1st Line Engineer Jobs in the North of England

First Line Engineer
England > North of England

The median First Line Engineer salary in the North of England is £23,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 May 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
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 367 416 432
Rank change year-on-year +49 +16 -64
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 25 16 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.14% 0.096% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.11% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 18
10th Percentile - £22,000 -
25th Percentile £21,000 £23,972 £19,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,000 £26,000 £21,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +19.54% +8.75%
75th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £25,188
90th Percentile - - £28,975
England median annual salary £25,500 £25,750 £24,250
% change year-on-year -0.97% +6.19% +10.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,160 14,889 17,534
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 89.43% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13,252 8,066 10,891
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in the North of England

1st Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for 1st Line Engineer in the North of England

1st Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Engineer in the North of England

1st Line Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 26 May 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 West +19 19 £23,000 -11.54% 5
North East - 5 £22,000 -
Yorkshire +66 1 £21,500 -19.63% 2
1st Line Engineer
England

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 26 May 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 across the North of England region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (84.00%) Active Directory
2 20 (80.00%) Windows
3 14 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
5 9 (36.00%) VoIP
5 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
6 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
7 7 (28.00%) Retail
8 6 (24.00%) Apple
8 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (20.00%) ITIL
9 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
10 4 (16.00%) DBS Check
10 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (16.00%) Windows Server
10 4 (16.00%) VPN
10 4 (16.00%) Linux
10 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (16.00%) SQL
10 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (16.00%) Finance
10 4 (16.00%) Software Testing
10 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
10 4 (16.00%) Debian
11 3 (12.00%) Driving Licence
12 2 (8.00%) Azure
12 2 (8.00%) SLA
12 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (4.00%) Intranet
13 1 (4.00%) Citrix

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (56.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) VoIP
2 4 (16.00%) VPN
3 1 (4.00%) Intranet
3 1 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Retail
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.00%) Law
4 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 20 (80.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 4 (16.00%) Debian
3 4 (16.00%) Linux
3 4 (16.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (44.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.00%) ITIL
4 4 (16.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (4.00%) Break/Fix
5 1 (4.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.00%) DevOps
5 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (84.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (24.00%) Apple
3 1 (4.00%) Citrix
3 1 (4.00%) VMware