2nd Line Engineer Jobs in East Sussex

Second Line Engineer
South East > East Sussex

The median Second Line Engineer salary in East Sussex is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 77 91
Rank change year-on-year +26 +14 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 0.23% 0.27% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.29% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £27,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £29,000 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.31% -19.44% +35.85%
75th Percentile £38,750 £31,000 £37,000
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £40,000 £30,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -4.76% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 399 701 778
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.10% 93.09% 82.42%
Number of salaries quoted 217 573 565
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,500 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in East Sussex

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in East Sussex

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in East Sussex

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex

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

1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate