3rd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in Berkshire

Third Line Support Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in Berkshire is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 - 122
Rank change year-on-year - - +62
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 2 0 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.10% - 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 24
10th Percentile - - £34,475
25th Percentile - - £35,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £51,125
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.29%
75th Percentile - - £55,381
90th Percentile - - £56,525
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% +5.00% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,787 2,236 1,825
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.98% 95.47% 93.21%
Number of salaries quoted 776 1,213 1,241
10th Percentile £27,800 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £45,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% -7.56%
75th Percentile £68,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Berkshire

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Berkshire

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, 3rd Line Support 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 Berkshire region featuring 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft