3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in Glasgow

Third Line Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Third Line Engineer salary in Glasgow is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 81 65
Rank change year-on-year -6 -16 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.13% 0.10% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.10% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £44,375
25th Percentile - £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £50,250 £52,500
90th Percentile - - £60,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £43,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -13.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 733 974 657
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 97.60% 98.06%
Number of salaries quoted 321 535 510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -9.09%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 28 October 2025, 3rd Line Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Glasgow region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Datto
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Datto
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware