First Line Engineer
UK
The median First Line Engineer salary in the UK is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 783 | 788 | 1121 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +333 | -248 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 139 | 157 | 160 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.17% | 0.093% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.14% | 0.18% | 0.097% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 135 | 146 | 142 |
| 10th Percentile | £21,000 | £21,250 | £19,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £22,875 | £23,250 | £21,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £27,000 | £25,000 | £24,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.00% | +1.01% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,750 | £27,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £36,500 | £31,250 | £29,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £26,000 | £25,000 | £23,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +8.70% | +6.98% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 102,753 | 84,908 | 164,946 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.75% | 91.21% | 95.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 72,538 | 55,143 | 85,388 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,524 | £45,000 | £42,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,296 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.37% | +5.89% |
1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
1st Line Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer.
1st Line Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
1st Line Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 |
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| UK excluding London | -62 | 115 | £26,000 | +4.00% | 39 |
| England | -21 | 104 | £25,500 | +2.00% | 40 |
| Work from Home | +27 | 32 | £27,000 | +9.09% | 8 |
| South East | -6 | 32 | £25,250 | +1.00% | 17 |
| North of England | +36 | 25 | £23,000 | -11.54% | 5 |
| London | +46 | 21 | £27,500 | -1.79% | 5 |
| North West | +3 | 19 | £23,000 | -11.54% | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 15 | £35,000 | - | 3 |
| South West | -25 | 13 | £27,000 | +8.00% | 4 |
| Scotland | -56 | 12 | £27,500 | +20.88% | 1 |
| Midlands | -57 | 9 | £25,500 | +2.00% | 6 |
| East Midlands | -50 | 6 | £25,500 | +2.00% | 4 |
| North East | - | 5 | £22,000 | - | 1 |
| Wales | - | 5 | £22,000 | - | |
| East of England | -27 | 4 | £24,750 | -1.00% | 6 |
| West Midlands | -19 | 3 | £27,500 | +13.40% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +59 | 1 | £21,500 | -21.82% | 2 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 1st 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 featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.
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1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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