3rd Line Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Third Line Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 203 229 272
Rank change year-on-year +26 +43 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 48 18 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.65% 0.32% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.36% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 48 16 16
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,825 £33,750
25th Percentile £39,188 - £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £35,400 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -21.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £53,750
90th Percentile - £47,313 -
South East median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £33,950
% change year-on-year +5.00% +17.82% -12.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 7,014 4,983 7,202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 89.46% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,713 3,046 4,156
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £41,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Oxfordshire +33 44 £42,000 +5.00% 2
Buckinghamshire -11 3 £45,000 +80.00%
Berkshire -3 1 £40,000 +12.99% 1
3rd Line Support Engineer
South East

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 3rd Line Support 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 across the Thames Valley region featuring 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 42 (87.50%) Firewall
2 40 (83.33%) Windows
3 39 (81.25%) VMware
4 38 (79.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 37 (77.08%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (77.08%) Microsoft
6 33 (68.75%) SQL
7 32 (66.67%) Citrix
8 31 (64.58%) SQL Server
9 30 (62.50%) Veeam
10 22 (45.83%) Degree
11 20 (41.67%) Microsoft Exchange
12 19 (39.58%) Social Skills
13 17 (35.42%) Microsoft Excel
13 17 (35.42%) Active Directory
13 17 (35.42%) Replication
14 16 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
14 16 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (33.33%) Windows Server
15 15 (31.25%) OneDrive
15 15 (31.25%) SharePoint
16 14 (29.17%) Multi-Factor Authentication
17 13 (27.08%) Change Control
17 13 (27.08%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (25.00%) Azure
19 11 (22.92%) Law
19 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Office
20 9 (18.75%) Hyper-V
21 7 (14.58%) DHCP
21 7 (14.58%) CCNA

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 20 (41.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (31.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (35.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 37 (77.08%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (31.25%) OneDrive
3 12 (25.00%) Azure
4 6 (12.50%) AWS
5 4 (8.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 42 (87.50%) Firewall
2 16 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (14.58%) DHCP
3 7 (14.58%) DNS
4 6 (12.50%) NAS
4 6 (12.50%) SAN
4 6 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 6 (12.50%) VLAN
5 3 (6.25%) LAN
5 3 (6.25%) WAN
6 1 (2.08%) BGP
6 1 (2.08%) IPsec
6 1 (2.08%) OSPF
6 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.08%) SSL
6 1 (2.08%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (64.58%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
General
1 19 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.08%) Documentation Skills
3 11 (22.92%) Law
4 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.25%) Games
5 3 (6.25%) Retail
6 2 (4.17%) Finance
6 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (2.08%) Legal
7 1 (2.08%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (35.42%) Replication
2 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.08%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 40 (83.33%) Windows
2 16 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (2.08%) Android
4 1 (2.08%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (29.17%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 13 (27.08%) Change Control
4 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (8.33%) Customer Service
7 3 (6.25%) IT Strategy
8 2 (4.17%) Biomedicine
8 2 (4.17%) Biotechnology
8 2 (4.17%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (4.17%) Server Building
8 2 (4.17%) Virtual Environments
8 2 (4.17%) Wealth Management
9 1 (2.08%) ITSM
9 1 (2.08%) Logistics
9 1 (2.08%) Mentoring
9 1 (2.08%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (68.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (45.83%) Degree
2 7 (14.58%) CCNA
2 7 (14.58%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (12.50%) MCSE
3 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.25%) MCP
5 1 (2.08%) JNCIA
5 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 38 (79.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (35.42%) Active Directory
3 9 (18.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (81.25%) VMware
2 37 (77.08%) Microsoft
3 32 (66.67%) Citrix
4 30 (62.50%) Veeam
5 3 (6.25%) Datto
5 3 (6.25%) Sophos
5 3 (6.25%) WatchGuard