1st Line Engineer Job Trends in Basingstoke

First Line Engineer
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median First Line Engineer salary in Basingstoke is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 49 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 0.20% 0.35% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £26,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% - -
Hampshire median annual salary £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +13.21% -3.64% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 454 262 453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 92.91% 97.21%
Number of salaries quoted 360 230 318
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,636 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.25% -3.94% +20.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,275 £85,750
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.80% -1.90% -4.55%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

1st Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

1st Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Basingstoke

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 26 September 2026, 1st Line Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Basingstoke region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft