2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in London

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 - 472
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.004% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £40,000
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +62.50% -20.79% -

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 21,291 11,236 19,431
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 91.72% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 14,610 7,337 13,796
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,622
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £117,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in London

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure 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/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware