2nd Line Engineer Job Trends in Fareham

Second Line Engineer
Hampshire > Fareham

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Fareham is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 45 41
Rank change year-on-year +17 -4 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fareham 0.66% 0.31% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.32% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,500 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £30,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £31,500 - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £31,000 £40,000 £28,800
% change year-on-year -22.50% +38.89% -0.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Fareham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Fareham. 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 Fareham with a recognized job title 151 317 141
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 99.06% 99.30%
Number of salaries quoted 67 170 132
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,450 £27,775
25th Percentile £30,875 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £70,000 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year - -1.87% +1.90%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Fareham.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Fareham

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Fareham

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

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Fareham

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fareham

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 2nd 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 Fareham region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Fujitsu
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fareham 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Fujitsu
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware