3rd Line Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Third Line Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 235 254
Rank change year-on-year +57 +19 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 66 28 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.98% 0.46% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.04% 0.51% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 65 26 26
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,875 £35,400 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £37,700 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% -11.29% -8.11%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,094 £46,875
90th Percentile £49,000 £70,625 £53,750
South East median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £38,750
% change year-on-year -1.18% +9.68% -3.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,375 5,511 6,700
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.87% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,546 3,216 4,203
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,977 £28,800
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,463 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the Thames Valley

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the Thames Valley

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the Thames Valley

3rd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Oxfordshire +60 46 £42,000 +20.00% 7
Berkshire +20 12 £38,750 +9.46% 2
Buckinghamshire -17 8 £48,750 -9.30% 1
3rd Line Engineer
South East

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 3rd 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 Thames Valley region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 51 (77.27%) Firewall
2 48 (72.73%) Windows
3 41 (62.12%) Microsoft
3 41 (62.12%) VMware
3 41 (62.12%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (59.09%) VMware Infrastructure
5 36 (54.55%) SQL
6 33 (50.00%) SQL Server
7 31 (46.97%) Citrix
8 30 (45.45%) Veeam
9 25 (37.88%) Active Directory
10 22 (33.33%) Degree
11 20 (30.30%) Microsoft Exchange
12 19 (28.79%) Azure
12 19 (28.79%) Windows Server
12 19 (28.79%) Social Skills
13 18 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (25.76%) Replication
14 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Excel
14 17 (25.76%) SharePoint
14 17 (25.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 16 (24.24%) OneDrive
15 16 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
16 13 (19.70%) Change Control
16 13 (19.70%) Documentation Skills
16 13 (19.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 12 (18.18%) Security Cleared
18 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
18 11 (16.67%) Law
19 9 (13.64%) Entra ID

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 20 (30.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (25.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (25.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 41 (62.12%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (28.79%) Azure
3 16 (24.24%) OneDrive
4 9 (13.64%) Entra ID
5 6 (9.09%) AWS
6 3 (4.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Stack
6 3 (4.55%) Azure Storage
7 2 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 51 (77.27%) Firewall
2 18 (27.27%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (13.64%) DNS
4 8 (12.12%) DHCP
4 8 (12.12%) TCP/IP
5 7 (10.61%) VPN
6 6 (9.09%) NAS
6 6 (9.09%) SAN
6 6 (9.09%) VLAN
7 4 (6.06%) BGP
7 4 (6.06%) LAN
7 4 (6.06%) OSPF
7 4 (6.06%) WAN
8 3 (4.55%) Network Security
9 2 (3.03%) HSRP
9 2 (3.03%) IPsec
9 2 (3.03%) SD-WAN
9 2 (3.03%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 19 (28.79%) Social Skills
2 13 (19.70%) Documentation Skills
3 11 (16.67%) Law
4 6 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Games
5 3 (4.55%) Retail
6 2 (3.03%) Finance
6 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.55%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 17 (25.76%) Replication
2 3 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (72.73%) Windows
2 19 (28.79%) Windows Server
3 6 (9.09%) Linux
4 2 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.52%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.76%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 16 (24.24%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (19.70%) Change Control
3 13 (19.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (4.55%) Analytics
5 3 (4.55%) Business Continuity
5 3 (4.55%) Cost Management
5 3 (4.55%) Customer Service
5 3 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (4.55%) Identity Management
5 3 (4.55%) IT Strategy
5 3 (4.55%) Log Analytics
5 3 (4.55%) Network Virtualisation
6 2 (3.03%) Biomedicine
6 2 (3.03%) Biotechnology
6 2 (3.03%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (3.03%) Server Building
6 2 (3.03%) Virtual Environments
6 2 (3.03%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (54.55%) SQL
2 3 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (33.33%) Degree
2 12 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 9 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (10.61%) CCNA
5 6 (9.09%) MCSE
5 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (6.06%) SC Cleared
7 3 (4.55%) MCP
8 2 (3.03%) CCNP
8 2 (3.03%) DV Cleared
9 1 (1.52%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 39 (59.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (37.88%) Active Directory
3 9 (13.64%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.06%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.03%) SCCM
Vendors
1 41 (62.12%) Microsoft
1 41 (62.12%) VMware
2 31 (46.97%) Citrix
3 30 (45.45%) Veeam
4 7 (10.61%) Cisco
5 4 (6.06%) Juniper
6 3 (4.55%) Datto
6 3 (4.55%) Sophos
6 3 (4.55%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.52%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.52%) Dell
7 1 (1.52%) HP
22 3rd Line Engineer jobs in the South East