3rd Line Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Third Line Engineer
England > East of England

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the East of England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 179 162
Rank change year-on-year +21 -17 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 14 39 76
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.42% 0.64% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.68% 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 14 33 63
10th Percentile £36,850 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £41,063 £33,750 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile - £53,750 £60,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £42,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,068 5,758 4,447
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 93.92% 83.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 4,396 2,222
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,558
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,200 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,625 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the East of England

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the East of England

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the East of England

3rd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Essex +28 6 £45,000 - 8
Hertfordshire +19 6 £42,500 +3.03% 7
Cambridgeshire +26 1 £42,000 -11.58% 1
Suffolk - 1 £41,500 -
3rd Line Engineer
England

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 3rd 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 of England region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Windows
1 13 (92.86%) Active Directory
1 13 (92.86%) Windows Server
2 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 11 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (78.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (71.43%) Azure
4 10 (71.43%) DNS
5 9 (64.29%) DHCP
6 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
6 7 (50.00%) VMS
6 7 (50.00%) PowerShell
7 6 (42.86%) Wireless Security
7 6 (42.86%) Wireless
7 6 (42.86%) Project Management
7 6 (42.86%) Network Virtualisation
7 6 (42.86%) Storage Management
7 6 (42.86%) Azure Storage
8 5 (35.71%) SharePoint
9 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (28.57%) Firewall
9 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
9 4 (28.57%) OneDrive
10 3 (21.43%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (21.43%) Cost Reduction
10 3 (21.43%) LAN
10 3 (21.43%) WAN
10 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
10 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
11 2 (14.29%) Time Management

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (35.71%) SharePoint
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (7.14%) Apache
3 1 (7.14%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (71.43%) Azure
3 6 (42.86%) Azure Storage
4 4 (28.57%) OneDrive
5 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 2 (14.29%) Mimecast
6 1 (7.14%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) DNS
2 9 (64.29%) DHCP
3 7 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (42.86%) Wireless
4 6 (42.86%) Wireless Security
5 4 (28.57%) Firewall
6 3 (21.43%) LAN
6 3 (21.43%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (21.43%) WAN
7 2 (14.29%) VPN
8 1 (7.14%) IPv4
8 1 (7.14%) SAN
8 1 (7.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Amazon RDS
General
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) PKI
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Windows
1 13 (92.86%) Windows Server
2 7 (50.00%) VMS
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (7.14%) Android
4 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
4 1 (7.14%) Linux
4 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
4 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Network Virtualisation
1 6 (42.86%) Project Management
1 6 (42.86%) Storage Management
2 4 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 3 (21.43%) Cost Reduction
3 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Time Management
5 1 (7.14%) Agile
5 1 (7.14%) High Availability
5 1 (7.14%) Identity Management
5 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) ITSM
5 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2
5 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.14%) Security Hardening
5 1 (7.14%) Server Building
5 1 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) DBS Check
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) MCSA
2 1 (7.14%) MCSE
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (92.86%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
3 2 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (7.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Autotask
2 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
2 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds
2 1 (7.14%) VMware
2 1 (7.14%) WatchGuard