2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Second Line Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 147 180 161
Rank change year-on-year +33 -19 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 9 15 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.34% 0.32% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.34% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 16
10th Percentile £26,600 £24,125 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £27,875 £27,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £33,125
90th Percentile - - £33,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,520 4,475 2,463
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 94.67% 88.66%
Number of salaries quoted 981 3,211 1,294
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the East Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the East Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northamptonshire -3 6 £32,500 +1.56%
Derbyshire +18 3 £30,000 -
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 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 East Midlands region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
4 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 4 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (44.44%) CCNA
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (44.44%) Driving Licence
5 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (33.33%) EPoS
5 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 3 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Migration
6 1 (11.11%) Change Control
6 1 (11.11%) SLA

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (44.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Driving Licence
2 3 (33.33%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Change Control
1 1 (11.11%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CCNA
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft