1st Line Support Engineer Contracts in Scotland

First Line Support Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in Scotland is £126, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 - 174
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.093% - 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.099% - 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £126 - -
UK median daily rate £130 £175 £150
% change year-on-year -25.71% +16.67% -3.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,029 2,543 3,259
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 95.17% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,767 2,315
10th Percentile £200 £230 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £632 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 50 52
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.71 £16.35
25th Percentile £15.73 £14.25 £17.86
Median hourly rate £19.34 £18.84 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -49.67% +16.97%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £66.78 £55.98
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Scotland

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Scotland

1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in Scotland

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 1st Line Support 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 Scotland region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft