3rd Line Support Engineer Jobs in England

Third Line Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 580 601 794
Rank change year-on-year +21 +193 +111
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 88 246 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.29% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.31% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 83 240 143
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £33,150
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £41,659
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -3.98% +4.15%
75th Percentile £63,250 £46,250 £49,375
90th Percentile £68,750 £53,750 £55,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £41,750
% change year-on-year +25.00% -4.19% +4.38%

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 42,728 80,514 84,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 94.48% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,644 60,209 53,453
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,415 £38,125 £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 £71,915 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,822 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in England

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer in England

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support Engineer in England

3rd 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 3rd Line Support Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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
Midlands +39 27 £50,000 +29.87% 6
London +117 22 £65,000 +8.33% 4
East Midlands +46 14 £57,500 +43.75% 3
North of England +38 13 £39,500 +21.54% 5
West Midlands +32 13 £50,000 +33.33% 3
South East +24 13 £50,000 +19.05% 7
East of England +35 12 £45,000 +5.88% 6
North West +15 9 £39,500 -6.51% 1
Yorkshire +71 3 £35,000 -12.50% 1
South West +83 1 £41,500 -17.00% 2
North East +25 1 £40,000 +23.08% 3
3rd Line Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, 3rd Line Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 68 (77.27%) Azure
2 49 (55.68%) Windows
2 49 (55.68%) Active Directory
3 47 (53.41%) Microsoft
4 42 (47.73%) Windows Server
5 39 (44.32%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (44.32%) Firewall
6 36 (40.91%) Microsoft Exchange
7 31 (35.23%) VMware
7 31 (35.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 29 (32.95%) WAN
9 28 (31.82%) VMware Infrastructure
10 27 (30.68%) LAN
11 26 (29.55%) Social Skills
12 25 (28.41%) Cisco
12 25 (28.41%) PowerShell
13 24 (27.27%) Meraki
14 23 (26.14%) Windows Server 2016
15 22 (25.00%) Citrix
15 22 (25.00%) DNS
16 21 (23.86%) Windows Server 2019
17 19 (21.59%) SQL
18 18 (20.45%) ITIL
18 18 (20.45%) DHCP
19 17 (19.32%) Customer Service
20 16 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
21 14 (15.91%) SharePoint
21 14 (15.91%) Change Management
22 13 (14.77%) Data Security
22 13 (14.77%) CheckPoint

3rd Line Support 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 36 (40.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (15.91%) SharePoint
3 7 (7.95%) IIS
4 1 (1.14%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.14%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (1.14%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (1.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 68 (77.27%) Azure
2 39 (44.32%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (12.50%) AWS
3 11 (12.50%) Entra ID
4 10 (11.36%) Azure Storage
5 9 (10.23%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (10.23%) Azure Monitor
5 9 (10.23%) GCP
6 5 (5.68%) OneDrive
7 4 (4.55%) Azure App Service
7 4 (4.55%) Azure Table
8 2 (2.27%) Mimecast
9 1 (1.14%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 39 (44.32%) Firewall
2 29 (32.95%) WAN
3 27 (30.68%) LAN
4 22 (25.00%) DNS
5 18 (20.45%) DHCP
6 12 (13.64%) TCP/IP
6 12 (13.64%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (12.50%) SAN
8 9 (10.23%) Remote Desktop
8 9 (10.23%) SD-WAN
9 7 (7.95%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (7.95%) VPN
9 7 (7.95%) Wireless
10 6 (6.82%) VLAN
10 6 (6.82%) Wireless Security
11 5 (5.68%) VoIP
12 3 (3.41%) BGP
12 3 (3.41%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (3.41%) EIGRP
12 3 (3.41%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
General
1 26 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (4.55%) Finance
2 4 (4.55%) Law
2 4 (4.55%) Legal
3 2 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.27%) Marketing
3 2 (2.27%) Police
3 2 (2.27%) Retail
3 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.14%) Advertising
4 1 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.77%) Onboarding
2 11 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.41%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.27%) Clustering
4 2 (2.27%) PKI
4 2 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.14%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.14%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.14%) Replication
5 1 (1.14%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.14%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 49 (55.68%) Windows
2 42 (47.73%) Windows Server
3 23 (26.14%) Windows Server 2016
4 21 (23.86%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (7.95%) VMS
5 7 (7.95%) Windows 10
6 6 (6.82%) Linux
7 3 (3.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.14%) Android
8 1 (1.14%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.14%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.45%) ITIL
2 17 (19.32%) Customer Service
3 16 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (15.91%) Change Management
5 13 (14.77%) Data Security
5 13 (14.77%) Infrastructure Management
5 13 (14.77%) Mentoring
5 13 (14.77%) Network Design
5 13 (14.77%) Presales
5 13 (14.77%) Proactive Monitoring
6 12 (13.64%) DevOps
6 12 (13.64%) Storage Management
7 11 (12.50%) High Availability
8 9 (10.23%) B2B
8 9 (10.23%) CI/CD
8 9 (10.23%) Cost Optimisation
8 9 (10.23%) Resource Management
9 8 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 7 (7.95%) Task Automation
10 7 (7.95%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (28.41%) PowerShell
2 19 (21.59%) SQL
3 9 (10.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (14.77%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.36%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (7.95%) CCIE
3 7 (7.95%) CCNP
3 7 (7.95%) DBS Check
4 6 (6.82%) Degree
4 6 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (5.68%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.14%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (55.68%) Active Directory
2 28 (31.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (14.77%) Hyper-V
3 13 (14.77%) XenApp
4 6 (6.82%) Terminal Services
4 6 (6.82%) vSphere
5 4 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (2.27%) Docker
6 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 2 (2.27%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.14%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 31 (35.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (10.23%) Terraform
3 4 (4.55%) SCCM
4 3 (3.41%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.27%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.27%) Proxmox
6 1 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.14%) Autotask
6 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 47 (53.41%) Microsoft
2 31 (35.23%) VMware
3 25 (28.41%) Cisco
4 24 (27.27%) Meraki
5 22 (25.00%) Citrix
6 13 (14.77%) CheckPoint
6 13 (14.77%) HP
6 13 (14.77%) SonicWALL
7 10 (11.36%) Fortinet
7 10 (11.36%) Google
8 7 (7.95%) Aruba
8 7 (7.95%) Palo Alto
9 6 (6.82%) Dell
9 6 (6.82%) NetApp
10 3 (3.41%) iManage
10 3 (3.41%) Intapp
10 3 (3.41%) Juniper
10 3 (3.41%) Riverbed
11 2 (2.27%) Oracle
11 2 (2.27%) Sophos