3rd Line Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Third Line Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £40,500 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 397 441 517
Rank change year-on-year +44 +76 -172
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 434 312 397
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.54% 0.56% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.64% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 371 275 380
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.83% +10.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £55,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London 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
South East +11 135 £42,000 -11.58% 13
North of England +20 88 £35,000 -22.22% 18
South West +12 73 £46,000 +8.24% 8
Midlands -17 60 £40,000 -23.81% 13
East of England -29 49 £42,500 -15.00% 7
West Midlands -3 38 £37,500 -24.24% 12
North East +13 34 £32,500 -5.11% 6
Yorkshire +67 31 £37,500 -13.79% 6
North West -45 23 £40,000 -15.79% 6
East Midlands -16 22 £45,000 -18.18% 1
Wales +29 19 £40,500 +12.50% 1
Scotland -66 10 £48,500 +14.12% 2
3rd Line Engineer
UK

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 238 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 207 (47.70%) Azure
3 206 (47.47%) Windows
4 203 (46.77%) Microsoft 365
5 168 (38.71%) Firewall
6 162 (37.33%) VMware
7 157 (36.18%) Active Directory
8 152 (35.02%) Windows Server
9 117 (26.96%) Hyper-V
9 117 (26.96%) VMware Infrastructure
10 109 (25.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 106 (24.42%) Social Skills
12 100 (23.04%) Microsoft Exchange
13 92 (21.20%) Security Cleared
14 90 (20.74%) Cisco
15 86 (19.82%) DNS
16 82 (18.89%) SharePoint
17 79 (18.20%) ITIL
18 78 (17.97%) Citrix
19 75 (17.28%) Veeam
20 74 (17.05%) Microsoft Intune
21 72 (16.59%) SQL Server
22 65 (14.98%) SQL
22 65 (14.98%) WAN
23 63 (14.52%) SAN
24 60 (13.82%) LAN
25 56 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
25 56 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
26 55 (12.67%) Entra ID
26 55 (12.67%) DHCP

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 100 (23.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 82 (18.89%) SharePoint
3 17 (3.92%) IIS
4 14 (3.23%) Skype for Business
5 10 (2.30%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (1.38%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (1.15%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.46%) WordPress
9 1 (0.23%) nginx
Applications
1 39 (8.99%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 207 (47.70%) Azure
2 203 (46.77%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (12.67%) Entra ID
4 33 (7.60%) OneDrive
5 23 (5.30%) AWS
6 20 (4.61%) IaaS
7 17 (3.92%) PaaS
8 14 (3.23%) SaaS
9 11 (2.53%) Power Platform
10 6 (1.38%) Mimecast
11 5 (1.15%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.15%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.15%) Nutanix
11 5 (1.15%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.92%) Dropbox
12 4 (0.92%) Google Drive
12 4 (0.92%) Google Sheets
13 3 (0.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 3 (0.69%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 168 (38.71%) Firewall
2 86 (19.82%) DNS
3 65 (14.98%) WAN
4 63 (14.52%) SAN
5 60 (13.82%) LAN
6 56 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
7 55 (12.67%) DHCP
8 53 (12.21%) VPN
9 43 (9.91%) Wireless
10 40 (9.22%) VLAN
11 35 (8.06%) TCP/IP
12 22 (5.07%) VoIP
13 18 (4.15%) BGP
13 18 (4.15%) WLAN
14 16 (3.69%) IP Telephony
15 13 (3.00%) IPsec
15 13 (3.00%) Remote Desktop
15 13 (3.00%) SD-WAN
16 9 (2.07%) OSPF
17 7 (1.61%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (16.59%) SQL Server
2 35 (8.06%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.61%) MySQL
4 3 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.46%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.46%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Hudson
2 1 (0.23%) JIRA
General
1 106 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 22 (5.07%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (5.07%) Documentation Skills
2 22 (5.07%) Law
3 15 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (3.46%) Organisational Skills
4 13 (3.00%) Games
4 13 (3.00%) Telecoms
5 11 (2.53%) Aerospace
6 7 (1.61%) Finance
6 7 (1.61%) Manufacturing
7 6 (1.38%) Legal
8 4 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (0.92%) Public Sector
9 3 (0.69%) Retail
10 1 (0.23%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.00%) JSON
1 13 (3.00%) JSON Schema
1 13 (3.00%) KML
1 13 (3.00%) Regular Expression
1 13 (3.00%) XML
2 8 (1.84%) XML Schema
3 6 (1.38%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.15%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.69%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.46%) LAMP
6 2 (0.46%) OpenMP
6 2 (0.46%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.14%) Driving Licence
