3rd Line Engineer Jobs in England

Third Line Engineer
UK > England

The median Third Line Engineer salary in England is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 468 571 704
Rank change year-on-year +103 +133 -247
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 438 349 539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.42% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.46% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 389 315 517
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
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% +9.09%
75th Percentile £50,000 £54,500 £51,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £59,500 £60,000
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
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 88,752 75,954 137,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 91.23% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 65,003 49,705 75,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +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%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in England

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in England

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in England

3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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 +19 135 £42,000 -11.58% 14
North of England +38 87 £35,000 -22.22% 21
South West +30 73 £46,000 +8.24% 7
Midlands +1 60 £40,000 -23.81% 13
East of England -28 48 £42,500 -15.00% 6
West Midlands +3 38 £37,500 -24.24% 11
London +70 35 £52,000 +4.00% 10
North East +15 35 £32,500 -5.11% 7
Yorkshire +73 32 £37,500 -13.79% 5
East Midlands -10 22 £45,000 -18.18% 2
North West -29 20 £40,000 -15.79% 9
3rd Line Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 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 England region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 236 (53.88%) Microsoft
2 221 (50.46%) Azure
3 215 (49.09%) Windows
4 212 (48.40%) Microsoft 365
5 171 (39.04%) Active Directory
6 161 (36.76%) Firewall
7 159 (36.30%) VMware
8 153 (34.93%) Windows Server
9 121 (27.63%) VMware Infrastructure
10 113 (25.80%) Hyper-V
10 113 (25.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 109 (24.89%) Microsoft Exchange
12 106 (24.20%) Social Skills
13 89 (20.32%) SharePoint
14 84 (19.18%) ITIL
15 83 (18.95%) Microsoft Intune
16 82 (18.72%) Security Cleared
17 81 (18.49%) Citrix
18 79 (18.04%) Cisco
19 75 (17.12%) DNS
19 75 (17.12%) SQL Server
20 70 (15.98%) Veeam
21 65 (14.84%) SQL
22 62 (14.16%) Entra ID
23 59 (13.47%) WAN
23 59 (13.47%) SAN
24 58 (13.24%) DHCP
24 58 (13.24%) Wi-Fi
24 58 (13.24%) PowerShell
25 56 (12.79%) LAN

3rd 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
1 109 (24.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 89 (20.32%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.97%) IIS
4 10 (2.28%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2000
6 5 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.46%) WordPress
8 1 (0.23%) nginx
Applications
1 41 (9.36%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 221 (50.46%) Azure
2 212 (48.40%) Microsoft 365
3 62 (14.16%) Entra ID
4 37 (8.45%) OneDrive
5 28 (6.39%) AWS
6 21 (4.79%) IaaS
7 18 (4.11%) PaaS
8 15 (3.42%) SaaS
9 11 (2.51%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.83%) Nutanix
11 6 (1.37%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.37%) Mimecast
12 5 (1.14%) Azure AKS
12 5 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.14%) OpenShift
13 4 (0.91%) Azure Stack
13 4 (0.91%) Azure Storage
13 4 (0.91%) Dropbox
13 4 (0.91%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 161 (36.76%) Firewall
2 75 (17.12%) DNS
3 59 (13.47%) SAN
3 59 (13.47%) WAN
4 58 (13.24%) DHCP
4 58 (13.24%) Wi-Fi
5 56 (12.79%) LAN
5 56 (12.79%) VPN
6 41 (9.36%) VLAN
7 39 (8.90%) TCP/IP
8 30 (6.85%) Wireless
9 22 (5.02%) BGP
10 20 (4.57%) VoIP
11 19 (4.34%) WLAN
12 14 (3.20%) IPsec
13 13 (2.97%) Remote Desktop
13 13 (2.97%) SD-WAN
14 12 (2.74%) OSPF
15 7 (1.60%) FTP
15 7 (1.60%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (17.12%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.99%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.60%) MySQL
4 3 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.46%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.46%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Hudson
1 2 (0.46%) JIRA
2 1 (0.23%) MSI
General
1 106 (24.20%) Social Skills
2 23 (5.25%) Documentation Skills
2 23 (5.25%) Law
3 22 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (3.42%) Finance
5 15 (3.42%) Telecoms
6 14 (3.20%) Games
7 11 (2.51%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.28%) Legal
9 8 (1.83%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.83%) Public Sector
10 5 (1.14%) Banking
11 4 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.68%) Retail
13 1 (0.23%) Electronics
13 1 (0.23%) Marketing
13 1 (0.23%) Military
13 1 (0.23%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.97%) JSON
1 13 (2.97%) JSON Schema
1 13 (2.97%) KML
1 13 (2.97%) Regular Expression
1 13 (2.97%) XML
2 8 (1.83%) XML Schema
3 6 (1.37%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.14%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.46%) LAMP
6 2 (0.46%) OpenMP
6 2 (0.46%) V-Ray
7 1 (0.23%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (10.05%) Driving Licence
2 26 (5.94%) Replication
3 24 (5.48%) Enterprise Storage
4 23 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.88%) Data Centre
6 14 (3.20%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.97%) Clustering
8 7 (1.60%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.60%) iPad
8 7 (1.60%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.37%) Blockchain
9 6 (1.37%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.14%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.14%) EMC VNX
10 5 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.14%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.46%) Beowulf
11 2 (0.46%) PKI
11 2 (0.46%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.46%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 215 (49.09%) Windows
2 153 (34.93%) Windows Server
3 49 (11.19%) Windows Server 2016
4 44 (10.05%) Linux
5 34 (7.76%) Windows 10
5 34 (7.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 24 (5.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (4.11%) Mac OS
8 11 (2.51%) Apple iOS
9 7 (1.60%) Android
9 7 (1.60%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.46%) Debian
11 2 (0.46%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.46%) SUSE
11 2 (0.46%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.46%) Unix
11 2 (0.46%) VMS
11 2 (0.46%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (25.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 84 (19.18%) ITIL
3 55 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (8.45%) Customer Service
5 36 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (5.94%) Service Delivery
7 25 (5.71%) Incident Management
7 25 (5.71%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 23 (5.25%) Project Delivery
9 22 (5.02%) Migration
10 18 (4.11%) Root Cause Analysis
11 17 (3.88%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 16 (3.65%) Patch Management
13 15 (3.42%) Change Control
14 14 (3.20%) Agile
14 14 (3.20%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (3.20%) Desktop Virtualisation
14 14 (3.20%) ITSM
15 13 (2.97%) CAD
15 13 (2.97%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 65 (14.84%) SQL
2 58 (13.24%) 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 82 (18.72%) Security Cleared
2 47 (10.73%) Degree
3 46 (10.50%) Cisco Certification
4 45 (10.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 28 (6.39%) DV Cleared
6 26 (5.94%) CCNP
7 25 (5.71%) Azure Certification
8 24 (5.48%) CCNA
9 23 (5.25%) SC Cleared
10 10 (2.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 9 (2.05%) MCSE
12 6 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.14%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.14%) MCP
13 5 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.91%) CCA
14 4 (0.91%) Citrix Certification
14 4 (0.91%) MCSA
15 3 (0.68%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.68%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.20%) SLA
2 6 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.14%) NCSC
4 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.68%) NIST
6 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.23%) GDPR
6 1 (0.23%) GxP
System Software
1 171 (39.04%) Active Directory
2 121 (27.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 113 (25.80%) Hyper-V
4 27 (6.16%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (3.20%) vSphere
7 13 (2.97%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (1.60%) Docker
8 7 (1.60%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (1.37%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.37%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 5 (1.14%) XenApp
11 4 (0.91%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 3 (0.68%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.46%) Lustre
13 2 (0.46%) pfSense
13 2 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 83 (18.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (8.45%) SCCM
3 18 (4.11%) Ansible
4 11 (2.51%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (2.28%) Kubernetes
5 10 (2.28%) vCenter Server
6 9 (2.05%) Autotask
7 7 (1.60%) Microsoft Clustering
7 7 (1.60%) Terraform
8 5 (1.14%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (1.14%) Nagios
8 5 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
9 4 (0.91%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 4 (0.91%) SCDPM
10 3 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.68%) SCOM
11 2 (0.46%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.46%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.46%) WSUS
Vendors
1 236 (53.88%) Microsoft
2 159 (36.30%) VMware
3 81 (18.49%) Citrix
4 79 (18.04%) Cisco
5 70 (15.98%) Veeam
6 26 (5.94%) Sophos
7 25 (5.71%) HP
8 24 (5.48%) Juniper
8 24 (5.48%) Meraki
9 16 (3.65%) Datto
10 15 (3.42%) WatchGuard
11 14 (3.20%) Draytek
12 12 (2.74%) Aruba
13 11 (2.51%) Google
13 11 (2.51%) SolarWinds
14 10 (2.28%) Apple
14 10 (2.28%) Dell
15 9 (2.05%) ConnectWise
16 7 (1.60%) Acronis
16 7 (1.60%) EMC