2nd Line Engineer Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Second Line Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Bedfordshire is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 60 41
Rank change year-on-year +22 -19 -
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.25% 0.27% 1.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.32% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £32,500 £29,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £33,250 £33,750 £35,250
90th Percentile - - £35,325
East of England median annual salary £33,500 £32,500 £29,621
% change year-on-year +3.08% +9.72% -10.91%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 355 313 390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.01% 84.14% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 226 136 305
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,225 £25,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £41,038 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% -13.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £54,625 £62,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £88,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +10.20% -10.91%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

2nd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 20 March 2026, 2nd 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 Bedfordshire region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Freshdesk
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Freshdesk
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow