3rd Line Engineer Jobs in England

Third Line Engineer
UK > England

The median Third Line Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 462 559
Rank change year-on-year -76 +97 +113
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 157 422 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.49% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.52% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 139 385 366
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £33,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,774
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £54,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £60,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% +5.56%

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 44,533 81,192 82,548
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.73% 94.49% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,433 60,582 52,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,355 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

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 13 May 2025.

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 13 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
South East +6 46 £52,500 +25.00% 21
Midlands +49 35 £50,000 +25.00% 15
North of England +4 29 £40,000 +14.29% 12
London +87 26 £62,500 +8.70% 8
North West +14 19 £40,000 - 6
East Midlands +34 18 £57,250 +34.71% 8
West Midlands +26 17 £50,000 +33.33% 7
East of England +15 14 £45,000 +5.88% 18
Yorkshire +50 8 £35,000 -6.67% 2
South West +54 7 £45,000 - 4
North East +19 2 £42,500 +30.77% 5
3rd Line Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, 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.

1 108 (68.79%) Azure
2 84 (53.50%) Microsoft
2 84 (53.50%) Active Directory
3 81 (51.59%) Windows
4 70 (44.59%) Microsoft 365
5 63 (40.13%) Firewall
6 60 (38.22%) Windows Server
7 56 (35.67%) VMware
8 52 (33.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 51 (32.48%) Cisco
10 47 (29.94%) Microsoft Exchange
11 46 (29.30%) Social Skills
12 45 (28.66%) WAN
13 44 (28.03%) VMware Infrastructure
14 39 (24.84%) DNS
14 39 (24.84%) LAN
15 38 (24.20%) ITIL
16 36 (22.93%) Security Cleared
17 34 (21.66%) Entra ID
17 34 (21.66%) DHCP
18 33 (21.02%) PowerShell
19 32 (20.38%) Customer Service
20 30 (19.11%) Windows Server 2016
20 30 (19.11%) Meraki
21 26 (16.56%) SC Cleared
21 26 (16.56%) Windows Server 2019
22 25 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
22 25 (15.92%) SharePoint
23 24 (15.29%) Change Management
23 24 (15.29%) Hyper-V

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 47 (29.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (15.92%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.46%) IIS
4 2 (1.27%) Apache
4 2 (1.27%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.64%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.64%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 108 (68.79%) Azure
2 70 (44.59%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (21.66%) Entra ID
4 17 (10.83%) AWS
5 10 (6.37%) Azure Monitor
5 10 (6.37%) Azure Storage
5 10 (6.37%) GCP
6 9 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.73%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.55%) Azure App Service
7 4 (2.55%) Azure Table
7 4 (2.55%) Mimecast
8 3 (1.91%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.27%) SaaS
10 1 (0.64%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.64%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.64%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 63 (40.13%) Firewall
2 45 (28.66%) WAN
3 39 (24.84%) DNS
3 39 (24.84%) LAN
4 34 (21.66%) DHCP
5 18 (11.46%) BGP
5 18 (11.46%) OSPF
5 18 (11.46%) Wireless
6 17 (10.83%) SAN
6 17 (10.83%) SD-WAN
7 16 (10.19%) TCP/IP
8 15 (9.55%) Network Security
9 14 (8.92%) EIGRP
10 13 (8.28%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (7.64%) VLAN
12 11 (7.01%) VPN
13 10 (6.37%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (6.37%) WLAN
14 9 (5.73%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (3.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.55%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 46 (29.30%) Social Skills
2 6 (3.82%) Advertising
2 6 (3.82%) Law
3 5 (3.18%) Finance
4 4 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (2.55%) Legal
4 4 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (2.55%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.91%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.91%) Retail
5 3 (1.91%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.27%) Marketing
6 2 (1.27%) Police
7 1 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.64%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.91%) 802.1X
1 3 (1.91%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.64%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.28%) Onboarding
2 11 (7.01%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (4.46%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.82%) Driving Licence
5 5 (3.18%) Replication
6 3 (1.91%) PKI
6 3 (1.91%) Social Media
7 2 (1.27%) Life Science
7 2 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.64%) BYOD
8 1 (0.64%) Clustering
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.64%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.64%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 81 (51.59%) Windows
2 60 (38.22%) Windows Server
3 30 (19.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 26 (16.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 21 (13.38%) Windows 10
6 19 (12.10%) Linux
7 12 (7.64%) Apple iOS
7 12 (7.64%) Mac OS
8 7 (4.46%) VMS
9 4 (2.55%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.91%) CentOS
10 3 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.27%) Android
11 2 (1.27%) Debian
11 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.27%) SUSE
12 1 (0.64%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.64%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (24.20%) ITIL
2 32 (20.38%) Customer Service
3 25 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (15.29%) Change Management
4 24 (15.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 23 (14.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 16 (10.19%) Infrastructure Management
7 15 (9.55%) DevOps
7 15 (9.55%) Mentoring
8 14 (8.92%) High Availability
8 14 (8.92%) Network Design
9 13 (8.28%) Data Security
9 13 (8.28%) Presales
9 13 (8.28%) Proactive Monitoring
9 13 (8.28%) Service Delivery
10 12 (7.64%) Problem Management
10 12 (7.64%) Storage Management
11 11 (7.01%) CI/CD
12 10 (6.37%) B2B
12 10 (6.37%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (21.02%) PowerShell
2 21 (13.38%) SQL
3 9 (5.73%) C#
4 3 (1.91%) Bash
5 2 (1.27%) Python
6 1 (0.64%) Java
6 1 (0.64%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (22.93%) Security Cleared
2 26 (16.56%) SC Cleared
3 20 (12.74%) DV Cleared
4 16 (10.19%) Degree
5 15 (9.55%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (7.01%) CCNP
7 10 (6.37%) DBS Check
8 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (4.46%) CCIE
10 5 (3.18%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.91%) AWS Certification
12 3 (1.91%) MCP
12 3 (1.91%) MCSA
12 3 (1.91%) MCSE
13 2 (1.27%) CCNA
13 2 (1.27%) Linux+ Certification
13 2 (1.27%) RHCE
14 1 (0.64%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.18%) SLA
2 3 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.91%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.27%) GDPR
3 2 (1.27%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 84 (53.50%) Active Directory
2 44 (28.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (15.29%) Hyper-V
4 13 (8.28%) XenApp
5 12 (7.64%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (6.37%) vSphere
7 6 (3.82%) Terminal Services
7 6 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (2.55%) Docker
8 4 (2.55%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.27%) Dovecot
9 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (1.27%) Postfix
10 1 (0.64%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 52 (33.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.37%) Terraform
3 7 (4.46%) SCCM
4 4 (2.55%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (2.55%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.91%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.91%) SCOM
6 2 (1.27%) Ansible
6 2 (1.27%) Proxmox
6 2 (1.27%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.64%) Autotask
7 1 (0.64%) SCOrch
7 1 (0.64%) SCSM
Vendors
1 84 (53.50%) Microsoft
2 56 (35.67%) VMware
3 51 (32.48%) Cisco
4 30 (19.11%) Meraki
5 22 (14.01%) Citrix
6 21 (13.38%) Fortinet
7 15 (9.55%) HP
8 14 (8.92%) CheckPoint
8 14 (8.92%) SonicWALL
9 12 (7.64%) Juniper
10 10 (6.37%) Apple
10 10 (6.37%) Google
11 9 (5.73%) Dell
12 8 (5.10%) Palo Alto
13 7 (4.46%) Aruba
13 7 (4.46%) Veeam
14 6 (3.82%) NetApp
15 4 (2.55%) Sophos
16 3 (1.91%) Riverbed
16 3 (1.91%) SolarWinds