3rd Line Engineer Jobs in England

Third Line Engineer
UK > England

The median Third Line Engineer salary in England is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 557 673
Rank change year-on-year +100 +116 -261
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 422 427 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.46% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.50% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 387 390 525
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,950 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% +6.47% +6.25%
75th Percentile £51,500 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £46,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,360 84,735 126,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 60,202 53,671 75,665
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,160 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,225 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in England

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in England

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in England

3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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 +49 144 £42,000 -1.18% 22
South West +34 73 £44,250 +4.12% 10
North of England +17 73 £35,000 -22.22% 32
Midlands +26 56 £40,000 -27.27% 11
London +72 40 £60,000 +31.87% 14
West Midlands +39 39 £37,500 -24.24% 7
East of England -25 36 £42,500 -15.00% 11
Yorkshire +94 31 £37,500 -13.79% 10
North East +17 26 £32,500 - 5
East Midlands -10 17 £40,000 -27.27% 4
North West -32 16 £40,000 -13.04% 17
3rd Line Engineer
UK

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, 3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 233 (55.21%) Microsoft
2 222 (52.61%) Azure
3 212 (50.24%) Windows
3 212 (50.24%) Microsoft 365
4 171 (40.52%) Active Directory
5 159 (37.68%) Firewall
6 151 (35.78%) VMware
7 147 (34.83%) Windows Server
8 116 (27.49%) VMware Infrastructure
9 112 (26.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 104 (24.64%) Hyper-V
11 102 (24.17%) Microsoft Exchange
11 102 (24.17%) Social Skills
12 86 (20.38%) ITIL
13 81 (19.19%) SQL Server
14 80 (18.96%) SharePoint
15 79 (18.72%) Microsoft Intune
16 78 (18.48%) DNS
17 77 (18.25%) Cisco
17 77 (18.25%) Security Cleared
18 76 (18.01%) Citrix
19 68 (16.11%) Veeam
20 63 (14.93%) DHCP
21 60 (14.22%) SQL
22 58 (13.74%) Entra ID
23 57 (13.51%) LAN
23 57 (13.51%) VPN
24 56 (13.27%) SAN
24 56 (13.27%) Wi-Fi
24 56 (13.27%) PowerShell

3rd 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
1 102 (24.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (18.96%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.61%) IIS
4 10 (2.37%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (1.42%) Exchange Server 2000
6 5 (1.18%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.95%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.47%) WordPress
9 1 (0.24%) Confluence
9 1 (0.24%) Site Server
Applications
1 41 (9.72%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.47%) Abaqus
3 2 (0.47%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 222 (52.61%) Azure
2 212 (50.24%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (13.74%) Entra ID
4 34 (8.06%) OneDrive
5 32 (7.58%) AWS
6 15 (3.55%) IaaS
6 15 (3.55%) PaaS
7 11 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (2.61%) SaaS
8 9 (2.13%) Mimecast
8 9 (2.13%) Nutanix
8 9 (2.13%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (1.42%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.18%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.95%) Azure Stack
12 4 (0.95%) Dropbox
12 4 (0.95%) GCP
12 4 (0.95%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 159 (37.68%) Firewall
2 78 (18.48%) DNS
3 63 (14.93%) DHCP
4 57 (13.51%) LAN
4 57 (13.51%) VPN
5 56 (13.27%) SAN
5 56 (13.27%) Wi-Fi
6 55 (13.03%) WAN
7 43 (10.19%) VLAN
8 35 (8.29%) TCP/IP
9 25 (5.92%) Wireless
10 24 (5.69%) BGP
11 20 (4.74%) WLAN
12 19 (4.50%) VoIP
13 17 (4.03%) IPsec
14 14 (3.32%) OSPF
14 14 (3.32%) Remote Desktop
15 11 (2.61%) SD-WAN
16 9 (2.13%) HSRP
17 7 (1.66%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (19.19%) SQL Server
2 35 (8.29%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.66%) MySQL
4 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.47%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.47%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.47%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.71%) JIRA
2 2 (0.47%) Hudson
3 1 (0.24%) MSI
General
1 102 (24.17%) Social Skills
2 24 (5.69%) Law
3 20 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.50%) Documentation Skills
4 19 (4.50%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.32%) Games
6 14 (3.32%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.08%) Finance
8 11 (2.61%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.66%) Legal
10 5 (1.18%) Banking
10 5 (1.18%) Public Sector
11 4 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.71%) Retail
13 2 (0.47%) Advertising
13 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.24%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.08%) JSON
1 13 (3.08%) JSON Schema
1 13 (3.08%) KML
1 13 (3.08%) Regular Expression
1 13 (3.08%) XML
2 8 (1.90%) XML Schema
3 6 (1.42%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.18%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.71%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.47%) LAMP
6 2 (0.47%) OpenMP
6 2 (0.47%) V-Ray
7 1 (0.24%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (9.95%) Driving Licence
2 25 (5.92%) Replication
3 23 (5.45%) Enterprise Storage
3 23 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (4.50%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.32%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.13%) Clustering
7 7 (1.66%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.66%) iPad
7 7 (1.66%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.42%) Blockchain
8 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.18%) EMC VNX
9 5 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.95%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.47%) Beowulf
11 2 (0.47%) Life Science
11 2 (0.47%) PKI
11 2 (0.47%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.47%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 212 (50.24%) Windows
2 147 (34.83%) Windows Server
3 49 (11.61%) Linux
4 45 (10.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (7.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (6.87%) Windows 10
7 27 (6.40%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (3.32%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.90%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.18%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.71%) Unix
11 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.47%) Android
12 2 (0.47%) Debian
12 2 (0.47%) SUSE
12 2 (0.47%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.47%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.47%) VMS
12 2 (0.47%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (26.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (20.38%) ITIL
3 53 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (8.77%) Cybersecurity
5 36 (8.53%) Customer Service
6 25 (5.92%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 24 (5.69%) Migration
7 24 (5.69%) Project Delivery
8 23 (5.45%) Incident Management
9 22 (5.21%) Service Delivery
10 17 (4.03%) Desktop Virtualisation
10 17 (4.03%) Mentoring
10 17 (4.03%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 17 (4.03%) Root Cause Analysis
11 16 (3.79%) Change Control
12 15 (3.55%) Agile
12 15 (3.55%) Patch Management
13 14 (3.32%) Service Management
14 13 (3.08%) CAD
14 13 (3.08%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 60 (14.22%) SQL
2 56 (13.27%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.47%) Bash
3 2 (0.47%) C#
3 2 (0.47%) Perl
3 2 (0.47%) Python
3 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 77 (18.25%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.85%) Degree
3 45 (10.66%) Cisco Certification
4 42 (9.95%) Microsoft Certification
5 31 (7.35%) Azure Certification
6 28 (6.64%) CCNP
7 26 (6.16%) SC Cleared
8 21 (4.98%) CCNA
9 20 (4.74%) DV Cleared
10 10 (2.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 10 (2.37%) MCSE
11 7 (1.66%) A+ Certification
11 7 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.18%) DBS Check
12 5 (1.18%) MCP
12 5 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.71%) JNCIA
13 3 (0.71%) MCSA
14 2 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.08%) SLA
2 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.18%) NCSC
3 4 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.71%) NIST
5 2 (0.47%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 171 (40.52%) Active Directory
2 116 (27.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (24.64%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.64%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (2.37%) vSphere
8 7 (1.66%) Docker
8 7 (1.66%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.18%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.18%) XenApp
11 4 (0.95%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.71%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.47%) Lustre
13 2 (0.47%) pfSense
13 2 (0.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.47%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.24%) Xen
Systems Management
1 79 (18.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (7.58%) SCCM
3 19 (4.50%) Ansible
4 11 (2.61%) Terraform
5 9 (2.13%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.13%) vCenter Server
6 8 (1.90%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (1.66%) Autotask
8 5 (1.18%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (1.18%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (1.18%) Nagios
8 5 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.71%) SCOM
9 3 (0.71%) WSUS
10 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.47%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.47%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 233 (55.21%) Microsoft
2 151 (35.78%) VMware
3 77 (18.25%) Cisco
4 76 (18.01%) Citrix
5 68 (16.11%) Veeam
6 26 (6.16%) Juniper
6 26 (6.16%) Sophos
7 25 (5.92%) HP
8 20 (4.74%) Meraki
9 15 (3.55%) WatchGuard
10 13 (3.08%) Datto
10 13 (3.08%) SolarWinds
11 12 (2.84%) Aruba
11 12 (2.84%) Draytek
12 11 (2.61%) Dell
12 11 (2.61%) Google
13 9 (2.13%) NetApp
14 8 (1.90%) Apple
14 8 (1.90%) ConnectWise
14 8 (1.90%) Red Hat