2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer salary in the City of London is £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2026.

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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 149 176
Rank change year-on-year -11 +27 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.050% 0.048% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.052% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,250 £39,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £40,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £44,750 £41,750 £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median annual salary £41,500 £40,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +2.47% +8.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 3,836 1,925 3,052
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 92.68% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,787 1,462 2,564
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,075
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.34% - -0.97%

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 8 May 2026, 2nd/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 City of London region featuring 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware