1st Line Engineer Jobs in the North West

First Line Engineer
England > North West

The median First Line Engineer salary in the North West is £23,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 285 318
Rank change year-on-year +11 +33 -
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 19 12 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 0.15% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 19 11 12
10th Percentile £21,000 £23,000 -
25th Percentile £21,625 £23,472 £19,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,000 £25,500 £22,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £26,375 £27,500 £25,375
90th Percentile £27,300 £28,750 £29,425
England median annual salary £25,000 £25,250 £23,500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +7.45% +6.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,135 7,168 9,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 89.18% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7,031 4,138 5,506
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,650 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in the North West

1st Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Engineer in the North West

1st Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Engineer in the North West

1st Line Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Lancashire 0 10 £22,826 -1.59%
Manchester +36 6 £24,250 -4.90%
Cheshire -10 3 £26,000 - 2
1st Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 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 West region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (84.21%) Active Directory
2 14 (73.68%) Windows
3 9 (47.37%) Customer Service
3 9 (47.37%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
4 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
5 6 (31.58%) Retail
6 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (21.05%) VoIP
7 4 (21.05%) VPN
7 4 (21.05%) Linux
7 4 (21.05%) SQL
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (21.05%) Finance
7 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
7 4 (21.05%) Debian
7 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
7 4 (21.05%) DBS Check
7 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
8 3 (15.79%) Windows 10
8 3 (15.79%) ITIL
9 2 (10.53%) Law
9 2 (10.53%) Citrix
9 2 (10.53%) VMware
9 2 (10.53%) DevOps
9 2 (10.53%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
10 1 (5.26%) Windows Server

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) VoIP
1 4 (21.05%) VPN
2 1 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Retail
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Manufacturing
4 2 (10.53%) Law
5 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Debian
2 4 (21.05%) Linux
3 3 (15.79%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Customer Service
2 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL
4 2 (10.53%) DevOps
4 2 (10.53%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 1 (5.26%) Break/Fix
5 1 (5.26%) Data Protection
5 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (84.21%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) Citrix
2 2 (10.53%) VMware
3 1 (5.26%) Apple