3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Third Line Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Third Line Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 789 835 1138
Rank change year-on-year +46 +303 -411
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 118 112 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.13% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 90 93 114
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,400 £37,325
25th Percentile £37,031 £41,250 £40,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,750
Median % change year-on-year - -0.52% +12.35%
75th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,300 - £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,750 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.58% +5.56% +5.88%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
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 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +40 112 £50,000 +5.26% 7
UK excluding London -14 106 £46,750 -1.58% 6
South West +5 35 £50,250 +16.86% 2
Work from Home +35 30 £47,500 - 3
Midlands -7 20 £47,500 -13.64% 3
East of England -10 17 £58,000 +5.45%
North of England +30 15 £35,000 -26.32% 1
West Midlands -11 14 £37,500 -21.05% 2
South East -19 13 £42,500 +6.25%
London +109 12 £63,750 +27.50% 1
Yorkshire +66 11 £35,000 -26.32%
East Midlands -15 6 £47,500 -13.64% 1
Wales - 5 £40,500 -
North West -11 3 £60,000 +28.34% 1
North East - 1 £60,000 -
Scotland - 1 £35,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 3rd Line Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 114 (96.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 60 (50.85%) Microsoft
3 56 (47.46%) Azure
4 55 (46.61%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (38.98%) Windows
6 41 (34.75%) Security Cleared
7 40 (33.90%) VMware
8 36 (30.51%) Active Directory
9 34 (28.81%) Windows Server
10 33 (27.97%) Microsoft Intune
10 33 (27.97%) Firewall
11 30 (25.42%) DNS
12 29 (24.58%) WAN
13 26 (22.03%) VMware Infrastructure
13 26 (22.03%) PowerShell
14 25 (21.19%) Hyper-V
15 24 (20.34%) SharePoint
16 23 (19.49%) Citrix
16 23 (19.49%) SAN
16 23 (19.49%) Veeam
17 22 (18.64%) DV Cleared
18 21 (17.80%) Social Skills
19 20 (16.95%) LAN
20 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Exchange
21 18 (15.25%) SCCM
22 17 (14.41%) Linux
22 17 (14.41%) DHCP
22 17 (14.41%) WLAN
22 17 (14.41%) Sophos
23 14 (11.86%) Windows Server 2019

3rd Line Infrastructure 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 24 (20.34%) SharePoint
2 19 (16.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (1.69%) IIS
4 1 (0.85%) Confluence
4 1 (0.85%) Site Server
Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 56 (47.46%) Azure
2 55 (46.61%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.02%) AWS
4 12 (10.17%) IaaS
4 12 (10.17%) PaaS
5 11 (9.32%) Entra ID
5 11 (9.32%) Power Platform
5 11 (9.32%) SaaS
6 8 (6.78%) Nutanix
7 5 (4.24%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.69%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.69%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.69%) OCI
8 2 (1.69%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.69%) OpenDNS
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.85%) GCP
9 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 33 (27.97%) Firewall
2 30 (25.42%) DNS
3 29 (24.58%) WAN
4 23 (19.49%) SAN
5 20 (16.95%) LAN
6 17 (14.41%) DHCP
6 17 (14.41%) WLAN
7 11 (9.32%) SD-WAN
7 11 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (6.78%) TCP/IP
8 8 (6.78%) VPN
9 7 (5.93%) VoIP
10 4 (3.39%) VLAN
11 2 (1.69%) EIGRP
11 2 (1.69%) IPsec
11 2 (1.69%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.69%) OSPF
11 2 (1.69%) RIP
11 2 (1.69%) VRRP
11 2 (1.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.47%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.24%) MySQL
3 4 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 21 (17.80%) Social Skills
2 11 (9.32%) Aerospace
3 9 (7.63%) Finance
4 6 (5.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.24%) Banking
6 3 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.54%) Law
7 2 (1.69%) Legal
7 2 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.85%) Advertising
8 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Games
8 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.08%) JSON
1 6 (5.08%) JSON Schema
1 6 (5.08%) KML
1 6 (5.08%) Regular Expression
1 6 (5.08%) Software Packaging
1 6 (5.08%) XML
1 6 (5.08%) XML Schema
2 2 (1.69%) LAMP
2 2 (1.69%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.63%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.93%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.24%) EMC VNX
4 4 (3.39%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.69%) Clustering
5 2 (1.69%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.69%) PKI
6 1 (0.85%) CCTV
6 1 (0.85%) IoT
6 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 46 (38.98%) Windows
2 34 (28.81%) Windows Server
3 17 (14.41%) Linux
4 14 (11.86%) Windows Server 2019
5 11 (9.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (5.93%) Windows 10
7 6 (5.08%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.54%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.69%) Mac OS
9 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.85%) CentOS
10 1 (0.85%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.85%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (96.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (10.17%) Collaborative Working
2 12 (10.17%) ITIL
2 12 (10.17%) Root Cause Analysis
3 11 (9.32%) Service Delivery
4 9 (7.63%) Systems Engineering
5 8 (6.78%) Customer Service
5 8 (6.78%) ITSM
5 8 (6.78%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (6.78%) Virtual Environments
6 7 (5.93%) Server Management
7 6 (5.08%) Application Virtualisation
7 6 (5.08%) CAD
7 6 (5.08%) Communications Security
7 6 (5.08%) Compatibility Testing
7 6 (5.08%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (5.08%) Service Management
7 6 (5.08%) Software Distribution
7 6 (5.08%) Software Testing
7 6 (5.08%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.03%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.93%) SQL
3 1 (0.85%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (34.75%) Security Cleared
2 22 (18.64%) DV Cleared
3 12 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 10 (8.47%) Degree
5 7 (5.93%) CCNA
5 7 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.24%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.85%) MCSA
7 1 (0.85%) MCSE
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.39%) SLA
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 36 (30.51%) Active Directory
2 26 (22.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (21.19%) Hyper-V
4 10 (8.47%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (5.93%) Docker
6 6 (5.08%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (2.54%) XenApp
7 3 (2.54%) XenDesktop
8 2 (1.69%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 2 (1.69%) pfSense
8 2 (1.69%) Terminal Services
8 2 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.69%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (27.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (15.25%) SCCM
3 11 (9.32%) Ansible
4 6 (5.08%) vCenter Server
5 5 (4.24%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (4.24%) Kubernetes
5 5 (4.24%) Nagios
6 2 (1.69%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.69%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.85%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.85%) MobiControl
7 1 (0.85%) vRealize
Vendors
1 60 (50.85%) Microsoft
2 40 (33.90%) VMware
3 23 (19.49%) Citrix
3 23 (19.49%) Veeam
4 17 (14.41%) Sophos
5 14 (11.86%) Aruba
6 13 (11.02%) Cisco
6 13 (11.02%) HP
7 7 (5.93%) Acronis
7 7 (5.93%) Datto
7 7 (5.93%) Meraki
8 6 (5.08%) Red Hat
9 5 (4.24%) EMC
9 5 (4.24%) Mitel
9 5 (4.24%) SolarWinds
10 3 (2.54%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.54%) Oracle
11 2 (1.69%) Dell
11 2 (1.69%) NetApp
11 2 (1.69%) Veritas