3rd Line Engineer Jobs

Third Line Engineer
UK

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the UK is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary 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 504 590 749
Rank change year-on-year +86 +159 -271
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 468 381 596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.41% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.45% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 401 338 570
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,675 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -14.74% +11.76% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +102 439 £42,000 -11.58% 65
UK excluding London +30 433 £40,500 -14.74% 60
South East +30 135 £42,000 -11.58% 14
Work from Home +69 132 £37,500 -24.62% 25
North of England +34 88 £35,000 -22.22% 18
South West +24 73 £46,000 +8.24% 5
Midlands -11 60 £40,000 -23.81% 13
East of England -33 48 £42,500 -15.00% 6
West Midlands -3 38 £37,500 -24.24% 12
London +55 35 £52,000 +4.00% 8
North East +16 35 £32,500 -5.11% 6
Yorkshire +65 31 £37,500 -13.79% 5
East Midlands -20 22 £45,000 -18.18% 1
North West -31 22 £40,000 -15.79% 7
Wales +29 19 £40,500 +12.50% 1
Scotland -62 10 £48,500 +14.12% 2

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 3rd Line Engineer 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 permanent job ads featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 257 (54.91%) Microsoft
2 223 (47.65%) Windows
2 223 (47.65%) Azure
3 219 (46.79%) Microsoft 365
4 175 (37.39%) Active Directory
4 175 (37.39%) Firewall
5 167 (35.68%) VMware
6 162 (34.62%) Windows Server
7 121 (25.85%) Hyper-V
8 120 (25.64%) VMware Infrastructure
9 119 (25.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 113 (24.15%) Social Skills
11 109 (23.29%) Microsoft Exchange
12 95 (20.30%) Security Cleared
13 94 (20.09%) Cisco
14 91 (19.44%) SharePoint
15 89 (19.02%) DNS
16 85 (18.16%) Citrix
16 85 (18.16%) ITIL
17 83 (17.74%) Microsoft Intune
18 75 (16.03%) SQL Server
18 75 (16.03%) Veeam
19 66 (14.10%) SQL
20 64 (13.68%) WAN
20 64 (13.68%) SAN
21 62 (13.25%) Entra ID
22 60 (12.82%) LAN
23 58 (12.39%) DHCP
23 58 (12.39%) Wi-Fi
23 58 (12.39%) PowerShell

3rd 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:

