1st/2nd Line Support Analyst Contracts

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
UK

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst daily rate in the UK is £200 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 560 666 808
Rank change year-on-year +106 +142 -147
Contract jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 16 18 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.032% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.033% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 32
10th Percentile £156 £165 £119
25th Percentile £183 £188 £155
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £250 £188
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% +17.19%
75th Percentile £242 £289 £230
90th Percentile £264 £300 £250
UK excluding London median daily rate £195 £300 £170
% change year-on-year -35.00% +76.47% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £18.27 £21.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.27 - -

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 39,484 53,902 83,447
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.62% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,682 37,660 58,636
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,662 1,503 2,044
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.76
Median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.44 £76.20 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst.

Daily rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst.

Hourly rate trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
England +111 15 £200 -20.00% 6
UK excluding London +63 10 £195 -35.00% 2
London +93 6 £225 -6.25% 4
Midlands - 6 £198 -
West Midlands - 5 £195 -
Work from Home +122 2 £263 -12.50% 3
South West +11 2 £255 -15.00% 1
East Midlands - 1 £270 -
North West - 1 £188 -
North of England - 1 £188 -
Scotland - 1 - -

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 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/2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
4 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
4 7 (43.75%) Windows 10
5 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (31.25%) Customer Service
6 5 (31.25%) Finance
6 5 (31.25%) SLA
7 4 (25.00%) VMware
7 4 (25.00%) Apple
8 3 (18.75%) VPN
8 3 (18.75%) DNS
8 3 (18.75%) DHCP
8 3 (18.75%) SCCM
8 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
8 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
8 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (18.75%) Remote Desktop
8 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
8 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
9 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
9 2 (12.50%) Android
9 2 (12.50%) iPhone

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Asana
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
2 1 (6.25%) Slack
2 1 (6.25%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) DHCP
1 3 (18.75%) DNS
1 3 (18.75%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (18.75%) VPN
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 2 (12.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) iPad
1 2 (12.50%) iPhone
1 2 (12.50%) PDA
1 2 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows 10
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (12.50%) Android
4 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
5 1 (6.25%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Customer Service
2 3 (18.75%) Asset Management
2 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 2 (12.50%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (12.50%) ERP
3 2 (12.50%) Information Security
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
3 2 (12.50%) WFM
4 1 (6.25%) ITSM
4 1 (6.25%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (6.25%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.25%) Software Asset Management
4 1 (6.25%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (12.50%) Terminal Services
4 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Apple
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.25%) BT
4 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
4 1 (6.25%) Zscaler