3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in the East of England

Third Line Engineer
England > East of England

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the East of England is £47,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 157 120
Rank change year-on-year +40 -37 +66
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 37 23 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.15% 0.55% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.27% 0.59% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 37 14 10
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,375 £40,925
25th Percentile £39,250 £37,188 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £41,250 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.94% -7.30% -19.09%
75th Percentile £48,750 £44,688 £51,875
90th Percentile £51,500 £55,500 £55,375
England median annual salary £47,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.59% -5.56% -

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 2,910 3,908 2,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 93.38% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,921 1,999 1,403
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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

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

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in the East of England

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +8 18 £47,500 +11.76% 1
Hertfordshire +29 12 £47,000 +25.33% 3
Cambridgeshire +12 5 £35,000 -17.65% 7
Bedfordshire +27 2 £45,000 +12.50%
3rd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, 3rd Line 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 East of England region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (78.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (70.27%) Azure
2 26 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (62.16%) Windows
3 23 (62.16%) Windows Server
4 22 (59.46%) PowerShell
5 20 (54.05%) ITIL
5 20 (54.05%) Task Automation
6 18 (48.65%) Hyper-V
7 17 (45.95%) Patch Management
7 17 (45.95%) VMware
7 17 (45.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 16 (43.24%) VMware Infrastructure
9 15 (40.54%) Backup Exec
9 15 (40.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (40.54%) Veeam
10 11 (29.73%) Android
10 11 (29.73%) Apple
11 10 (27.03%) Entra ID
12 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
13 8 (21.62%) Firewall
13 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
13 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
14 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (18.92%) SLA
15 6 (16.22%) Apple iOS
15 6 (16.22%) Cisco
15 6 (16.22%) Configuration Management

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 16 (43.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (70.27%) Azure
1 26 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (27.03%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.41%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (5.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.41%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) Firewall
2 5 (13.51%) IP Telephony
2 5 (13.51%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (8.11%) DNS
4 2 (5.41%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (5.41%) DHCP
5 1 (2.70%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (2.70%) SAN
General
1 8 (21.62%) Marketing
2 6 (16.22%) Law
3 4 (10.81%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.41%) Electronics
4 2 (5.41%) Finance
4 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.41%) Retail
5 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.11%) iPad
3 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.70%) Clustering
4 1 (2.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 23 (62.16%) Windows
1 23 (62.16%) Windows Server
2 17 (45.95%) Windows Server 2019
3 11 (29.73%) Android
4 6 (16.22%) Apple iOS
5 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
6 3 (8.11%) Linux
7 2 (5.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (54.05%) ITIL
1 20 (54.05%) Task Automation
2 17 (45.95%) Patch Management
3 15 (40.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.22%) Configuration Management
5 6 (16.22%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (16.22%) Service Management
5 6 (16.22%) Zero Trust
6 5 (13.51%) Customer Service
6 5 (13.51%) ITSM
7 3 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (5.41%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (5.41%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (5.41%) Information Security
8 2 (5.41%) IT Strategy
8 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
8 2 (5.41%) Programme Management
8 2 (5.41%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (59.46%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
1 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 7 (18.92%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (13.51%) CCNA
3 5 (13.51%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (13.51%) DBS Check
4 4 (10.81%) Degree
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (48.65%) Hyper-V
2 16 (43.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (21.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (40.54%) Backup Exec
2 6 (16.22%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (13.51%) SCCM
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.70%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.70%) Puppet
4 1 (2.70%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 29 (78.38%) Microsoft
2 17 (45.95%) VMware
3 15 (40.54%) Veeam
4 11 (29.73%) Apple
5 6 (16.22%) Cisco
6 5 (13.51%) Remedy
6 5 (13.51%) ServiceNow
7 3 (8.11%) SAP
8 2 (5.41%) Dell
9 1 (2.70%) HP
9 1 (2.70%) Samsung