3rd Line Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Third Line Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Third Line Engineer salary in Work from Home is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 458 519 656
Rank change year-on-year +61 +137 -205
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 133 135 221
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.33% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.35% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 127 126 214
10th Percentile - £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,594 £39,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £56,150 £65,000 £56,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,504 38,918 68,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.05% 95.92% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 24,867 27,740 41,910
10th Percentile £33,081 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +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%

3rd Line Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

3rd Line Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer.

3rd Line Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 3rd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

3rd Line Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 19 May 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 jobs with remote work options featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 102 (76.69%) Azure
2 98 (73.68%) Microsoft
3 74 (55.64%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (54.89%) Windows
5 68 (51.13%) Active Directory
5 68 (51.13%) Social Skills
6 65 (48.87%) Hyper-V
7 64 (48.12%) VMware
8 58 (43.61%) Windows Server
9 49 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
10 45 (33.83%) ITIL
11 42 (31.58%) Firewall
12 41 (30.83%) SAN
13 39 (29.32%) Microsoft Intune
14 34 (25.56%) Driving Licence
14 34 (25.56%) SQL Server
15 33 (24.81%) Microsoft Exchange
16 32 (24.06%) Microsoft Certification
16 32 (24.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 26 (19.55%) Amazon RDS
17 26 (19.55%) Cisco
17 26 (19.55%) SharePoint
18 25 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
19 24 (18.05%) Azure Certification
19 24 (18.05%) Citrix
20 23 (17.29%) DNS
20 23 (17.29%) DHCP
20 23 (17.29%) Veeam
20 23 (17.29%) Windows Server 2016
20 23 (17.29%) Windows Server 2019

3rd 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 33 (24.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (19.55%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.51%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.75%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (9.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 102 (76.69%) Azure
2 74 (55.64%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.28%) AWS
5 8 (6.02%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.51%) Nutanix
7 5 (3.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (3.76%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.76%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.50%) IaaS
8 2 (1.50%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.75%) GCP
9 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.75%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.75%) PaaS
9 1 (0.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (31.58%) Firewall
2 41 (30.83%) SAN
3 23 (17.29%) DHCP
3 23 (17.29%) DNS
4 19 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 19 (14.29%) WAN
5 18 (13.53%) LAN
5 18 (13.53%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (10.53%) WLAN
7 13 (9.77%) Remote Desktop
7 13 (9.77%) VLAN
8 10 (7.52%) Wireless
9 8 (6.02%) VPN
10 7 (5.26%) FTP
11 6 (4.51%) NAS
12 5 (3.76%) Internet
13 3 (2.26%) VoIP
14 2 (1.50%) VSAN
15 1 (0.75%) Network Security
15 1 (0.75%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (25.56%) SQL Server
2 26 (19.55%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (5.26%) MySQL
4 2 (1.50%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (1.50%) JIRA
General
1 68 (51.13%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.78%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.02%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.51%) Games
6 5 (3.76%) Finance
7 3 (2.26%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.75%) Banking
9 1 (0.75%) Electronics
9 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.75%) Marketing
9 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 34 (25.56%) Driving Licence
2 21 (15.79%) Enterprise Storage
3 18 (13.53%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (6.77%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.26%) Client/Server
5 7 (5.26%) iPad
6 6 (4.51%) Replication
7 5 (3.76%) EMC VNX
7 5 (3.76%) Public Cloud
8 4 (3.01%) Blockchain
9 3 (2.26%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.75%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.75%) iPhone
10 1 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.75%) Smartphone
10 1 (0.75%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 73 (54.89%) Windows
2 58 (43.61%) Windows Server
3 23 (17.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 23 (17.29%) Windows Server 2019
4 18 (13.53%) Windows 10
5 15 (11.28%) Linux
6 9 (6.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.50%) Debian
8 2 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.50%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.75%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (33.83%) ITIL
2 32 (24.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (16.54%) Incident Management
5 17 (12.78%) Desktop Virtualisation
6 15 (11.28%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 10 (7.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (6.77%) Customer Service
8 9 (6.77%) Migration
8 9 (6.77%) Systems Engineering
9 8 (6.02%) Agile
9 8 (6.02%) ITSM
9 8 (6.02%) Service Delivery
10 7 (5.26%) Service Management
11 6 (4.51%) Data Loss Prevention
11 6 (4.51%) ERP
11 6 (4.51%) Escalation Management
11 6 (4.51%) Problem Management
11 6 (4.51%) Time Management
11 6 (4.51%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.28%) PowerShell
2 9 (6.77%) SQL
3 2 (1.50%) C#
4 1 (0.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (24.06%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (18.05%) Azure Certification
3 16 (12.03%) Degree
4 14 (10.53%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.52%) CCNA
5 10 (7.52%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (6.02%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (5.26%) MCSE
8 6 (4.51%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.50%) MCSA
10 1 (0.75%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.75%) CCA
10 1 (0.75%) CCDA
10 1 (0.75%) CCENT
10 1 (0.75%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.75%) HP AIS
10 1 (0.75%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.76%) SLA
2 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.75%) GDPR
3 1 (0.75%) GxP
3 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 68 (51.13%) Active Directory
2 65 (48.87%) Hyper-V
3 49 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (12.78%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (3.76%) Docker
7 3 (2.26%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.26%) vSphere
8 1 (0.75%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.75%) NFS
8 1 (0.75%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.75%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.75%) XenApp
8 1 (0.75%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 39 (29.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (13.53%) SCCM
3 6 (4.51%) vCenter Server
4 5 (3.76%) Ansible
4 5 (3.76%) EMC NetWorker
4 5 (3.76%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.76%) Nagios
4 5 (3.76%) Terraform
5 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 2 (1.50%) SCDPM
6 1 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.75%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.75%) QRadar
6 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.75%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.75%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.75%) vRealize
6 1 (0.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 64 (48.12%) VMware
3 26 (19.55%) Cisco
4 24 (18.05%) Citrix
5 23 (17.29%) Veeam
6 16 (12.03%) Meraki
7 15 (11.28%) Sophos
8 12 (9.02%) HP
9 10 (7.52%) Draytek
10 8 (6.02%) WatchGuard
11 6 (4.51%) Aruba
11 6 (4.51%) SolarWinds
12 5 (3.76%) EMC
12 5 (3.76%) Red Hat
13 3 (2.26%) ConnectWise
13 3 (2.26%) Datto
13 3 (2.26%) ESET
13 3 (2.26%) Ubiquiti
14 2 (1.50%) Fortinet
14 2 (1.50%) Symantec