3rd Line Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Third Line Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 246 253
Rank change year-on-year +48 +7 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 48 15 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.71% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.28% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 48 13 17
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,080 £34,250
25th Percentile £39,188 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £35,400 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -16.71% +0.59%
75th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £48,750
90th Percentile - £49,500 £53,750
South East median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +23.08% -7.80%

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 6,361 5,393 6,664
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 89.81% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,463 3,160 4,121
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

3rd Line Support 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 Support Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 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
Oxfordshire +50 44 £42,000 +12.00% 6
Berkshire +13 2 £37,700 +6.50% 3
Buckinghamshire -18 2 £45,000 +24.14%
3rd Line Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Thames Valley region featuring 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (89.58%) Firewall
2 39 (81.25%) VMware
2 39 (81.25%) Windows
3 38 (79.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (75.00%) Microsoft
5 33 (68.75%) SQL
6 31 (64.58%) SQL Server
6 31 (64.58%) Citrix
7 30 (62.50%) Veeam
8 22 (45.83%) Degree
9 19 (39.58%) Microsoft Exchange
9 19 (39.58%) Social Skills
10 17 (35.42%) Microsoft Excel
10 17 (35.42%) Replication
11 16 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (33.33%) Active Directory
11 16 (33.33%) Windows Server
12 14 (29.17%) Multi-Factor Authentication
12 14 (29.17%) SharePoint
12 14 (29.17%) OneDrive
13 13 (27.08%) Change Control
13 13 (27.08%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (22.92%) Azure
14 11 (22.92%) Law
14 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Office
15 8 (16.67%) Hyper-V
16 7 (14.58%) DHCP
16 7 (14.58%) CCNA

3rd Line Support 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 19 (39.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (29.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (35.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (22.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (29.17%) OneDrive
3 11 (22.92%) Azure
4 6 (12.50%) AWS
5 3 (6.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 43 (89.58%) Firewall
2 16 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (14.58%) DHCP
3 7 (14.58%) DNS
4 6 (12.50%) NAS
4 6 (12.50%) SAN
4 6 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 6 (12.50%) VLAN
5 3 (6.25%) LAN
5 3 (6.25%) WAN
6 2 (4.17%) VPN
7 1 (2.08%) BGP
7 1 (2.08%) IPsec
7 1 (2.08%) OSPF
7 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.08%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (64.58%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.08%) Documentation Skills
3 11 (22.92%) Law
4 6 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.25%) Games
5 3 (6.25%) Retail
6 2 (4.17%) Finance
6 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 17 (35.42%) Replication
2 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 39 (81.25%) Windows
2 16 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (29.17%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 13 (27.08%) Change Control
4 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (6.25%) Customer Service
6 3 (6.25%) IT Strategy
7 2 (4.17%) Biomedicine
7 2 (4.17%) Biotechnology
7 2 (4.17%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (4.17%) Server Building
7 2 (4.17%) Virtual Environments
7 2 (4.17%) Wealth Management
8 1 (2.08%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 33 (68.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (45.83%) Degree
2 7 (14.58%) CCNA
2 7 (14.58%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (12.50%) MCSE
3 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.25%) MCP
5 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.08%) JNCIA
6 1 (2.08%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.08%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 38 (79.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 8 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 39 (81.25%) VMware
2 36 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 31 (64.58%) Citrix
4 30 (62.50%) Veeam
5 3 (6.25%) Datto
5 3 (6.25%) Sophos
5 3 (6.25%) WatchGuard
6 1 (2.08%) Juniper