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 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 536 471 579
Rank change year-on-year -65 +108 +138
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 155 442 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.46% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.49% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 138 392 309
10th Percentile £37,675 £31,250 £33,400
25th Percentile £41,563 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £54,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £58,750
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 44,586 90,433 74,853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 94.62% 91.20%
Number of salaries quoted 23,770 65,916 49,359
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £74,014 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -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 June 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 June 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
Midlands +59 41 £50,000 +25.00% 15
South East -9 32 £51,500 +22.62% 30
London +93 26 £62,500 +19.62% 14
North of England +15 25 £40,000 +14.29% 18
East Midlands +52 23 £52,500 +16.67% 10
East of England +17 23 £45,000 +5.88% 13
West Midlands +39 18 £50,000 +33.33% 5
North West +21 16 £40,000 - 13
South West +52 7 £45,000 -2.17% 9
Yorkshire +40 7 £35,000 -6.67% 5
North East +21 2 £42,500 +30.77%
3rd Line Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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.

1 118 (76.13%) Azure
2 99 (63.87%) Microsoft
3 92 (59.35%) Windows
4 85 (54.84%) Active Directory
5 82 (52.90%) Microsoft 365
6 73 (47.10%) Windows Server
7 58 (37.42%) VMware
8 56 (36.13%) Firewall
9 54 (34.84%) Microsoft Exchange
10 53 (34.19%) Microsoft Intune
11 49 (31.61%) VMware Infrastructure
11 49 (31.61%) PowerShell
11 49 (31.61%) ITIL
12 48 (30.97%) Social Skills
13 45 (29.03%) WAN
14 44 (28.39%) Cisco
15 40 (25.81%) DNS
15 40 (25.81%) Hyper-V
16 39 (25.16%) LAN
17 36 (23.23%) Windows Server 2019
18 35 (22.58%) Entra ID
19 31 (20.00%) DHCP
20 29 (18.71%) Windows Server 2016
21 28 (18.06%) SharePoint
21 28 (18.06%) Meraki
22 27 (17.42%) Customer Service
22 27 (17.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
23 24 (15.48%) Root Cause Analysis
23 24 (15.48%) Security Cleared
23 24 (15.48%) Change Management

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 54 (34.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (18.06%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.52%) IIS
4 2 (1.29%) Apache
4 2 (1.29%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.65%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.65%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 118 (76.13%) Azure
2 82 (52.90%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (22.58%) Entra ID
4 16 (10.32%) AWS
5 10 (6.45%) Azure Storage
6 9 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (5.81%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (5.81%) GCP
7 7 (4.52%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.58%) Azure App Service
8 4 (2.58%) Azure Table
8 4 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.58%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.29%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.65%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.65%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.65%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (36.13%) Firewall
2 45 (29.03%) WAN
3 40 (25.81%) DNS
4 39 (25.16%) LAN
5 31 (20.00%) DHCP
6 20 (12.90%) SAN
7 19 (12.26%) Wireless
8 15 (9.68%) TCP/IP
9 14 (9.03%) SD-WAN
9 14 (9.03%) VLAN
10 12 (7.74%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (6.45%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (6.45%) VPN
11 10 (6.45%) WLAN
12 9 (5.81%) iSCSI
13 7 (4.52%) BGP
13 7 (4.52%) OSPF
13 7 (4.52%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (3.87%) NAS
14 6 (3.87%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.68%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 48 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 6 (3.87%) Law
3 5 (3.23%) Advertising
3 5 (3.23%) Billing
3 5 (3.23%) Finance
3 5 (3.23%) Public Sector
4 4 (2.58%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (2.58%) Legal
4 4 (2.58%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.94%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.94%) Marketing
5 3 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (1.94%) Retail
