 | 719 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +131 | +65 | -90 |
| Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 75 | 58 | 134 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.097% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 39 | 38 | 107 |
| 10th Percentile | £104 | £125 | £113 |
| 25th Percentile | £113 | £142 | £120 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £135 | £175 | £140 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.86% | +25.00% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £164 | £186 | £184 |
| 90th Percentile | £180 | £194 | £195 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £135 | £165 | £140 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.18% | +17.86% | +7.69% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.40 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £14.38 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.50 | £16.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.38% | -17.95% | +32.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £18.88 | £18.50 | £31.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £18.95 | - | £39.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.50 | £16.00 | £17.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.38% | -5.88% | +25.93% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 40,362 | 56,304 | 84,700 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.61% | 95.47% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,261 | 39,350 | 59,476 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £735 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £492 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.60% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,668 | 1,565 | 2,099 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.40 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.02 | £45.00 | £23.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.95% | +91.49% | +3.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.75 | £65.75 | £48.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.75 | £63.32 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £39.50 | £42.43 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.91% | +117.60% | +2.63% |
1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
1st Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer.
1st Line Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.
1st Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer.
1st Line Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| England | +141 | 66 | £136 | -22.14% | 41 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 58 | £135 | -18.18% | 43 |
| Midlands | +38 | 22 | £180 | +29.73% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +40 | 21 | £180 | - | 3 |
| Work from Home | +134 | 15 | £130 | -25.71% | 12 |
| London | +95 | 14 | £131 | -25.00% | 2 |
| North of England | +38 | 14 | £130 | -25.71% | 6 |
| North West | +30 | 8 | £122 | -30.29% | 5 |
| South East | +23 | 8 | £159 | +5.83% | 13 |
| East of England | +9 | 6 | £135 | -30.32% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +31 | 5 | £130 | -13.33% | 1 |
| Scotland | +41 | 4 | £126 | - | 1 |
| South West | +10 | 2 | £138 | -21.43% | 6 |
| North East | - | 2 | £135 | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £210 | - | 2 |
| East Midlands | +15 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.
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1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: