3rd Line Support Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Third Line Support Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in Bristol is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 July 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 154 -
Rank change year-on-year +59 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 1 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.081% 0.087% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.089% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -
75th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £40,750 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -18.50% +42.86% -9.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,154 3,363 2,256
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 97.14% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 832 2,456 1,471
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,613 £70,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,875 £85,000 £86,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in Bristol

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer in Bristol.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in Bristol

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 4 July 2025, 3rd Line Support 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 job ads across the Bristol region featuring 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 1 (100.00%) Server Building
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACMT
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Autotask
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Datto
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware