2nd Line Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Second Line Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £255 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 397 540
Rank change year-on-year +65 +143 -89
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 18 71 81
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.28% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.30% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 49 61
10th Percentile £235 £154 £158
25th Percentile - £200 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £255 £205 £255
Median % change year-on-year +24.39% -19.61% +16.57%
75th Percentile £300 £250 £338
90th Percentile - £288 £369
UK median daily rate £200 £210 £200
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 10
10th Percentile £21.50 - £15.23
25th Percentile £21.88 - £15.78
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +17.65% +12.79%
75th Percentile £23.17 - £17.69
90th Percentile £23.52 - £22.40
UK median hourly rate £18.93 £23.50 £17.57
% change year-on-year -19.45% +33.75% +8.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,074 23,868 42,064
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.34% 95.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,444 16,854 30,396
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £720
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 547 598
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.46
25th Percentile £23.32 £25.71 £19.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £53.35 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.65% +52.43% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.95 £67.50 £57.47
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.10 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

2nd Line Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

2nd Line Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 2nd Line Engineer.

2nd Line Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 2nd Line Engineer.

2nd Line Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, 2nd 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (50.00%) Windows
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 6 (33.33%) VPN
3 6 (33.33%) Azure
3 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (22.22%) Firewall
5 4 (22.22%) Migration
5 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
5 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 4 (22.22%) Onboarding
6 3 (16.67%) Slack
6 3 (16.67%) Zscaler
6 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto
6 3 (16.67%) Asana
6 3 (16.67%) Investment Management
6 3 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
6 3 (16.67%) JIRA
6 3 (16.67%) SLA
6 3 (16.67%) Cisco
6 3 (16.67%) Linux
7 2 (11.11%) DNS
7 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 2 (11.11%) WAN
7 2 (11.11%) DHCP
7 2 (11.11%) CCNP
7 2 (11.11%) CCNA

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (11.11%) OpenStack
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (16.67%) Asana
2 3 (16.67%) Slack
3 1 (5.56%) AWS
3 1 (5.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.56%) Google Workspace
3 1 (5.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) VPN
2 4 (22.22%) Firewall
3 2 (11.11%) DHCP
3 2 (11.11%) DNS
3 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 2 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (5.56%) HTTP
4 1 (5.56%) LAN
4 1 (5.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (5.56%) VLAN
4 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) CSS
1 1 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 3 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Migration
2 3 (16.67%) Investment Management
3 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (11.11%) High Availability
3 2 (11.11%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (5.56%) Application Packaging
4 1 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.56%) Change Control
4 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
4 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.56%) ITIL
4 1 (5.56%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (5.56%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (5.56%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.56%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.11%) CCNA
3 2 (11.11%) CCNP
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (5.56%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) Firmware
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.56%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) Nessus
2 1 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (5.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco
2 3 (16.67%) Palo Alto
2 3 (16.67%) Zscaler
3 2 (11.11%) Dell
3 2 (11.11%) Meraki
4 1 (5.56%) Apple
4 1 (5.56%) Avaya
4 1 (5.56%) Google
4 1 (5.56%) Qualys
4 1 (5.56%) SAP
4 1 (5.56%) Veeam
4 1 (5.56%) VMware