2 31 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 25 (5.76%) Replication
3 25 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (5.30%) Enterprise Storage
5 13 (3.00%) Clustering
5 13 (3.00%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.61%) Client/Server
6 7 (1.61%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.38%) Blockchain
7 6 (1.38%) iPad
8 5 (1.15%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.15%) EMC VNX
8 5 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (0.92%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.92%) Smartphone
10 2 (0.46%) Beowulf
10 2 (0.46%) PKI
10 2 (0.46%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 206 (47.47%) Windows
2 152 (35.02%) Windows Server
3 51 (11.75%) Windows Server 2016
4 43 (9.91%) Linux
5 34 (7.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (6.45%) Windows 10
6 28 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (2.53%) Mac OS
8 10 (2.30%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (1.84%) Apple iOS
10 6 (1.38%) Debian
11 5 (1.15%) Android
12 4 (0.92%) CentOS
13 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.46%) SUSE
14 2 (0.46%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.46%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (25.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 79 (18.20%) ITIL
3 56 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (8.76%) Customer Service
4 38 (8.76%) Incident Management
5 34 (7.83%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (5.99%) Service Delivery
7 24 (5.53%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 22 (5.07%) Migration
8 22 (5.07%) Project Delivery
9 18 (4.15%) Root Cause Analysis
10 17 (3.92%) Business Continuity
10 17 (3.92%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 15 (3.46%) Change Control
11 15 (3.46%) Network Management
12 14 (3.23%) Actionable Insight
12 14 (3.23%) Agile
12 14 (3.23%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (3.23%) Mentoring
13 13 (3.00%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.98%) SQL
2 49 (11.29%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.46%) Bash
3 2 (0.46%) C#
3 2 (0.46%) Perl
3 2 (0.46%) Python
3 2 (0.46%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (21.20%) Security Cleared
2 48 (11.06%) Degree
3 47 (10.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 46 (10.60%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (8.76%) SC Cleared
6 28 (6.45%) DV Cleared
7 26 (5.99%) CCNA
8 24 (5.53%) CCNP
9 20 (4.61%) Azure Certification
10 13 (3.00%) MCSE
11 10 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (1.84%) A+ Certification
13 7 (1.61%) MCSA
14 5 (1.15%) MCP
14 5 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.92%) CCA
15 4 (0.92%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (0.92%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.92%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.00%) SLA
2 10 (2.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.15%) NCSC
4 3 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.69%) NIST
5 1 (0.23%) GDPR
5 1 (0.23%) GxP
System Software
1 157 (36.18%) Active Directory
2 117 (26.96%) Hyper-V
2 117 (26.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (6.22%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.00%) vSphere
6 11 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (1.61%) Docker
7 7 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
8 6 (1.38%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (1.15%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.92%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 4 (0.92%) KVM
11 2 (0.46%) Lustre
11 2 (0.46%) pfSense
11 2 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.23%) NFS
12 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 74 (17.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (6.45%) SCCM
3 18 (4.15%) Ansible
4 10 (2.30%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.30%) vCenter Server
5 8 (1.84%) Autotask
5 8 (1.84%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (1.15%) EMC NetWorker
7 5 (1.15%) Nagios
7 5 (1.15%) Terraform
8 4 (0.92%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (0.69%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.69%) SCOM
9 3 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.46%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.46%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.46%) SCDPM
11 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 238 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 162 (37.33%) VMware
3 90 (20.74%) Cisco
4 78 (17.97%) Citrix
5 75 (17.28%) Veeam
6 31 (7.14%) Sophos
7 24 (5.53%) HP
8 21 (4.84%) Datto
8 21 (4.84%) Meraki
9 19 (4.38%) Mitel
10 18 (4.15%) Juniper
11 17 (3.92%) Aruba
12 14 (3.23%) Avaya
12 14 (3.23%) Draytek
12 14 (3.23%) WatchGuard
13 11 (2.53%) Acronis
13 11 (2.53%) Red Hat
14 10 (2.30%) Dell
15 9 (2.07%) ConnectWise
15 9 (2.07%) Google