3rd Line Support Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Third Line Support Engineer
England > North of England

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in the North of England is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 405 431
Rank change year-on-year +53 +26 -121
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 40 38 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.23% 0.22% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.24% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 39 38 17
10th Percentile - £31,250 £30,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,250 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -2.42% -6.25%
75th Percentile £40,625 £49,688 £45,000
90th Percentile £47,550 £58,750 £47,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,580 £40,000
% change year-on-year -3.80% +3.95% -

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 16,439 15,644 17,375
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.43% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,717 8,302 11,128
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £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 £68,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in the North of England

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in the North of England

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support Engineer in the North of England

3rd Line Support 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 3rd Line Support Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 3 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 East +16 24 £32,500 -5.11% 4
Yorkshire +78 8 £40,000 -11.11% 1
North West -10 8 £42,250 +4.32% 6
3rd Line Support Engineer
England

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 3rd Line Support 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 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (77.50%) Active Directory
2 28 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 26 (65.00%) Azure
4 25 (62.50%) Social Skills
5 24 (60.00%) Driving Licence
6 23 (57.50%) Enterprise Storage
6 23 (57.50%) ITIL
7 22 (55.00%) SAN
7 22 (55.00%) Hyper-V
8 21 (52.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (50.00%) SQL Server
10 19 (47.50%) Incident Management
11 17 (42.50%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (42.50%) Azure Certification
11 17 (42.50%) Desktop Virtualisation
12 15 (37.50%) VMware
13 13 (32.50%) Windows
14 12 (30.00%) Windows Server
14 12 (30.00%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (27.50%) VMware Infrastructure
16 10 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
17 9 (22.50%) Cisco
18 8 (20.00%) Firewall
19 7 (17.50%) HP
19 7 (17.50%) Customer Service
20 6 (15.00%) Data Centre
20 6 (15.00%) vSphere
21 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
21 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
21 5 (12.50%) Sophos

3rd Line Support 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 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (65.00%) Azure
2 10 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.50%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 22 (55.00%) SAN
2 8 (20.00%) Firewall
3 5 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (10.00%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (10.00%) VSAN
5 3 (7.50%) Internet
5 3 (7.50%) VoIP
5 3 (7.50%) Wireless
6 2 (5.00%) LAN
7 1 (2.50%) DHCP
7 1 (2.50%) DNS
7 1 (2.50%) iSCSI
7 1 (2.50%) NetScaler
7 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.50%) WAN
7 1 (2.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 12 (30.00%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 25 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 17 (42.50%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.50%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 24 (60.00%) Driving Licence
2 23 (57.50%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (15.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.50%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 13 (32.50%) Windows
2 12 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (7.50%) Linux
5 2 (5.00%) Ubuntu
5 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (5.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (57.50%) ITIL
2 19 (47.50%) Incident Management
3 17 (42.50%) Desktop Virtualisation
4 7 (17.50%) Customer Service
5 4 (10.00%) Cloud Security
5 4 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
6 3 (7.50%) Data Privacy
6 3 (7.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 2 (5.00%) Agile
7 2 (5.00%) DevOps
7 2 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.00%) Storage Management
7 2 (5.00%) Zero Trust
8 1 (2.50%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 1 (2.50%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (2.50%) High Availability
8 1 (2.50%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (2.50%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (52.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (42.50%) Azure Certification
3 2 (5.00%) CCNA
3 2 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.00%) MCSA
4 1 (2.50%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.50%) CCENT
4 1 (2.50%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (77.50%) Active Directory
2 22 (55.00%) Hyper-V
3 11 (27.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (15.00%) vSphere
5 3 (7.50%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (2.50%) VMware Server
6 1 (2.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 28 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (37.50%) VMware
3 9 (22.50%) Cisco
4 7 (17.50%) HP
5 5 (12.50%) Sophos
5 5 (12.50%) Veeam
6 4 (10.00%) Citrix
6 4 (10.00%) Dell
6 4 (10.00%) NetApp
7 3 (7.50%) ConnectWise
7 3 (7.50%) Datto
7 3 (7.50%) Draytek
7 3 (7.50%) ESET
7 3 (7.50%) Ubiquiti
8 1 (2.50%) Zerto