2nd Line Engineer Job Trends in London

Second Line Engineer
England > London

The median Second Line Engineer salary in London is £36,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 360 370
Rank change year-on-year -36 +10 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 54 24 84
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.21% 0.21% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.23% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 47 22 70
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £31,938 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £39,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £38,750 £44,688 £43,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £56,250 £57,500
England median annual salary £35,000 £33,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% -2.94% +4.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 23,991 10,620 17,450
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 90.99% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 15,970 6,919 10,739
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -2.03% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £119,071
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% -1.79% -6.67%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

2nd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in London

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

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

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in London over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in London

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 12 October 2026. 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
Central London +18 6 £35,000 -15.15% 2
West London -21 5 £40,000 +33.33%
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 October 2026, 2nd 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 London region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 45 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (81.48%) Microsoft
3 35 (64.81%) Windows
4 29 (53.70%) Entra ID
5 25 (46.30%) Active Directory
6 24 (44.44%) Azure
7 21 (38.89%) Customer Service
7 21 (38.89%) SharePoint
8 20 (37.04%) macOS
9 18 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (33.33%) Firewall
9 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 15 (27.78%) Service Delivery
11 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (25.93%) SLA
11 14 (25.93%) Windows Server
12 12 (22.22%) DNS
13 10 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (18.52%) TCP/IP
14 9 (16.67%) Hyper-V
14 9 (16.67%) LAN
14 9 (16.67%) WAN
15 8 (14.81%) DHCP
15 8 (14.81%) Identity Management
15 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
16 7 (12.96%) Collaborative Culture
16 7 (12.96%) Disaster Recovery
16 7 (12.96%) Google
16 7 (12.96%) Incident Response
16 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 21 (38.89%) SharePoint
2 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (53.70%) Entra ID
3 24 (44.44%) Azure
4 6 (11.11%) Google Workspace
4 6 (11.11%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.85%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.33%) Firewall
2 12 (22.22%) DNS
3 10 (18.52%) TCP/IP
4 9 (16.67%) LAN
4 9 (16.67%) WAN
5 8 (14.81%) DHCP
6 6 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (7.41%) VoIP
8 3 (5.56%) IPsec
8 3 (5.56%) SSL
8 3 (5.56%) VLAN
8 3 (5.56%) VPN
8 3 (5.56%) Wireless
9 2 (3.70%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) Power BI
2 3 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Finance
3 6 (11.11%) Billing
4 5 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.70%) Advertising
6 2 (3.70%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.56%) iPad
3 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.70%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.85%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 35 (64.81%) Windows
2 20 (37.04%) macOS
3 14 (25.93%) Windows Server
4 4 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 4 (7.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.70%) Linux
5 2 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Customer Service
2 18 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 15 (27.78%) Service Delivery
4 14 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (14.81%) Identity Management
7 7 (12.96%) Collaborative Culture
7 7 (12.96%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (12.96%) Incident Response
8 6 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (11.11%) Cloud Operations
8 6 (11.11%) Cloud Security
8 6 (11.11%) Network Management
9 5 (9.26%) Mentoring
9 5 (9.26%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (7.41%) Document Management
10 4 (7.41%) Incident Management
11 3 (5.56%) ITIL
11 3 (5.56%) ITSM
11 3 (5.56%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) Java
1 2 (3.70%) SQL
2 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (11.11%) HND
3 5 (9.26%) Degree
4 2 (3.70%) A+ Certification
4 2 (3.70%) Dell Certification
4 2 (3.70%) MCSA
5 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.93%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (46.30%) Active Directory
2 9 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 7 (12.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (3.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (11.11%) Autotask
2 6 (11.11%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (3.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 44 (81.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.96%) Google
2 7 (12.96%) VMware
3 6 (11.11%) Cisco
4 3 (5.56%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (3.70%) ConnectWise
5 2 (3.70%) Dell
5 2 (3.70%) Fujitsu
5 2 (3.70%) HP
5 2 (3.70%) Juniper
5 2 (3.70%) Okta
5 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow