2nd Line Technical Support Engineer Job Trends in London

Second Line Technical Support Engineer
England > London

The median Second Line Technical Support Engineer salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 382 425 451
Rank change year-on-year +43 +26 +262
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer 1 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.007% 0.043% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.046% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £34,400 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £35,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £38,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% +18.75% +1.59%
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £34,000 £36,000 £34,750
% change year-on-year -5.56% +3.60% +6.92%

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 12,151 15,170 16,969
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.70% 93.86% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,066 9,041 13,727
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +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 Technical Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

2nd Line Technical Support Engineer job vacancy trend in London

2nd Line Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

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

2nd Line Technical Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 2nd Line Technical 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 London region featuring 2nd Line Technical Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

2nd Line Technical Support 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell