2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the South West

Second Line Engineer
England > South West

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the South West is £32,500 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 238 207 229
Rank change year-on-year -31 +22 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 57 62 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.57% 0.94% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 1.06% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 51 59 50
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £30,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.16% +23.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £34,875
90th Percentile - £43,375 £38,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,582 5,850 8,093
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 88.91% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,009 3,668 5,118
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,150
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,879 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,050 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South West

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South West

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the South West

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region 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
Dorset -31 18 £37,000 -1.33% 3
Devon -2 11 £29,000 -10.08% 3
Cornwall - 7 £28,500 - 1
Somerset +5 6 £29,000 -12.78% 1
Bristol -6 6 £31,500 +4.13% 6
Wiltshire -25 6 £31,750 -9.29% 4
Gloucestershire -25 3 £31,000 +29.17% 1
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 1 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 South West region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 48 (84.21%) Active Directory
2 44 (77.19%) Microsoft
3 42 (73.68%) Windows
4 34 (59.65%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (52.63%) Azure
6 27 (47.37%) Windows Server
7 23 (40.35%) VMware
7 23 (40.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 20 (35.09%) Hyper-V
8 20 (35.09%) Customer Service
9 19 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
10 18 (31.58%) SC Cleared
10 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
10 18 (31.58%) AWS
10 18 (31.58%) Google
10 18 (31.58%) GCP
11 17 (29.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
12 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Intune
13 13 (22.81%) SharePoint
14 12 (21.05%) A+ Certification
14 12 (21.05%) DBS Check
15 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
15 11 (19.30%) Degree
16 10 (17.54%) Computer Science
16 10 (17.54%) Network Security
16 10 (17.54%) Mac OS
16 10 (17.54%) MCP
16 10 (17.54%) LAN

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 23 (40.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (22.81%) SharePoint
3 7 (12.28%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (12.28%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (59.65%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (52.63%) Azure
3 18 (31.58%) AWS
3 18 (31.58%) GCP
4 5 (8.77%) Entra ID
5 4 (7.02%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (17.54%) LAN
1 10 (17.54%) Network Security
1 10 (17.54%) WAN
2 9 (15.79%) Firewall
3 8 (14.04%) DNS
4 6 (10.53%) DHCP
5 4 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (5.26%) IPsec
6 3 (5.26%) VLAN
6 3 (5.26%) VPN
7 2 (3.51%) TCP/IP
8 1 (1.75%) IPv4
8 1 (1.75%) Unified Communications
Development Applications
1 1 (1.75%) JIRA
General
1 15 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.75%) Marketing
4 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Onboarding
2 4 (7.02%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.75%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 42 (73.68%) Windows
2 27 (47.37%) Windows Server
3 10 (17.54%) Mac OS
4 4 (7.02%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.09%) Customer Service
2 15 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (17.54%) Computer Science
4 7 (12.28%) Mobile Device Management
4 7 (12.28%) Server Virtualisation
5 5 (8.77%) Mentoring
6 4 (7.02%) ITIL
7 2 (3.51%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (3.51%) Data Security
7 2 (3.51%) High Availability
8 1 (1.75%) Agile
8 1 (1.75%) Break/Fix
8 1 (1.75%) Customer Experience
8 1 (1.75%) Identity Management
8 1 (1.75%) Patch Management
8 1 (1.75%) Problem Management
8 1 (1.75%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (1.75%) Runbook
8 1 (1.75%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 18 (31.58%) SC Cleared
1 18 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 17 (29.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (21.05%) A+ Certification
3 12 (21.05%) DBS Check
4 11 (19.30%) Degree
5 10 (17.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (17.54%) MCP
6 7 (12.28%) MCITP
6 7 (12.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 48 (84.21%) Active Directory
2 20 (35.09%) Hyper-V
3 19 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (12.28%) XenDesktop
5 4 (7.02%) XenApp
6 3 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (15.79%) SCCM
3 1 (1.75%) Opsgenie
3 1 (1.75%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (77.19%) Microsoft
2 23 (40.35%) VMware
3 18 (31.58%) Google
4 8 (14.04%) Citrix
5 7 (12.28%) Cisco
5 7 (12.28%) Dell
5 7 (12.28%) HP
5 7 (12.28%) Symantec
6 1 (1.75%) AppDynamics
6 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow