First Line Support Engineer
UK
The median First Line Support Engineer daily rate in the UK is £128 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 540 | 659 | 775 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +119 | +116 | -106 |
| Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer | 39 | 35 | 88 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.092% | 0.061% | 0.100% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.099% | 0.065% | 0.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 30 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | £104 | £125 | £117 |
| 25th Percentile | £111 | £150 | £128 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £128 | £175 | £150 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.86% | +16.67% | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £159 | £188 | £182 |
| 90th Percentile | £180 | £194 | £196 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £126 | £175 | £150 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.00% | +16.67% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £14.55 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £14.63 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.75 | £15.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.33% | -31.82% | +62.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.59 | £15.38 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £26.26 | £15.45 | £40.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.50 | £15.00 | £17.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -11.76% | +25.93% |
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 | 39,468 | 54,175 | 84,246 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.61% | 95.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,716 | 37,826 | 59,224 |
| 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% | +8.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,674 | 1,504 | 2,051 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.82 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +4.19% |
1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer.
1st Line Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer.
1st Line Support Engineer
Top 15 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 Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 |
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| England | +114 | 33 | £130 | -25.71% | 34 |
| UK excluding London | +57 | 25 | £126 | -28.00% | 33 |
| London | +99 | 13 | £144 | -17.71% | 6 |
| North of England | +33 | 8 | £130 | -25.71% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 7 | £110 | -37.14% | 9 |
| Midlands | +21 | 5 | - | - | 6 |
| Scotland | +44 | 4 | £126 | - | 2 |
| West Midlands | +23 | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| North West | +16 | 4 | £122 | -30.29% | 6 |
| East of England | +13 | 4 | £104 | -46.24% | 1 |
| South East | +22 | 3 | - | - | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +21 | 3 | £130 | -13.33% | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| North East | - | 1 | £180 | - | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 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 featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.
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1st Line Support 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: