2nd Line Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

Second Line Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Second Line Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £180, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 114 127
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 3 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.19% 0.38% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.41% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile - £137 £171
25th Percentile - £138 £184
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £159 £213
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% -25.29% -
75th Percentile - £210 £234
90th Percentile - £273 £244
South East median daily rate £264 £200 £225
% change year-on-year +32.00% -11.11% +26.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,466 1,715 2,255
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 94.08% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 1,041 1,412
10th Percentile £315 £213 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £615 £623
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £510 £510 £500
% change year-on-year - +2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 75 34
10th Percentile £41.13 £19.87 £17.22
25th Percentile £55.84 £48.40 £21.00
Median hourly rate £61.28 £61.79 £41.20
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +49.99% -11.88%
75th Percentile £67.67 £72.17 £75.75
90th Percentile £100.00 £76.63 £96.25
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £52.10 £37.32
% change year-on-year +10.36% +39.62% +46.88%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Berkshire

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Berkshire

2nd Line Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Berkshire

2nd Line Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Reading -3 2 £180 -
Wokingham - 1 £180 -
2nd Line Engineer
South East

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 job ads across the Berkshire region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft