2nd Line Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Second Line Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Second Line Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 528 526 738
Rank change year-on-year -2 +212 -203
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 74 107 163
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.29% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.30% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 66 104 154
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,075
25th Percentile £28,000 £29,219 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year - +2.36% +13.39%
75th Percentile £38,750 £38,750 £36,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £41,825
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

2nd Line Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 2nd Line Engineer.

2nd Line Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 2nd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

2nd Line Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 15 June 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 jobs with remote work options featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 54 (72.97%) Microsoft
2 51 (68.92%) Active Directory
2 51 (68.92%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (54.05%) Azure
4 38 (51.35%) Windows
5 27 (36.49%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (36.49%) Social Skills
6 26 (35.14%) Customer Service
7 23 (31.08%) SharePoint
8 21 (28.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 20 (27.03%) VMware
10 16 (21.62%) Firewall
10 16 (21.62%) ITIL
11 15 (20.27%) Microsoft Office
11 15 (20.27%) Entra ID
11 15 (20.27%) Driving Licence
11 15 (20.27%) Windows 10
11 15 (20.27%) Windows Server
12 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (18.92%) Hyper-V
12 14 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
12 14 (18.92%) SQL Server
13 13 (17.57%) SAN
14 10 (13.51%) DNS
14 10 (13.51%) Virtual Desktop
14 10 (13.51%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (13.51%) Server Management
15 9 (12.16%) Azure Certification
15 9 (12.16%) Incident Management
15 9 (12.16%) Remote Desktop

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 27 (36.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (31.08%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.70%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (2.70%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.70%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (20.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 51 (68.92%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (54.05%) Azure
3 15 (20.27%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.70%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.35%) AWS
5 1 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.35%) GCP
5 1 (1.35%) IaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (21.62%) Firewall
2 13 (17.57%) SAN
3 10 (13.51%) DNS
4 9 (12.16%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (9.46%) DHCP
5 7 (9.46%) TCP/IP
5 7 (9.46%) VPN
6 6 (8.11%) WAN
7 5 (6.76%) LAN
7 5 (6.76%) NAS
7 5 (6.76%) VLAN
8 3 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (2.70%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (2.70%) VoIP
9 2 (2.70%) Wireless
10 1 (1.35%) HTTP
10 1 (1.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (9.46%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 27 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.51%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (10.81%) Finance
4 6 (8.11%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.05%) Law
5 3 (4.05%) Legal
6 2 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Electronics
7 1 (1.35%) Games
7 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.35%) Marketing
7 1 (1.35%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.35%) Retail
7 1 (1.35%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) XML
2 2 (2.70%) JSON
3 1 (1.35%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.35%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.27%) Driving Licence
2 8 (10.81%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (8.11%) iPad
4 3 (4.05%) Apple TV
4 3 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.35%) iPhone
6 1 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 38 (51.35%) Windows
2 15 (20.27%) Windows 10
2 15 (20.27%) Windows Server
3 4 (5.41%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (4.05%) Android
4 3 (4.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.70%) Mac OS X
5 2 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (35.14%) Customer Service
2 16 (21.62%) ITIL
3 14 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (13.51%) Server Management
5 9 (12.16%) Incident Management
6 8 (10.81%) Desktop Virtualisation
7 6 (8.11%) Line Management
8 5 (6.76%) Antivirus Management
8 5 (6.76%) Service Delivery
8 5 (6.76%) Software Deployment
8 5 (6.76%) Storage Management
8 5 (6.76%) Time Management
9 4 (5.41%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (5.41%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (5.41%) Software Testing
10 3 (4.05%) Server Virtualisation
11 2 (2.70%) Client Onboarding
11 2 (2.70%) Project Delivery
11 2 (2.70%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 2 (2.70%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.41%) SQL
3 1 (1.35%) Bicep
3 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (12.16%) Azure Certification
2 8 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.05%) CCNA
3 3 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.70%) CCNP
4 2 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.35%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.35%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.05%) SLA
System Software
1 51 (68.92%) Active Directory
2 14 (18.92%) Hyper-V
2 14 (18.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (13.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (6.76%) vSphere
5 1 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (28.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.11%) SCCM
3 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (72.97%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.03%) VMware
3 7 (9.46%) Cisco
3 7 (9.46%) Citrix
3 7 (9.46%) Veeam
4 5 (6.76%) ESET
4 5 (6.76%) Sophos
5 4 (5.41%) Apple
6 3 (4.05%) Aderant
6 3 (4.05%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (4.05%) Dell
6 3 (4.05%) iManage
6 3 (4.05%) Intapp
7 2 (2.70%) HP
7 2 (2.70%) Meraki
7 2 (2.70%) Oracle
8 1 (1.35%) Aruba
8 1 (1.35%) Commvault
8 1 (1.35%) SAP
8 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow