2nd Line Engineer Job Trends in London

Second Line Engineer
England > London

The median Second Line Engineer salary in London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 366 349
Rank change year-on-year +33 -17 +226
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 44 73 98
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.33% 0.45% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.49% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 41 63 91
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,650 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,501 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +0.00% +1.35%
75th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,020
90th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £47,500
England median annual salary £33,500 £34,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -1.47% +4.62% -

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 12,268 15,027 16,854
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 93.51% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,140 8,910 13,617
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,434 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 20 December 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 20 December 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
West London +14 14 £38,000 -10.59%
Central London +19 6 £40,000 -3.03% 1
South London - 2 £40,000 -
2nd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 35 (79.55%) Windows
2 32 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (63.64%) Microsoft
4 27 (61.36%) Active Directory
5 25 (56.82%) Azure
6 21 (47.73%) VPN
7 15 (34.09%) Windows 10
8 14 (31.82%) LAN
8 14 (31.82%) Microsoft Exchange
8 14 (31.82%) WAN
9 13 (29.55%) DNS
9 13 (29.55%) Windows Server
10 11 (25.00%) DHCP
10 11 (25.00%) Firewall
10 11 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (25.00%) TCP/IP
11 10 (22.73%) ITIL
11 10 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (20.45%) Google
12 9 (20.45%) Google Workspace
12 9 (20.45%) Mac OS
12 9 (20.45%) SCCM
13 8 (18.18%) AWS
13 8 (18.18%) VLAN
13 8 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (15.91%) Asset Management
14 7 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (15.91%) Hyper-V
14 7 (15.91%) SLA

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 14 (31.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (2.27%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 32 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (56.82%) Azure
3 9 (20.45%) Google Workspace
4 8 (18.18%) AWS
5 5 (11.36%) Entra ID
6 4 (9.09%) Azure AKS
6 4 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (9.09%) GitHub
7 1 (2.27%) GCP
7 1 (2.27%) Mimecast
7 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (47.73%) VPN
2 14 (31.82%) LAN
2 14 (31.82%) WAN
3 13 (29.55%) DNS
4 11 (25.00%) DHCP
4 11 (25.00%) Firewall
4 11 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 10 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (18.18%) VLAN
7 6 (13.64%) VoIP
8 5 (11.36%) Wireless
9 2 (4.55%) Internet
9 2 (4.55%) IPsec
9 2 (4.55%) NetScaler
9 2 (4.55%) SAN
9 2 (4.55%) SD-WAN
9 2 (4.55%) SSL
10 1 (2.27%) Cisco Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Git
1 4 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 20 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.64%) Advertising
2 6 (13.64%) Finance
3 5 (11.36%) Telecoms
4 4 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 3 (6.82%) Electronics
5 3 (6.82%) Marketing
5 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.55%) Front Office
6 2 (4.55%) Law
6 2 (4.55%) Legal
7 1 (2.27%) Banking
7 1 (2.27%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.09%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) iPhone
2 5 (11.36%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.82%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (4.55%) IoT
4 2 (4.55%) iPad
4 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.27%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.27%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.27%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 35 (79.55%) Windows
2 15 (34.09%) Windows 10
3 13 (29.55%) Windows Server
4 9 (20.45%) Mac OS
5 8 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (13.64%) Linux
6 6 (13.64%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (11.36%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (6.82%) Apple iOS
9 2 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (2.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (22.73%) ITIL
3 7 (15.91%) Asset Management
3 7 (15.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (13.64%) Customer Service
5 5 (11.36%) Data Privacy
5 5 (11.36%) Mentoring
5 5 (11.36%) Task Automation
6 4 (9.09%) CI/CD
6 4 (9.09%) Containerisation
6 4 (9.09%) DevOps
6 4 (9.09%) DevSecOps
6 4 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (9.09%) Virtual Environments
7 3 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (6.82%) Change Management
7 3 (6.82%) Digital Marketing
7 3 (6.82%) Incident Management
7 3 (6.82%) Programme Management
7 3 (6.82%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) Java
1 2 (4.55%) PowerShell
1 2 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (4.55%) Degree
1 2 (4.55%) Dell Certification
1 2 (4.55%) MCSA
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
1 2 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (61.36%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.91%) Hyper-V
3 4 (9.09%) Docker
4 2 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (20.45%) SCCM
3 5 (11.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (9.09%) Autotask
4 4 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 4 (9.09%) Terraform
5 3 (6.82%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (4.55%) WSUS
7 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.45%) Google
3 5 (11.36%) Cisco
4 4 (9.09%) HP
5 3 (6.82%) SAP
5 3 (6.82%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.55%) Aruba
6 2 (4.55%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.55%) Dell
6 2 (4.55%) F5
6 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
6 2 (4.55%) Fujitsu
6 2 (4.55%) iManage
6 2 (4.55%) Intapp
6 2 (4.55%) Juniper
6 2 (4.55%) Meraki
6 2 (4.55%) Okta
6 2 (4.55%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.55%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.27%) VMware