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 18 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 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 502 | 633 | 727 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +131 | +94 | -71 |
| Contract jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 69 | 54 | 117 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.16% | 0.095% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.17% | 0.10% | 0.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 34 | 34 | 94 |
| 10th Percentile | £104 | £125 | £113 |
| 25th Percentile | £113 | £139 | £125 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £130 | £170 | £150 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.53% | +13.33% | +22.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £152 | £188 | £184 |
| 90th Percentile | £180 | £194 | £199 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £130 | £158 | £150 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.46% | +5.00% | +20.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.40 | £15.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £14.38 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.75 | £16.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.94% | -17.95% | +21.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £21.59 | £18.50 | £31.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £26.26 | - | £39.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.50 | £16.00 | £17.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.38% | -5.88% | +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 | 39,507 | 53,867 | 83,506 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.60% | 95.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,718 | 37,620 | 58,687 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £544 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.40% | +3.52% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,672 | 1,498 | 2,036 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.29 | £19.13 | £15.75 |
| 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% | +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 18 May 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 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +117 | 61 | £135 | -20.59% | 42 |
| UK excluding London | +74 | 53 | £130 | -17.46% | 40 |
| Midlands | +32 | 21 | - | - | 6 |
| West Midlands | +33 | 20 | - | - | 2 |
| North of England | +41 | 14 | £130 | -25.71% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 13 | £123 | -30.00% | 12 |
| London | +96 | 13 | £144 | -17.71% | 7 |
| North West | +24 | 8 | £122 | -30.29% | 7 |
| South East | +35 | 6 | £138 | -8.33% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | +19 | 5 | £130 | -13.33% | 2 |
| East of England | +3 | 5 | £120 | -38.28% | 2 |
| Scotland | +44 | 4 | £126 | - | 2 |
| South West | 0 | 2 | £138 | -21.43% | 5 |
| North East | - | 2 | £135 | - | |
| East Midlands | +13 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 May 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: