3rd Line Network Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Third Line Network Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Third Line Network Engineer salary in Cambridge is £49,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 April 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 - -
75th Percentile £50,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £49,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 696 245 934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 91.76% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 478 159 714
10th Percentile £33,200 £30,000 £31,075
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.27% - -0.90%
75th Percentile £78,500 £73,750 £74,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £89,800 £88,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -2.78%

3rd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

3rd Line Network Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 12 April 2026, 3rd Line Network 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 Cambridge region featuring 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware