2nd Line Engineer Jobs in England

Second Line Engineer
UK > England

The median Second Line Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 454 437 689
Rank change year-on-year -17 +252 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 460 530 537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.64% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.70% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 428 499 479
10th Percentile £25,675 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%
75th Percentile £35,625 £38,000 £36,000
90th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,800
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 88,935 75,643 138,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.23% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 65,011 49,623 75,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in England.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North of England +43 104 £32,000 +8.47% 25
South East -66 95 £30,250 -3.97% 24
London -13 81 £35,500 +1.43% 17
Midlands -7 63 £30,000 -0.83% 13
East of England +21 61 £32,500 -4.41% 12
South West -33 59 £32,500 -12.16% 18
North West -3 49 £30,000 -9.09% 17
West Midlands +24 45 £30,000 -0.83% 6
Yorkshire +76 35 £32,500 +17.75% 6
North East +2 20 £31,000 -4.62% 2
East Midlands -30 18 £32,000 +3.23% 7
2nd Line Engineer
UK

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, 2nd 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 England region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 316 (68.70%) Windows
2 292 (63.48%) Microsoft
3 291 (63.26%) Microsoft 365
4 290 (63.04%) Active Directory
5 189 (41.09%) Azure
6 170 (36.96%) Social Skills
7 148 (32.17%) Windows Server
8 134 (29.13%) Problem-Solving
9 132 (28.70%) Windows 10
10 122 (26.52%) SharePoint
11 114 (24.78%) VMware
11 114 (24.78%) Customer Service
12 111 (24.13%) Microsoft Exchange
13 100 (21.74%) Firewall
14 89 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
15 86 (18.70%) Microsoft Office
16 83 (18.04%) Hyper-V
16 83 (18.04%) VMware Infrastructure
17 77 (16.74%) Entra ID
18 69 (15.00%) WAN
19 63 (13.70%) LAN
19 63 (13.70%) ITIL
19 63 (13.70%) Microsoft Certification
19 63 (13.70%) Wi-Fi
20 57 (12.39%) Cisco
20 57 (12.39%) DNS
21 53 (11.52%) Citrix
21 53 (11.52%) Degree
22 49 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
23 44 (9.57%) SCCM

