3rd Line Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Third Line Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Third Line Engineer salary in Work from Home is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 529 662
Rank change year-on-year +66 +133 -184
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 137 120 234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.31% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.32% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 130 114 224
10th Percentile - £36,475 £32,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,688 £39,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £49,125 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.66% +9.17% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £56,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,025 £65,000 £55,175
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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,479 36,977 72,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 95.95% 97.33%
Number of salaries quoted 25,508 26,851 42,434
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

3rd Line Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

3rd Line Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 3rd Line Engineer.

3rd Line Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 3rd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

3rd Line Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 2 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 jobs with remote work options featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 102 (74.45%) Azure
2 97 (70.80%) Microsoft
3 77 (56.20%) Windows
4 75 (54.74%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (51.09%) VMware
6 68 (49.64%) Social Skills
7 67 (48.91%) Active Directory
7 67 (48.91%) Hyper-V
8 62 (45.26%) Windows Server
9 54 (39.42%) VMware Infrastructure
10 44 (32.12%) Firewall
10 44 (32.12%) ITIL
11 42 (30.66%) SAN
12 38 (27.74%) Microsoft Intune
13 34 (24.82%) Driving Licence
13 34 (24.82%) Microsoft Exchange
14 33 (24.09%) Microsoft Certification
15 31 (22.63%) SQL Server
15 31 (22.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 29 (21.17%) SharePoint
17 26 (18.98%) Cisco
18 25 (18.25%) Citrix
18 25 (18.25%) Amazon RDS
18 25 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
19 24 (17.52%) Veeam
20 23 (16.79%) Incident Management
20 23 (16.79%) Windows Server 2016
20 23 (16.79%) Windows Server 2019
21 22 (16.06%) DNS
21 22 (16.06%) DHCP

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 34 (24.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (21.17%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.38%) Exchange Server 2000
4 2 (1.46%) IIS
5 1 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.73%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.73%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 102 (74.45%) Azure
2 75 (54.74%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (15.33%) Entra ID
4 15 (10.95%) AWS
5 8 (5.84%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.38%) Nutanix
7 5 (3.65%) OpenShift
8 3 (2.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.19%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.46%) IaaS
9 2 (1.46%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.73%) GCP
10 1 (0.73%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.73%) PaaS
10 1 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (32.12%) Firewall
2 42 (30.66%) SAN
3 22 (16.06%) DHCP
3 22 (16.06%) DNS
4 20 (14.60%) TCP/IP
4 20 (14.60%) WAN
5 19 (13.87%) LAN
6 18 (13.14%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (10.22%) WLAN
8 13 (9.49%) VLAN
9 12 (8.76%) Remote Desktop
10 11 (8.03%) Wireless
11 8 (5.84%) VPN
12 7 (5.11%) FTP
13 6 (4.38%) NAS
14 5 (3.65%) Internet
15 3 (2.19%) VoIP
16 2 (1.46%) VSAN
17 1 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
17 1 (0.73%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (22.63%) SQL Server
2 25 (18.25%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (5.11%) MySQL
4 2 (1.46%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (1.46%) JIRA
General
1 68 (49.64%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.95%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.84%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.38%) Games
6 5 (3.65%) Finance
7 3 (2.19%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.73%) Banking
9 1 (0.73%) Electronics
9 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.73%) Marketing
9 1 (0.73%) Military
9 1 (0.73%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.19%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (24.82%) Driving Licence
2 21 (15.33%) Enterprise Storage
3 18 (13.14%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (6.57%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.11%) Client/Server
5 7 (5.11%) iPad
6 6 (4.38%) Replication
7 5 (3.65%) EMC VNX
7 5 (3.65%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.92%) Blockchain
8 4 (2.92%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.73%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.73%) iPhone
9 1 (0.73%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.73%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.73%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.73%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 77 (56.20%) Windows
2 62 (45.26%) Windows Server
3 23 (16.79%) Windows Server 2016
3 23 (16.79%) Windows Server 2019
4 17 (12.41%) Windows 10
5 15 (10.95%) Linux
6 8 (5.84%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.19%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.46%) Debian
8 2 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.46%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.46%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.73%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.73%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (32.12%) ITIL
2 31 (22.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (16.79%) Incident Management
5 15 (10.95%) Desktop Virtualisation
5 15 (10.95%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 10 (7.30%) Customer Service
6 10 (7.30%) Root Cause Analysis
7 9 (6.57%) Systems Engineering
8 8 (5.84%) Agile
8 8 (5.84%) ITSM
8 8 (5.84%) Migration
8 8 (5.84%) Service Delivery
9 7 (5.11%) Service Management
10 6 (4.38%) ERP
10 6 (4.38%) Problem Management
10 6 (4.38%) Server Management
10 6 (4.38%) Service Desk Management
10 6 (4.38%) Time Management
10 6 (4.38%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.95%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.03%) SQL
3 2 (1.46%) C#
4 1 (0.73%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (24.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (14.60%) Azure Certification
3 14 (10.22%) Degree
3 14 (10.22%) Security Cleared
4 10 (7.30%) CCNA
4 10 (7.30%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (5.84%) SC Cleared
6 7 (5.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (5.11%) MCSE
7 6 (4.38%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.19%) MCSA
9 2 (1.46%) CCA
9 2 (1.46%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.73%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.73%) CCDA
10 1 (0.73%) CCENT
10 1 (0.73%) HP AIS
10 1 (0.73%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.38%) SLA
2 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.73%) GDPR
3 1 (0.73%) GxP
3 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.73%) NIST
System Software
1 67 (48.91%) Active Directory
1 67 (48.91%) Hyper-V
2 54 (39.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (13.14%) VMware ESXi
4 7 (5.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.65%) Docker
5 5 (3.65%) vSphere
6 3 (2.19%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.46%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.73%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.73%) NFS
8 1 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.73%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.73%) XenApp
8 1 (0.73%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (27.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (13.14%) SCCM
3 8 (5.84%) vCenter Server
4 5 (3.65%) Ansible
4 5 (3.65%) EMC NetWorker
4 5 (3.65%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.65%) Nagios
5 3 (2.19%) Terraform
6 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (1.46%) SCDPM
7 1 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.73%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.73%) QRadar
7 1 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.73%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.73%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.73%) vRealize
7 1 (0.73%) WSUS
Vendors
1 97 (70.80%) Microsoft
2 70 (51.09%) VMware
3 26 (18.98%) Cisco
4 25 (18.25%) Citrix
5 24 (17.52%) Veeam
6 16 (11.68%) Meraki
7 14 (10.22%) Sophos
8 12 (8.76%) HP
9 10 (7.30%) Draytek
10 8 (5.84%) WatchGuard
11 6 (4.38%) SolarWinds
12 5 (3.65%) Aruba
12 5 (3.65%) EMC
12 5 (3.65%) Red Hat
13 3 (2.19%) ConnectWise
13 3 (2.19%) Datto
13 3 (2.19%) ESET
13 3 (2.19%) Ubiquiti
14 2 (1.46%) Fortinet
14 2 (1.46%) Symantec