6 2 (1.29%) Police
7 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.65%) Electronics
7 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.65%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.94%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.29%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.65%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.39%) Driving Licence
1 13 (8.39%) Onboarding
2 9 (5.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (3.87%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.23%) Replication
5 3 (1.94%) Social Media
6 2 (1.29%) Life Science
6 2 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.29%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.65%) BYOD
7 1 (0.65%) Clustering
7 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.65%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.65%) PKI
7 1 (0.65%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 92 (59.35%) Windows
2 73 (47.10%) Windows Server
3 36 (23.23%) Windows Server 2019
4 29 (18.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (12.90%) Windows 10
6 16 (10.32%) Linux
7 12 (7.74%) Apple iOS
7 12 (7.74%) Mac OS
8 7 (4.52%) VMS
9 4 (2.58%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.94%) CentOS
10 3 (1.94%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.29%) Android
11 2 (1.29%) Debian
11 2 (1.29%) SUSE
12 1 (0.65%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.65%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (31.61%) ITIL
2 27 (17.42%) Customer Service
2 27 (17.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 24 (15.48%) Change Management
3 24 (15.48%) Root Cause Analysis
4 21 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (11.61%) Task Automation
6 17 (10.97%) Service Delivery
7 16 (10.32%) Infrastructure Management
7 16 (10.32%) Mentoring
8 14 (9.03%) High Availability
8 14 (9.03%) Network Design
9 13 (8.39%) Data Security
10 12 (7.74%) DevOps
10 12 (7.74%) Proactive Monitoring
10 12 (7.74%) Problem Management
11 11 (7.10%) CI/CD
11 11 (7.10%) Storage Management
12 10 (6.45%) Presales
12 10 (6.45%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (31.61%) PowerShell
2 19 (12.26%) SQL
3 9 (5.81%) C#
4 3 (1.94%) Bash
5 2 (1.29%) Python
6 1 (0.65%) Java
6 1 (0.65%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (15.48%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.97%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (9.68%) Degree
4 14 (9.03%) SC Cleared
5 11 (7.10%) CCNP
6 10 (6.45%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (5.81%) DBS Check
7 9 (5.81%) DV Cleared
8 7 (4.52%) CCIE
8 7 (4.52%) CCNA
9 6 (3.87%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.94%) MCP
11 3 (1.94%) MCSA
11 3 (1.94%) MCSE
12 2 (1.29%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.29%) Linux+ Certification
12 2 (1.29%) RHCE
13 1 (0.65%) JNCIA
13 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.23%) SLA
2 3 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.94%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.29%) GDPR
3 2 (1.29%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 85 (54.84%) Active Directory
2 49 (31.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (25.81%) Hyper-V
4 13 (8.39%) XenApp
5 12 (7.74%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (6.45%) vSphere
7 6 (3.87%) Terminal Services
8 4 (2.58%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (2.58%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.29%) Docker
9 2 (1.29%) Dovecot
9 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (1.29%) Postfix
10 1 (0.65%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 53 (34.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (7.74%) SCCM
3 10 (6.45%) Backup Exec
3 10 (6.45%) Terraform
4 6 (3.87%) Autotask
5 4 (2.58%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.94%) SCOM
7 2 (1.29%) Ansible
7 2 (1.29%) Kubernetes
7 2 (1.29%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.65%) Grafana
8 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.65%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.65%) SCSM
Vendors
1 99 (63.87%) Microsoft
2 58 (37.42%) VMware
3 44 (28.39%) Cisco
4 28 (18.06%) Meraki
5 22 (14.19%) Citrix
6 20 (12.90%) HP
7 16 (10.32%) Veeam
8 14 (9.03%) CheckPoint
9 13 (8.39%) SonicWALL
10 12 (7.74%) Aruba
11 10 (6.45%) Apple
11 10 (6.45%) Dell
11 10 (6.45%) Fortinet
11 10 (6.45%) Google
12 9 (5.81%) Juniper
13 8 (5.16%) Palo Alto
14 6 (3.87%) Datto
14 6 (3.87%) NetApp
15 4 (2.58%) SolarWinds
16 3 (1.94%) Riverbed