2nd Line Engineer Jobs in London

Second Line Engineer
England > London

The median Second Line Engineer salary in London is £39,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 434 416
Rank change year-on-year +72 -18 +352
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 34 73 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.31% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.33% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 32 65 152
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% - +2.94%
75th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 12,033 21,986 27,482
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 94.37% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,404 15,933 21,585
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.97% -11.83% -

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in London

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in London.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in London

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in London over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

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 16 July 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
Central London +11 7 £40,000 - 5
West London +16 5 £30,000 -10.45% 4
South London - 2 £36,750 -
East London - 1 £31,500 - 2
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 London region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 30 (88.24%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (79.41%) Windows
3 26 (76.47%) Active Directory
3 26 (76.47%) Microsoft
4 21 (61.76%) Azure
5 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
6 16 (47.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 14 (41.18%) LAN
7 14 (41.18%) WAN
8 13 (38.24%) Windows 10
9 12 (35.29%) Customer Service
9 12 (35.29%) Firewall
10 11 (32.35%) Microsoft Office
10 11 (32.35%) Windows Server
11 10 (29.41%) VPN
11 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
12 9 (26.47%) Cisco
12 9 (26.47%) SCCM
13 8 (23.53%) Hyper-V
13 8 (23.53%) SharePoint
14 7 (20.59%) DNS
14 7 (20.59%) SLA
14 7 (20.59%) DHCP
14 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (20.59%) HP
14 7 (20.59%) Dell
15 6 (17.65%) Google
15 6 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
15 6 (17.65%) Mimecast
16 5 (14.71%) Palo Alto

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (23.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (88.24%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (61.76%) Azure
3 6 (17.65%) Mimecast
4 5 (14.71%) AWS
4 5 (14.71%) Google Workspace
5 2 (5.88%) GCP
5 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.88%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (41.18%) LAN
1 14 (41.18%) WAN
2 12 (35.29%) Firewall
3 10 (29.41%) VPN
4 7 (20.59%) DHCP
4 7 (20.59%) DNS
5 4 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
6 3 (8.82%) VLAN
7 2 (5.88%) SAN
8 1 (2.94%) ADSL
8 1 (2.94%) VoIP
8 1 (2.94%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Finance
3 3 (8.82%) Advertising
3 3 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) iPhone
2 3 (8.82%) Smartphone
3 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.94%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.94%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 27 (79.41%) Windows
2 13 (38.24%) Windows 10
3 11 (32.35%) Windows Server
4 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.88%) Linux
5 2 (5.88%) Mac OS
5 2 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (5.88%) Windows 7
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.94%) Android
6 1 (2.94%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.94%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (35.29%) Customer Service
2 6 (17.65%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (11.76%) ITIL
4 3 (8.82%) Antivirus Management
4 3 (8.82%) Asset Management
4 3 (8.82%) Data Privacy
4 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (5.88%) Business Development
5 2 (5.88%) Defect Management
5 2 (5.88%) Incident Management
5 2 (5.88%) Product Management
5 2 (5.88%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 2 (5.88%) Server Virtualisation
5 2 (5.88%) Time Management
6 1 (2.94%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.94%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (2.94%) Network Management
6 1 (2.94%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.88%) Java
2 2 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (11.76%) Degree
3 3 (8.82%) Azure Certification
3 3 (8.82%) MCSA
4 2 (5.88%) Dell Certification
5 1 (2.94%) CCNA
5 1 (2.94%) CCNP
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 26 (76.47%) Active Directory
2 8 (23.53%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (5.88%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (5.88%) XenApp
4 2 (5.88%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (26.47%) SCCM
3 2 (5.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (5.88%) WSUS
4 1 (2.94%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 26 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (26.47%) Cisco
3 7 (20.59%) Dell
3 7 (20.59%) HP
4 6 (17.65%) Google
5 5 (14.71%) Palo Alto
6 4 (11.76%) Bloomberg
6 4 (11.76%) VMware
7 3 (8.82%) Citrix
7 3 (8.82%) Juniper
7 3 (8.82%) Symantec
8 2 (5.88%) Fortinet
8 2 (5.88%) Fujitsu
8 2 (5.88%) N-able
8 2 (5.88%) Red Hat
8 2 (5.88%) Sophos
8 2 (5.88%) WatchGuard
9 1 (2.94%) Aruba
9 1 (2.94%) Logitech
9 1 (2.94%) Veeam