3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in London

Third Line Engineer
England > London

The median Third Line Engineer salary in London is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 354 377 429
Rank change year-on-year +23 +52 +117
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 52 18 53
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.29% 0.14% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.15% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 50 16 48
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £40,875
25th Percentile £42,188 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +6.52% +27.78%
75th Percentile £58,250 £70,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £76,875 £73,400
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -5.56%

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 16,528 11,644 20,994
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 90.81% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 11,092 7,532 16,488
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in London

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in London

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in London

3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 1 April 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 +9 10 £50,000 -31.03% 1
North London - 5 £57,500 - 1
3rd Line Engineer
England

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 April 2026, 3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (67.31%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (59.62%) Microsoft
3 29 (55.77%) Windows
4 28 (53.85%) Azure
5 27 (51.92%) Windows Server
6 24 (46.15%) Active Directory
7 23 (44.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Exchange
9 20 (38.46%) DNS
9 20 (38.46%) PowerShell
9 20 (38.46%) VMware
10 19 (36.54%) SharePoint
11 18 (34.62%) Entra ID
12 16 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure
14 13 (25.00%) Firewall
15 12 (23.08%) DHCP
15 12 (23.08%) Linux
16 10 (19.23%) VPN
17 9 (17.31%) Customer Service
17 9 (17.31%) Hyper-V
17 9 (17.31%) vSphere
18 7 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 7 (13.46%) ITIL
18 7 (13.46%) McAfee
18 7 (13.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 7 (13.46%) SAN
18 7 (13.46%) Security Cleared
18 7 (13.46%) SIEM
18 7 (13.46%) SQL

3rd 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 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (36.54%) SharePoint
3 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.77%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 35 (67.31%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (53.85%) Azure
3 18 (34.62%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.62%) OneDrive
4 5 (9.62%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.62%) SaaS
5 3 (5.77%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.92%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.92%) AWS
6 1 (1.92%) Google Docs
6 1 (1.92%) IaaS
6 1 (1.92%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.92%) PaaS
6 1 (1.92%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 20 (38.46%) DNS
2 13 (25.00%) Firewall
3 12 (23.08%) DHCP
4 10 (19.23%) VPN
5 7 (13.46%) SAN
6 6 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (9.62%) TCP/IP
8 2 (3.85%) VLAN
9 1 (1.92%) LAN
9 1 (1.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.62%) Power BI
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.85%) Banking
5 1 (1.92%) Finance
5 1 (1.92%) Front Office
5 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.92%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) PKI
2 5 (9.62%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.92%) Replication
5 1 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (55.77%) Windows
2 27 (51.92%) Windows Server
3 12 (23.08%) Linux
4 7 (13.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (13.46%) Windows Server 2016
5 5 (9.62%) Mac OS
6 4 (7.69%) Apple iOS
6 4 (7.69%) Windows 10
6 4 (7.69%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (17.31%) Customer Service
3 7 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (13.46%) ITIL
3 7 (13.46%) SIEM
4 6 (11.54%) Application Packaging
4 6 (11.54%) Change Management
5 5 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (9.62%) Cloud Security
6 4 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (7.69%) Incident Management
6 4 (7.69%) Project Delivery
6 4 (7.69%) Server Virtualisation
6 4 (7.69%) Software Deployment
7 3 (5.77%) Mentoring
7 3 (5.77%) Patch Management
7 3 (5.77%) Problem Management
7 3 (5.77%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (5.77%) Service Desk Management
7 3 (5.77%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (38.46%) PowerShell
2 7 (13.46%) SQL
3 5 (9.62%) Bash
4 3 (5.77%) Python
4 3 (5.77%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.85%) Bicep
6 1 (1.92%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.54%) DV Cleared
3 5 (9.62%) HND
4 2 (3.85%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.85%) CCNA
4 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.92%) Degree
5 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 14 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (17.31%) Hyper-V
3 9 (17.31%) vSphere
4 3 (5.77%) Docker
5 2 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.92%) Firmware
6 1 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 23 (44.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (13.46%) WSUS
3 5 (9.62%) FortiGate
3 5 (9.62%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (5.77%) Terraform
5 2 (3.85%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.92%) Ansible
6 1 (1.92%) Autotask
6 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (59.62%) Microsoft
2 20 (38.46%) VMware
3 7 (13.46%) McAfee
4 5 (9.62%) HP
5 4 (7.69%) Apple
5 4 (7.69%) ConnectWise
5 4 (7.69%) Dell
6 3 (5.77%) Google
6 3 (5.77%) Logitech
6 3 (5.77%) Yealink
7 2 (3.85%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.85%) Veeam
8 1 (1.92%) Aruba
8 1 (1.92%) Cisco
8 1 (1.92%) Draytek
8 1 (1.92%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.92%) Meraki
8 1 (1.92%) SonicWALL
8 1 (1.92%) Sophos
8 1 (1.92%) Ubiquiti