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 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 557 447 465
Rank change year-on-year -110 +18 +262
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 127 446 542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.50% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.53% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 124 425 510
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,600 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £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 £35,500 £38,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £42,000
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 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 28 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 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
London +74 34 £40,000 +10.34% 14
South East +32 31 £40,000 +25.00% 24
North of England -34 28 £30,500 -3.94% 21
Midlands +18 16 £32,500 +8.33% 6
Yorkshire +43 15 £32,500 - 5
South West +72 12 £33,500 +3.08% 13
North West -35 11 £30,000 - 13
East Midlands +33 9 £30,000 -6.98% 2
West Midlands +28 7 £35,000 +16.67% 4
East of England -11 7 £32,500 - 7
North East +28 2 £29,500 -8.53% 4
2nd Line Engineer
UK

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

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 England region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 87 (68.50%) Windows
2 77 (60.63%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (58.27%) Microsoft
4 70 (55.12%) Active Directory
5 50 (39.37%) Azure
6 43 (33.86%) Windows Server
7 42 (33.07%) Social Skills
8 36 (28.35%) Cisco
8 36 (28.35%) WAN
9 34 (26.77%) LAN
10 33 (25.98%) Microsoft Intune
11 32 (25.20%) Security Cleared
11 32 (25.20%) Firewall
12 29 (22.83%) Windows 10
13 28 (22.05%) SC Cleared
14 27 (21.26%) Customer Service
15 26 (20.47%) Microsoft Exchange
15 26 (20.47%) Microsoft Office
16 24 (18.90%) VMware
17 22 (17.32%) DNS
18 18 (14.17%) Hyper-V
18 18 (14.17%) Entra ID
18 18 (14.17%) ITIL
18 18 (14.17%) SharePoint
19 17 (13.39%) Wi-Fi
19 17 (13.39%) Driving Licence
20 16 (12.60%) VMware Infrastructure
21 15 (11.81%) DV Cleared
21 15 (11.81%) DHCP
22 14 (11.02%) VPN

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 26 (20.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (14.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 26 (20.47%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 77 (60.63%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (39.37%) Azure
3 18 (14.17%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.30%) AWS
4 8 (6.30%) Mimecast
5 7 (5.51%) OneDrive
6 5 (3.94%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.36%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.57%) GCP
8 2 (1.57%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 36 (28.35%) WAN
2 34 (26.77%) LAN
3 32 (25.20%) Firewall
4 22 (17.32%) DNS
5 17 (13.39%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (11.81%) DHCP
7 14 (11.02%) VLAN
7 14 (11.02%) VPN
8 9 (7.09%) SD-WAN
8 9 (7.09%) VoIP
9 8 (6.30%) TCP/IP
10 5 (3.94%) IPsec
11 3 (2.36%) Network Security
11 3 (2.36%) PBX
11 3 (2.36%) Wireless
12 2 (1.57%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (1.57%) SAN
13 1 (0.79%) Internet
13 1 (0.79%) IP Telephony
13 1 (0.79%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
General
1 42 (33.07%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.30%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.72%) Finance
4 6 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.94%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.15%) Advertising
7 3 (2.36%) Law
8 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.79%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.39%) Driving Licence
2 6 (4.72%) EPoS
3 3 (2.36%) Fat Client
3 3 (2.36%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.57%) Social Media
5 1 (0.79%) CCTV
5 1 (0.79%) CMDB
5 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.79%) iPhone
5 1 (0.79%) PropTech
5 1 (0.79%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (68.50%) Windows
2 43 (33.86%) Windows Server
3 29 (22.83%) Windows 10
4 11 (8.66%) Linux
5 9 (7.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (6.30%) Windows 7
7 5 (3.94%) Apple iOS
8 4 (3.15%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (2.36%) Mac OS
9 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.79%) Android
11 1 (0.79%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.79%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.26%) Customer Service
2 18 (14.17%) ITIL
3 11 (8.66%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (8.66%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (7.87%) Service Delivery
5 9 (7.09%) Mobile Device Management
6 8 (6.30%) Security Monitoring
7 7 (5.51%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (4.72%) Antivirus Management
8 6 (4.72%) ITSM
8 6 (4.72%) User Experience
9 5 (3.94%) Data Protection
9 5 (3.94%) Migration
10 4 (3.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (3.15%) Network Management
11 3 (2.36%) Collaborative Working
11 3 (2.36%) Mentoring
11 3 (2.36%) Proactive Monitoring
11 3 (2.36%) Security Patching
11 3 (2.36%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.30%) PowerShell
1 8 (6.30%) SQL
2 1 (0.79%) Java
Qualifications
1 32 (25.20%) Security Cleared
2 28 (22.05%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.81%) DV Cleared
4 10 (7.87%) CCNA
4 10 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (7.87%) Degree
5 9 (7.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.72%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.36%) DBS Check
7 3 (2.36%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.57%) CCNP
8 2 (1.57%) MCP
8 2 (1.57%) MCSA
9 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.79%) Dell Certification
9 1 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.87%) SLA
2 2 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.57%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 70 (55.12%) Active Directory
2 18 (14.17%) Hyper-V
3 16 (12.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.15%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (3.15%) XenApp
5 2 (1.57%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (1.57%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.79%) Firmware
6 1 (0.79%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 33 (25.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (10.24%) SCCM
3 2 (1.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.57%) SCOM
3 2 (1.57%) SCSM
3 2 (1.57%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.79%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.79%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 74 (58.27%) Microsoft
2 36 (28.35%) Cisco
3 24 (18.90%) VMware
4 14 (11.02%) Juniper
5 12 (9.45%) SolarWinds
6 9 (7.09%) HP
7 8 (6.30%) Dell
8 6 (4.72%) Citrix
8 6 (4.72%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.72%) Ubiquiti
9 5 (3.94%) Bloomberg
9 5 (3.94%) Meraki
10 4 (3.15%) Apple
10 4 (3.15%) Google
10 4 (3.15%) Sophos
10 4 (3.15%) Veeam
10 4 (3.15%) WatchGuard
11 3 (2.36%) Fortinet
11 3 (2.36%) Fujitsu
11 3 (2.36%) iManage