First Line Engineer
UK
The median First Line Engineer daily rate in the UK is £130 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 507 | 625 | 728 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +118 | +103 | -63 |
| Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 68 | 57 | 110 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.16% | 0.10% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.17% | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 33 | 38 | 90 |
| 10th Percentile | £104 | £106 | £116 |
| 25th Percentile | £113 | £135 | £128 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £130 | £169 | £150 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.96% | +12.50% | +23.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £153 | £188 | £187 |
| 90th Percentile | £180 | £196 | £200 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £130 | £163 | £150 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.00% | +8.33% | +21.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.80 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.13 | £14.00 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.25 | £15.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +75.00% | -23.08% | +32.20% |
| 75th Percentile | £29.38 | £18.50 | £31.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £39.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £15.00 | £17.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -11.76% | +15.25% |
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 | 39,969 | 53,015 | 83,520 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.83% | 94.58% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,870 | 37,031 | 58,844 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +10.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,841 | 1,476 | 1,963 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +83.67% | +12.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.33 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.13 | £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 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 June 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 June 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 | +90 | 61 | £136 | -19.26% | 44 |
| UK excluding London | +50 | 51 | £130 | -20.00% | 37 |
| Midlands | +33 | 23 | - | - | 7 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 20 | - | - | 2 |
| London | +91 | 15 | £144 | -14.67% | 9 |
| North of England | +30 | 13 | £130 | -25.71% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +120 | 11 | £116 | -33.57% | 8 |
| North West | +23 | 7 | £122 | -30.29% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +22 | 5 | £130 | -13.33% | 1 |
| South East | +9 | 4 | £138 | -8.33% | 17 |
| East of England | +4 | 4 | £120 | +6.29% | 3 |
| Scotland | - | 4 | £126 | - | 2 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| South West | -1 | 2 | £138 | -21.43% | 4 |
| North East | - | 2 | £135 | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 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:
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