Application Platforms
1 109 (23.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 91 (19.44%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.63%) IIS
4 14 (2.99%) Skype for Business
5 10 (2.14%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (1.07%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.43%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.43%) WordPress
9 1 (0.21%) nginx
Applications
1 41 (8.76%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.43%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 223 (47.65%) Azure
2 219 (46.79%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (13.25%) Entra ID
4 37 (7.91%) OneDrive
5 28 (5.98%) AWS
6 21 (4.49%) IaaS
7 18 (3.85%) PaaS
8 15 (3.21%) SaaS
9 11 (2.35%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.71%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.28%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.28%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.07%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.07%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.85%) Azure Storage
13 4 (0.85%) Dropbox
13 4 (0.85%) Google Drive
13 4 (0.85%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 175 (37.39%) Firewall
2 89 (19.02%) DNS
3 64 (13.68%) SAN
3 64 (13.68%) WAN
4 60 (12.82%) LAN
5 58 (12.39%) DHCP
5 58 (12.39%) Wi-Fi
6 56 (11.97%) VPN
7 44 (9.40%) Wireless
8 42 (8.97%) VLAN
9 38 (8.12%) TCP/IP
10 25 (5.34%) VoIP
11 22 (4.70%) BGP
12 18 (3.85%) IP Telephony
12 18 (3.85%) WLAN
13 14 (2.99%) IPsec
14 13 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
14 13 (2.78%) SD-WAN
15 12 (2.56%) OSPF
16 7 (1.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (16.03%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.48%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.50%) MySQL
4 3 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.43%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.43%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Hudson
1 2 (0.43%) JIRA
2 1 (0.21%) MSI
General
1 113 (24.15%) Social Skills
2 23 (4.91%) Documentation Skills
2 23 (4.91%) Law
3 22 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (3.21%) Finance
5 15 (3.21%) Telecoms
6 14 (2.99%) Games
7 11 (2.35%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.14%) Legal
9 8 (1.71%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.71%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.07%) Banking
11 4 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.64%) Retail
13 1 (0.21%) Electronics
13 1 (0.21%) Marketing
13 1 (0.21%) Military
13 1 (0.21%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.78%) JSON
1 13 (2.78%) JSON Schema
1 13 (2.78%) KML
1 13 (2.78%) Regular Expression
1 13 (2.78%) XML
2 8 (1.71%) XML Schema
3 6 (1.28%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.07%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.64%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.43%) LAMP
6 2 (0.43%) OpenMP
6 2 (0.43%) V-Ray
7 1 (0.21%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (9.62%) Driving Licence
2 35 (7.48%) Data Centre
3 26 (5.56%) Replication
4 24 (5.13%) Enterprise Storage
5 23 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.99%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.78%) Clustering
8 7 (1.50%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.50%) iPad
8 7 (1.50%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.28%) Blockchain
9 6 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.07%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.07%) EMC VNX
10 5 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.07%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.43%) Beowulf
11 2 (0.43%) PKI
11 2 (0.43%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 223 (47.65%) Windows
2 162 (34.62%) Windows Server
3 53 (11.32%) Windows Server 2016
4 47 (10.04%) Linux
5 34 (7.26%) Windows 10
5 34 (7.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (5.98%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (3.85%) Mac OS
8 11 (2.35%) Apple iOS
8 11 (2.35%) Windows Server 2008
9 7 (1.50%) Android
10 6 (1.28%) Debian
11 4 (0.85%) CentOS
12 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.43%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.43%) SUSE
13 2 (0.43%) Unix
13 2 (0.43%) VMS
13 2 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (25.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 85 (18.16%) ITIL
3 57 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (8.97%) Customer Service
5 40 (8.55%) Incident Management
6 36 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 27 (5.77%) Service Delivery
8 25 (5.34%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 23 (4.91%) Migration
9 23 (4.91%) Project Delivery
10 18 (3.85%) Business Continuity
10 18 (3.85%) Root Cause Analysis
11 17 (3.63%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 16 (3.42%) Agile
12 16 (3.42%) Network Management
12 16 (3.42%) Patch Management
13 15 (3.21%) Change Control
14 14 (2.99%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (2.99%) Desktop Virtualisation
14 14 (2.99%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 66 (14.10%) SQL
2 58 (12.39%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.43%) Bash
3 2 (0.43%) C#
3 2 (0.43%) Perl
3 2 (0.43%) Python
3 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.21%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 95 (20.30%) Security Cleared
2 52 (11.11%) Degree
3 51 (10.90%) Cisco Certification
4 48 (10.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (7.91%) SC Cleared
6 29 (6.20%) CCNA
7 28 (5.98%) DV Cleared
8 26 (5.56%) CCNP
9 25 (5.34%) Azure Certification
10 13 (2.78%) MCSE
11 10 (2.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (1.71%) A+ Certification
13 7 (1.50%) MCSA
14 5 (1.07%) DBS Check
14 5 (1.07%) MCP
14 5 (1.07%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.85%) CCA
15 4 (0.85%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (0.85%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.99%) SLA
2 11 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.07%) NCSC
4 4 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.64%) NIST
6 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.21%) GDPR
6 1 (0.21%) GxP
System Software
1 175 (37.39%) Active Directory
2 121 (25.85%) Hyper-V
3 120 (25.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (5.77%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (2.99%) vSphere
7 13 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.50%) Docker
8 7 (1.50%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (1.28%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.28%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.07%) XenApp
11 4 (0.85%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.85%) KVM
12 3 (0.64%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.43%) Lustre
13 2 (0.43%) pfSense
13 2 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 83 (17.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (7.91%) SCCM
3 18 (3.85%) Ansible
4 11 (2.35%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (2.14%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.14%) vCenter Server
6 9 (1.92%) Autotask
7 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (1.50%) Terraform
8 5 (1.07%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (1.07%) Nagios
8 5 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 4 (0.85%) SCDPM
10 3 (0.64%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.64%) SCOM
11 2 (0.43%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.43%) WSUS
Vendors
1 257 (54.91%) Microsoft
2 167 (35.68%) VMware
3 94 (20.09%) Cisco
4 85 (18.16%) Citrix
5 75 (16.03%) Veeam
6 31 (6.62%) Sophos
7 25 (5.34%) HP
8 24 (5.13%) Juniper
8 24 (5.13%) Meraki
9 21 (4.49%) Datto
10 19 (4.06%) Mitel
11 17 (3.63%) Aruba
12 15 (3.21%) WatchGuard
13 14 (2.99%) Avaya
13 14 (2.99%) Draytek
14 12 (2.56%) Acronis
15 11 (2.35%) Google
15 11 (2.35%) Red Hat
15 11 (2.35%) SolarWinds
16 10 (2.14%) Dell