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 122 (26.52%) SharePoint
2 111 (24.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.48%) SharePoint 2010
3 16 (3.48%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (0.43%) Confluence
4 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.43%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.43%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.22%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 86 (18.70%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 291 (63.26%) Microsoft 365
2 189 (41.09%) Azure
3 77 (16.74%) Entra ID
4 43 (9.35%) OneDrive
5 38 (8.26%) AWS
6 34 (7.39%) GCP
7 12 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.87%) Google Workspace
9 3 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.65%) IaaS
9 3 (0.65%) SaaS
10 2 (0.43%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.43%) Serverless
11 1 (0.22%) Dropbox
11 1 (0.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 100 (21.74%) Firewall
2 69 (15.00%) WAN
3 63 (13.70%) LAN
3 63 (13.70%) Wi-Fi
4 57 (12.39%) DNS
5 44 (9.57%) DHCP
6 38 (8.26%) VPN
7 30 (6.52%) TCP/IP
8 27 (5.87%) Network Security
9 26 (5.65%) VLAN
10 21 (4.57%) VoIP
11 18 (3.91%) SAN
12 14 (3.04%) IPsec
13 12 (2.61%) BGP
14 11 (2.39%) MPLS
14 11 (2.39%) Wireless
15 10 (2.17%) PBX
15 10 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (1.96%) Internet
17 8 (1.74%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 19 (4.13%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.74%) MariaDB
3 8 (1.74%) MySQL
4 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 170 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 49 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (7.83%) Organisational Skills
4 31 (6.74%) Finance
5 23 (5.00%) Law
6 20 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 19 (4.13%) Legal
8 16 (3.48%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.74%) Retail
11 4 (0.87%) Games
12 2 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.43%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.22%) Advertising
13 1 (0.22%) Automotive
13 1 (0.22%) Banking
13 1 (0.22%) Marketing
13 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.22%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.87%) Cocoa
2 2 (0.43%) .NET
3 1 (0.22%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 33 (7.17%) Driving Licence
2 29 (6.30%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.35%) EPoS
4 13 (2.83%) Smartphone
5 10 (2.17%) PKI
5 10 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.96%) Enterprise Storage
7 8 (1.74%) Clustering
7 8 (1.74%) Replication
8 7 (1.52%) iPad
9 6 (1.30%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.30%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.65%) Apple TV
11 3 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.22%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.22%) Hedge funds
12 1 (0.22%) iPhone
12 1 (0.22%) Linux Command Line
12 1 (0.22%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 316 (68.70%) Windows
2 148 (32.17%) Windows Server
3 132 (28.70%) Windows 10
4 44 (9.57%) Mac OS
5 32 (6.96%) Windows Server 2012
6 22 (4.78%) Linux
7 20 (4.35%) Apple iOS
8 19 (4.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (3.70%) Android
10 12 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (1.09%) CentOS
11 5 (1.09%) Mac OS X
11 5 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.43%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.43%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.22%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (29.13%) Problem-Solving
2 114 (24.78%) Customer Service
3 63 (13.70%) ITIL
4 39 (8.48%) Computer Science
5 26 (5.65%) Mobile Device Management
6 20 (4.35%) Server Virtualisation
7 18 (3.91%) Service Delivery
8 17 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 16 (3.48%) Mentoring
10 14 (3.04%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (2.83%) Server Management
12 12 (2.61%) Antivirus Management
13 11 (2.39%) Incident Management
13 11 (2.39%) Logistics
13 11 (2.39%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 10 (2.17%) Kalman Filter
14 10 (2.17%) Project Delivery
15 9 (1.96%) Desktop Virtualisation
15 9 (1.96%) ITSM
15 9 (1.96%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (6.09%) PowerShell
2 13 (2.83%) SQL
3 8 (1.74%) Python
4 2 (0.43%) Bash
5 1 (0.22%) C++
5 1 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 63 (13.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (11.52%) Degree
3 39 (8.48%) Security Cleared
4 37 (8.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (8.04%) DBS Check
5 29 (6.30%) A+ Certification
5 29 (6.30%) SC Cleared
6 27 (5.87%) MCP
7 22 (4.78%) CCNA
7 22 (4.78%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (3.48%) MCITP
8 16 (3.48%) MCSE
9 15 (3.26%) CCNP
10 11 (2.39%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (1.30%) HND
13 2 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.13%) SLA
2 6 (1.30%) GDPR
3 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 290 (63.04%) Active Directory
2 83 (18.04%) Hyper-V
2 83 (18.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.48%) XenApp
3 16 (3.48%) XenDesktop
4 14 (3.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (3.04%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (2.61%) vSphere
6 5 (1.09%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.65%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.22%) Firmware
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 89 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (9.57%) SCCM
3 8 (1.74%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (1.74%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.52%) Autotask
5 6 (1.30%) SmoothWall
6 3 (0.65%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.43%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.43%) SCOM
7 2 (0.43%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.22%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 292 (63.48%) Microsoft
2 114 (24.78%) VMware
3 57 (12.39%) Cisco
4 53 (11.52%) Citrix
5 29 (6.30%) HP
6 28 (6.09%) Google
7 24 (5.22%) Dell
8 22 (4.78%) Apple
8 22 (4.78%) Veeam
9 20 (4.35%) Sophos
10 17 (3.70%) Juniper
11 16 (3.48%) Symantec
12 11 (2.39%) Bloomberg
13 9 (1.96%) Datto
14 7 (1.52%) ESET
14 7 (1.52%) Meraki
15 5 (1.09%) Remedy
15 5 (1.09%) Ubiquiti
16 4 (0.87%) iManage
16 4 (0.87%) Intapp