2nd Line Engineer Jobs in Dorset

Second Line Engineer
South West > Dorset

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Dorset is £37,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 May 2025.

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

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 83 50
Rank change year-on-year +28 -33 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 18 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 0.23% 1.49% 3.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 1.57% 4.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 18 24
10th Percentile - £31,750 £35,500
25th Percentile - - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.33% -11.76%
75th Percentile - - £42,719
90th Percentile - - £43,375
South West median annual salary £33,500 £32,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year +3.08% -10.96% +21.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 422 1,147 545
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.60% 94.87% 82.95%
Number of salaries quoted 177 677 342
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,030 £32,050
25th Percentile £37,574 £37,000 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £61,162
90th Percentile £63,750 £65,200 £72,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Dorset

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Dorset.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Dorset

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 2nd Line 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 Dorset region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Thales
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Thales