2nd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in Leeds

Second Line Support Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Second Line Support Engineer salary in Leeds is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 79 123
Rank change year-on-year -34 +44 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 3 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.16% 0.26% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.28% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £29,225 £29,900
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,563 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £31,250 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.20% -2.34% +3.23%
75th Percentile £34,250 £33,063 £33,625
90th Percentile - £33,475 £33,700
West Yorkshire median annual salary £33,500 £31,250 £31,500
% change year-on-year +7.20% -0.79% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,706 719 1,889
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 93.50% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,211 482 1,447
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,275 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,114 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.88% -1.61% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Leeds

2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Leeds

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, 2nd Line Support 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 Leeds region featuring 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Google Workspace
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft