2nd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in England

Second Line Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Second Line Support Engineer salary in England is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 440 543 418
Rank change year-on-year +103 -125 +210
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 179 157 259
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.34% 0.31% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.33% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 166 135 241
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,125 £30,000 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.08% +1.56%
75th Percentile £39,000 £38,750 £38,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £40,000
UK median annual salary £33,500 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +3.08% +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 47,144 47,062 41,402
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.62% 93.34% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 29,573 25,282 32,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in England

2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in England

2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support Engineer in England

2nd Line Support 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 Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
South East +27 48 £32,500 +5.69% 23
London +40 34 £40,000 +5.26% 6
Midlands +41 32 £35,000 +2.94% 3
South West +32 28 £33,000 -1.49% 8
East of England +31 22 £33,500 +3.08% 9
West Midlands +55 17 £37,500 +23.14% 3
North of England +16 15 £30,000 -7.69% 5
East Midlands -5 12 £33,500 -1.47%
North West +28 10 £30,000 -7.69% 2
Yorkshire -2 5 - - 3
2nd Line Support Engineer
UK

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, 2nd Line Support 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 England region featuring 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 120 (67.04%) Microsoft 365
2 114 (63.69%) Windows
3 97 (54.19%) Microsoft
4 91 (50.84%) Active Directory
5 75 (41.90%) Azure
6 74 (41.34%) Windows Server
7 64 (35.75%) Firewall
8 56 (31.28%) DNS
9 55 (30.73%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (28.49%) VPN
11 49 (27.37%) DHCP
12 46 (25.70%) Microsoft Intune
13 44 (24.58%) Entra ID
14 42 (23.46%) TCP/IP
15 41 (22.91%) Windows 10
16 40 (22.35%) Hyper-V
17 35 (19.55%) VLAN
17 35 (19.55%) VMware
18 33 (18.44%) Microsoft Exchange
19 32 (17.88%) SLA
20 31 (17.32%) Customer Service
21 29 (16.20%) SharePoint
22 28 (15.64%) Apple
23 27 (15.08%) LAN
23 27 (15.08%) WAN
24 25 (13.97%) SC Cleared
24 25 (13.97%) Security Cleared
24 25 (13.97%) VMware Infrastructure
25 23 (12.85%) Apple iOS
25 23 (12.85%) Wi-Fi

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 33 (18.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (16.20%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.79%) IIS
4 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (2.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Carpe Diem
2 1 (0.56%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 120 (67.04%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (41.90%) Azure
3 44 (24.58%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.61%) Google Workspace
5 12 (6.70%) AWS
6 11 (6.15%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.23%) SaaS
8 1 (0.56%) GCP
8 1 (0.56%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 64 (35.75%) Firewall
2 56 (31.28%) DNS
3 51 (28.49%) VPN
4 49 (27.37%) DHCP
5 42 (23.46%) TCP/IP
6 35 (19.55%) VLAN
7 27 (15.08%) LAN
7 27 (15.08%) WAN
8 23 (12.85%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (8.94%) Wireless
10 15 (8.38%) VoIP
11 10 (5.59%) IPsec
12 6 (3.35%) Remote Desktop
13 5 (2.79%) Cisco IOS
14 3 (1.68%) DKIM
14 3 (1.68%) DMARC
14 3 (1.68%) SD-WAN
15 2 (1.12%) Broadband
15 2 (1.12%) Cisco Wireless
15 2 (1.12%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.59%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (5.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (3.91%) JIRA
General
1 71 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 27 (15.08%) Marketing
3 26 (14.53%) Law
4 15 (8.38%) Manufacturing
5 11 (6.15%) Finance
6 9 (5.03%) Advertising
7 8 (4.47%) Electronics
7 8 (4.47%) Public Sector
7 8 (4.47%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.79%) Games
9 4 (2.23%) Dutch Language
9 4 (2.23%) French Language
9 4 (2.23%) Spanish Language
10 3 (1.68%) Legal
10 3 (1.68%) Retail
11 2 (1.12%) Front Office
11 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 35 (19.55%) Driving Licence
2 12 (6.70%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.91%) iPhone
4 5 (2.79%) Clustering
5 2 (1.12%) IoT
5 2 (1.12%) iPad
5 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.56%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.56%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.56%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 114 (63.69%) Windows
2 74 (41.34%) Windows Server
3 41 (22.91%) Windows 10
4 23 (12.85%) Apple iOS
5 21 (11.73%) Android
6 19 (10.61%) Mac OS
7 15 (8.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (7.82%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (6.70%) Linux
10 6 (3.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (30.73%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (17.32%) Customer Service
3 22 (12.29%) ITIL
3 22 (12.29%) Service Management
4 21 (11.73%) Mentoring
5 19 (10.61%) Configuration Management
5 19 (10.61%) Mobile Device Management
6 16 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (8.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 16 (8.94%) Service Delivery
7 15 (8.38%) ITSM
7 15 (8.38%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 13 (7.26%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (5.03%) Asset Management
9 9 (5.03%) DevOps
9 9 (5.03%) Migration
10 8 (4.47%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (4.47%) Digital Marketing
10 8 (4.47%) Programme Management
11 7 (3.91%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.38%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.79%) Bicep
3 4 (2.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (13.97%) SC Cleared
1 25 (13.97%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (2.79%) ACMT
4 5 (2.79%) Degree
4 5 (2.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (2.23%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.23%) MCP
6 3 (1.68%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.56%) CCNA
8 1 (0.56%) CCNP
8 1 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (17.88%) SLA
2 9 (5.03%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.68%) GDPR
3 3 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.68%) NIST
4 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 91 (50.84%) Active Directory
2 40 (22.35%) Hyper-V
3 25 (13.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (2.79%) Docker
5 5 (2.79%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.68%) Firmware
7 2 (1.12%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 46 (25.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (11.73%) Jamf Pro
3 17 (9.50%) SCCM
4 9 (5.03%) Autotask
5 6 (3.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (2.79%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.79%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.79%) MaaS360
6 5 (2.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 97 (54.19%) Microsoft
2 35 (19.55%) VMware
3 28 (15.64%) Apple
4 19 (10.61%) Samsung
5 16 (8.94%) Sophos
6 15 (8.38%) Google
7 10 (5.59%) Veeam
8 9 (5.03%) Cisco
9 8 (4.47%) SAP
10 6 (3.35%) ConnectWise
11 5 (2.79%) Datto
11 5 (2.79%) Fortinet
11 5 (2.79%) McAfee
11 5 (2.79%) Oracle
11 5 (2.79%) ServiceNow
12 3 (1.68%) Adobe
12 3 (1.68%) Freshdesk
12 3 (1.68%) Meraki
13 2 (1.12%) iManage
13 2 (1.12%) Palo Alto