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 28 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 28 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 772 | 794 | 1078 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | +284 | -237 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 142 | 158 | 159 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.16% | 0.095% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.18% | 0.099% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 138 | 148 | 140 |
| 10th Percentile | £21,000 | £21,775 | £19,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £23,000 | £23,500 | £21,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £27,000 | £25,000 | £24,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.00% | +2.04% | +11.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,750 | £27,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £36,500 | £31,150 | £29,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £25,750 | £25,000 | £22,750 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.00% | +9.89% | +4.60% |
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 | 97,260 | 88,990 | 160,374 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.78% | 91.41% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 69,382 | 56,369 | 85,188 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,663 |
| 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 | £50,173 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.63% | +5.63% |
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 28 May 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 28 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 |
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| UK excluding London | -22 | 118 | £25,750 | +3.00% | 39 |
| England | +27 | 106 | £25,500 | -0.97% | 42 |
| Work from Home | +41 | 35 | £27,000 | +8.00% | 8 |
| South East | +2 | 32 | £25,250 | +1.00% | 14 |
| North of England | +57 | 25 | £23,000 | -11.54% | 6 |
| London | +129 | 21 | £27,500 | -1.79% | 8 |
| North West | +17 | 19 | £23,000 | -11.54% | 5 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 16 | £35,000 | - | 2 |
| South West | -23 | 13 | £27,000 | +3.85% | 5 |
| Midlands | -30 | 12 | £25,500 | +2.00% | 7 |
| Scotland | -49 | 12 | £27,500 | +20.88% | 2 |
| East Midlands | -34 | 6 | £25,500 | +2.00% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +3 | 5 | £24,732 | +1.99% | 2 |
| North East | - | 5 | £22,000 | - | |
| Wales | - | 5 | £22,000 | - | 1 |
| East of England | -20 | 3 | £25,500 | +2.00% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +72 | 1 | £21,500 | -19.63% | 1 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 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 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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