2nd Line Engineer Jobs in Kent

Second Line Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Kent is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 93 97
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 11 6 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.73% 0.53% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.62% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 22
10th Percentile - £28,000 £21,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £34,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +6.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £47,000 £39,188 -
90th Percentile £50,000 £40,250 -
South East median annual salary £30,250 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -3.97% +14.55% -4.01%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,391 963 1,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 85.68% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,029 531 727
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £33,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,400 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Kent

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Kent.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Kent

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Kent over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in Kent

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 10 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
Canterbury - 6 £44,000 -
Dartford -8 4 £28,000 -27.27% 3
Tonbridge - 1 £28,000 -
2nd Line Engineer
South East

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 Kent region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
3 4 (36.36%) ITIL
4 3 (27.27%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (27.27%) MikroTik
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
5 1 (9.09%) Azure
5 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
5 1 (9.09%) Windows
5 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (9.09%) LAN
5 1 (9.09%) VoIP
5 1 (9.09%) WAN
5 1 (9.09%) VPN
5 1 (9.09%) VLAN
5 1 (9.09%) Android
5 1 (9.09%) Firewall
5 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) LAN
1 1 (9.09%) VLAN
1 1 (9.09%) VoIP
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
1 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (54.55%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
1 1 (9.09%) Apple iOS
1 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
1 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) MikroTik
2 3 (27.27%) Ubiquiti