First Line Engineer
UK
The median First Line Engineer daily rate in the UK is £135 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 539 | 637 | 748 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +98 | +111 | -82 |
| Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 63 | 58 | 108 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.10% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29 | 40 | 88 |
| 10th Percentile | £104 | £106 | £117 |
| 25th Percentile | £113 | £135 | £128 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £135 | £175 | £150 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -22.86% | +16.67% | +23.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £163 | £188 | £188 |
| 90th Percentile | £183 | £200 | £201 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £135 | £175 | £150 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.86% | +16.67% | +22.45% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £12.60 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.13 | £13.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.25 | £14.50 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +81.03% | -25.64% | +44.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £29.38 | £15.88 | £31.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £17.45 | £39.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £14.50 | £17.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -14.71% | +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 | 40,232 | 52,519 | 83,570 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.87% | 94.52% | 95.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,887 | 36,654 | 58,907 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +6.60% |
| 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% | +8.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,899 | 1,488 | 1,954 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.39 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +80.00% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.88 | £65.75 | £49.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.33 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +7.17% |
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
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 9 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 | +95 | 58 | £138 | -21.43% | 40 |
| UK excluding London | +50 | 46 | £135 | -22.86% | 39 |
| Midlands | +32 | 23 | - | - | 6 |
| West Midlands | +21 | 20 | - | - | 2 |
| London | +80 | 15 | £144 | -17.71% | 5 |
| Work from Home | +119 | 11 | £116 | -33.57% | 8 |
| North of England | +30 | 11 | £133 | -24.29% | 5 |
| North West | +14 | 6 | £135 | -22.86% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 4 | £130 | -13.33% | 2 |
| South East | +12 | 4 | £138 | -15.38% | 17 |
| East Midlands | +14 | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| East of England | +1 | 3 | £104 | -7.41% | 6 |
| South West | +5 | 2 | £138 | -21.43% | 4 |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £126 | - | 1 |
| North East | - | 1 | £180 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 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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