2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the South East

Second Line Engineer
England > South East

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the South East is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 244 376
Rank change year-on-year -50 +132 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 99 174 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.59% 1.17% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 1.29% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 99 160 101
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +12.73% -5.01%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,288 £32,000
90th Percentile £39,000 £39,000 £33,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,671 13,511 19,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.53% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,327 8,466 12,622
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
Thames Valley -27 41 £32,500 +4.84% 9
Hampshire -42 18 £30,000 -1.32% 8
Buckinghamshire -35 16 £35,000 +16.67% 3
West Sussex +48 15 £30,000 -6.25% 5
Berkshire +15 15 £30,000 +4.80% 1
Kent +2 12 £41,250 +21.32% 6
Oxfordshire -7 10 £32,000 +1.59% 5
Surrey -7 9 £28,000 -20.00% 2
East Sussex +19 2 £29,000 -6.45% 1
Sussex - 1 £30,000 -
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 4 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 South East region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 68 (68.69%) Windows
2 66 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 59 (59.60%) Active Directory
4 55 (55.56%) Microsoft
5 41 (41.41%) Azure
6 34 (34.34%) Windows Server
7 29 (29.29%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (23.23%) Social Skills
9 22 (22.22%) VMware
10 21 (21.21%) SharePoint
10 21 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
11 20 (20.20%) Entra ID
11 20 (20.20%) Windows 10
12 19 (19.19%) Hyper-V
12 19 (19.19%) Microsoft Exchange
13 18 (18.18%) Firewall
14 16 (16.16%) Citrix
15 15 (15.15%) Android
15 15 (15.15%) Customer Service
16 13 (13.13%) OneDrive
16 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Office
16 13 (13.13%) ITIL
17 12 (12.12%) Telecoms
17 12 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 11 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
18 11 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
18 11 (11.11%) Apple iOS
18 11 (11.11%) Incident Management
18 11 (11.11%) Change Management
18 11 (11.11%) Linux

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 21 (21.21%) SharePoint
2 19 (19.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.01%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 66 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (41.41%) Azure
3 20 (20.20%) Entra ID
4 13 (13.13%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.02%) AWS
5 2 (2.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.18%) Firewall
2 9 (9.09%) DHCP
2 9 (9.09%) DNS
2 9 (9.09%) VLAN
2 9 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (5.05%) 4G
3 5 (5.05%) DSL
3 5 (5.05%) LTE
3 5 (5.05%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.03%) Network Security
4 3 (3.03%) VoIP
4 3 (3.03%) WAN
4 3 (3.03%) Wireless
5 2 (2.02%) Internet
5 2 (2.02%) LAN
6 1 (1.01%) Broadband
6 1 (1.01%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.01%) IPsec
6 1 (1.01%) SSL
6 1 (1.01%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 23 (23.23%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.12%) Telecoms
3 10 (10.10%) Legal
3 10 (10.10%) Manufacturing
4 5 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.05%) Law
5 3 (3.03%) Finance
5 3 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.01%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.10%) Smartphone
2 3 (3.03%) Apple TV
2 3 (3.03%) Driving Licence
2 3 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.01%) BYOD
3 1 (1.01%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.01%) EMC VNX
3 1 (1.01%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.01%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 68 (68.69%) Windows
2 34 (34.34%) Windows Server
3 20 (20.20%) Windows 10
4 15 (15.15%) Android
5 11 (11.11%) Apple iOS
5 11 (11.11%) Linux
6 7 (7.07%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.01%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.01%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (1.01%) Windows NT
7 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.01%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.29%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (15.15%) Customer Service
3 13 (13.13%) ITIL
4 12 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (11.11%) Change Management
5 11 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 10 (10.10%) Logistics
6 10 (10.10%) Problem Management
7 9 (9.09%) Service Delivery
8 6 (6.06%) Data Protection
8 6 (6.06%) ITSM
9 5 (5.05%) Antivirus Management
10 3 (3.03%) Computer Science
10 3 (3.03%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (3.03%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 2 (2.02%) Cybersecurity
11 2 (2.02%) Server Management
11 2 (2.02%) Service Management
11 2 (2.02%) Software Deployment
12 1 (1.01%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.04%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.02%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (10.10%) SC Cleared
1 10 (10.10%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.04%) A+ Certification
4 3 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.03%) DBS Check
4 3 (3.03%) Degree
4 3 (3.03%) MCP
5 2 (2.02%) CCNA
5 2 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.05%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (59.60%) Active Directory
2 21 (21.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (19.19%) Hyper-V
4 10 (10.10%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.03%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (3.03%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (10.10%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.01%) Dell DRAC
3 1 (1.01%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (1.01%) Nagios
Vendors
1 55 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 22 (22.22%) VMware
3 16 (16.16%) Citrix
4 6 (6.06%) Apple
5 5 (5.05%) HP
6 4 (4.04%) Dell
7 3 (3.03%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (3.03%) Cisco
7 3 (3.03%) MikroTik
7 3 (3.03%) Ubiquiti
8 2 (2.02%) Veeam
9 1 (1.01%) Acronis
9 1 (1.01%) Brocade
9 1 (1.01%) EMC
9 1 (1.01%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.01%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.01%) WatchGuard