2nd Line Network Engineer Jobs

Second Line Network Engineer
UK

The median Second Line Network Engineer salary in the UK is £35,000 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 860 926 1200
Rank change year-on-year +66 +274 -291
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Network Engineer 42 46 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.045% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.050% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 38 46 16
10th Percentile £25,950 £32,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £27,875 £35,000 £30,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +17.65% +4.62%
75th Percentile £38,438 - £37,500
90th Percentile £47,000 £43,750 £38,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +21.21% +1.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK

2nd Line Network Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK

2nd Line Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Network Engineer in the UK

2nd Line Network Engineer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Network Engineer within the UK 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
UK excluding London +13 42 £35,000 -12.50% 5
England +91 36 £35,000 -12.50% 5
North of England +55 17 £32,500 -18.75% 3
South East 0 11 £42,500 +19.72% 1
Yorkshire +96 9 £35,000 -17.65% 1
North West +8 7 £32,500 -18.75% 2
Wales - 6 £30,000 -
West Midlands +16 5 £26,900 -11.80%
Midlands -6 5 £26,900 -11.80%
East of England - 3 £35,000 - 1
Work from Home +65 2 £42,500 +6.25% 2
North East - 1 £29,000 -

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 2nd Line Network 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 featuring 2nd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (40.48%) Cisco
2 14 (33.33%) CCNA
2 14 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (33.33%) Firewall
3 13 (30.95%) CCNP
4 11 (26.19%) WAN
5 9 (21.43%) Windows
5 9 (21.43%) Azure
6 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
6 8 (19.05%) VoIP
6 8 (19.05%) Wireless
6 8 (19.05%) Degree
6 8 (19.05%) Computer Science
7 7 (16.67%) DHCP
7 7 (16.67%) DNS
7 7 (16.67%) BGP
8 6 (14.29%) Juniper
8 6 (14.29%) MPLS
8 6 (14.29%) VPN
8 6 (14.29%) Python
8 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
8 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
8 6 (14.29%) IPsec
8 6 (14.29%) Telecoms
8 6 (14.29%) SD-WAN
8 6 (14.29%) AWS
8 6 (14.29%) Hyper-V
8 6 (14.29%) Microsoft 365

2nd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (9.52%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Azure
2 6 (14.29%) AWS
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (11.90%) Entra ID
3 5 (11.90%) GCP
4 3 (7.14%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (33.33%) Firewall
2 11 (26.19%) WAN
3 8 (19.05%) VoIP
3 8 (19.05%) Wireless
4 7 (16.67%) BGP
4 7 (16.67%) DHCP
4 7 (16.67%) DNS
5 6 (14.29%) IPsec
5 6 (14.29%) MPLS
5 6 (14.29%) SD-WAN
5 6 (14.29%) VPN
6 5 (11.90%) ADSL
6 5 (11.90%) Broadband
6 5 (11.90%) LAN
6 5 (11.90%) PBX
6 5 (11.90%) TCP/IP
6 5 (11.90%) VLAN
7 3 (7.14%) DSL
7 3 (7.14%) LTE
7 3 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.14%) Legal
3 3 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Public Cloud
2 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.14%) Smartphone
3 2 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.43%) Windows
2 4 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.14%) Android
3 3 (7.14%) Apple iOS
3 3 (7.14%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.76%) Linux
4 2 (4.76%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (19.05%) Computer Science
1 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (9.52%) Business Continuity
2 4 (9.52%) Customer Service
2 4 (9.52%) Incident Management
3 3 (7.14%) ITIL
3 3 (7.14%) Logistics
4 2 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (4.76%) ITSM
4 2 (4.76%) Problem Management
4 2 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (4.76%) Service Management
4 2 (4.76%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (2.38%) Antivirus Management
5 1 (2.38%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (2.38%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (2.38%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (2.38%) Process Improvement
5 1 (2.38%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (2.38%) Bash
2 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (33.33%) CCNA
1 14 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (30.95%) CCNP
3 8 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (19.05%) Degree
4 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 6 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) JNCIA
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
3 3 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.38%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) Cisco
2 6 (14.29%) Juniper
3 5 (11.90%) Meraki
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.14%) Citrix
4 3 (7.14%) MikroTik
4 3 (7.14%) Ubiquiti
4 3 (7.14%) VMware
5 2 (4.76%) SonicWALL
6 1 (2.38%) Acronis
6 1 (2.38%) Draytek
6 1 (2.38%) Veeam