2nd Line Engineer Jobs in England

Second Line Engineer
UK > England

The median Second Line Engineer salary in England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 440 472
Rank change year-on-year -119 +32 +217
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 132 448 543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.52% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.55% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 129 430 511
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.56%
75th Percentile £41,500 £35,875 £38,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £42,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 45,023 81,588 81,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 94.56% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,443 60,779 51,494
10th Percentile £29,913 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 17 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
London +65 37 £39,000 +6.85% 15
South East +27 33 £37,000 +18.40% 36
North of England -33 26 £30,000 -4.76% 34
Midlands +22 17 £32,500 +8.33% 9
Yorkshire +43 14 £31,750 -2.31% 7
South West +67 12 £33,500 +3.08% 13
East Midlands +16 10 £31,250 -2.34% 1
North West -37 10 £30,000 - 19
East of England -8 8 £32,500 - 5
West Midlands +21 7 £35,000 +16.67% 7
North East +20 2 £29,500 -7.81% 9
2nd Line Engineer
UK

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 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 England region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 91 (68.94%) Windows
2 83 (62.88%) Microsoft 365
3 77 (58.33%) Microsoft
4 74 (56.06%) Active Directory
5 51 (38.64%) Azure
6 45 (34.09%) Windows Server
7 42 (31.82%) Social Skills
8 38 (28.79%) Cisco
9 36 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 35 (26.52%) WAN
11 34 (25.76%) LAN
11 34 (25.76%) Firewall
12 32 (24.24%) Security Cleared
13 31 (23.48%) Windows 10
14 29 (21.97%) Customer Service
15 28 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
16 27 (20.45%) Microsoft Office
16 27 (20.45%) SC Cleared
17 25 (18.94%) VMware
18 23 (17.42%) DNS
19 22 (16.67%) ITIL
20 21 (15.91%) SharePoint
21 19 (14.39%) Hyper-V
22 18 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
23 17 (12.88%) VMware Infrastructure
23 17 (12.88%) Driving Licence
23 17 (12.88%) Entra ID
24 16 (12.12%) DHCP
25 15 (11.36%) Juniper
25 15 (11.36%) VLAN

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 28 (21.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (15.91%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (20.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 83 (62.88%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (38.64%) Azure
3 17 (12.88%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.06%) AWS
4 8 (6.06%) Mimecast
4 8 (6.06%) OneDrive
5 5 (3.79%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.52%) GCP
6 2 (1.52%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.52%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (26.52%) WAN
2 34 (25.76%) Firewall
2 34 (25.76%) LAN
3 23 (17.42%) DNS
4 18 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (12.12%) DHCP
6 15 (11.36%) VLAN
7 14 (10.61%) VPN
8 10 (7.58%) TCP/IP
9 9 (6.82%) VoIP
10 8 (6.06%) SD-WAN
11 5 (3.79%) IPsec
12 4 (3.03%) PBX
13 3 (2.27%) Network Security
13 3 (2.27%) Wireless
14 2 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
14 2 (1.52%) SAN
15 1 (0.76%) BGP
15 1 (0.76%) MPLS
15 1 (0.76%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.52%) JIRA
General
1 42 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.06%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.55%) Finance
4 6 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (4.55%) Telecoms
5 4 (3.03%) Advertising
6 3 (2.27%) Law
7 2 (1.52%) Retail
8 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.76%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.88%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.55%) EPoS
3 4 (3.03%) Fat Client
3 4 (3.03%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.52%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.52%) Social Media
5 1 (0.76%) CCTV
5 1 (0.76%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.76%) CMDB
5 1 (0.76%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.76%) iPhone
5 1 (0.76%) PropTech
5 1 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 91 (68.94%) Windows
2 45 (34.09%) Windows Server
3 31 (23.48%) Windows 10
4 10 (7.58%) Linux
4 10 (7.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 8 (6.06%) Windows 7
6 5 (3.79%) Apple iOS
6 5 (3.79%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.27%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.76%) Android
9 1 (0.76%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.97%) Customer Service
2 22 (16.67%) ITIL
3 12 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 11 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (6.82%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (5.30%) Antivirus Management
6 7 (5.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (5.30%) Security Monitoring
7 6 (4.55%) Migration
7 6 (4.55%) User Experience
8 5 (3.79%) Data Protection
8 5 (3.79%) ITSM
8 5 (3.79%) Network Management
9 4 (3.03%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (3.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (2.27%) Mentoring
10 3 (2.27%) Proactive Monitoring
10 3 (2.27%) Security Patching
10 3 (2.27%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.58%) SQL
2 8 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 32 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 27 (20.45%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.36%) DV Cleared
4 11 (8.33%) CCNA
4 11 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (6.82%) Degree
6 8 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (5.30%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.27%) CCNP
8 3 (2.27%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.52%) MCP
9 2 (1.52%) MCSA
10 1 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.76%) Dell Certification
10 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.33%) SLA
2 2 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.52%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 74 (56.06%) Active Directory
2 19 (14.39%) Hyper-V
3 17 (12.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (3.03%) XenApp
6 2 (1.52%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (1.52%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.76%) Firmware
7 1 (0.76%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (9.85%) SCCM
3 2 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.52%) SCOM
3 2 (1.52%) SCSM
3 2 (1.52%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.76%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.76%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.76%) WSUS
Vendors
1 77 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 38 (28.79%) Cisco
3 25 (18.94%) VMware
4 15 (11.36%) Juniper
5 12 (9.09%) SolarWinds
6 10 (7.58%) HP
7 9 (6.82%) Dell
8 8 (6.06%) Ubiquiti
9 6 (4.55%) Citrix
9 6 (4.55%) Palo Alto
10 5 (3.79%) Apple
10 5 (3.79%) Bloomberg
10 5 (3.79%) Meraki
10 5 (3.79%) WatchGuard
11 4 (3.03%) Fortinet
11 4 (3.03%) Sophos
11 4 (3.03%) Veeam
12 3 (2.27%) Fujitsu
12 3 (2.27%) Google
12 3 (2.27%) Symantec