3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in London

Third Line Engineer
England > London

The median Third Line Engineer salary in London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 354 461
Rank change year-on-year -16 +107 +97
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 45 25 38
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.22% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.23% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 43 24 35
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £48,125 £50,750 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +15.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,500 £68,750 £66,875
90th Percentile £60,000 £74,000 £73,550
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year - +19.05% -11.58%

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 19,284 10,802 22,146
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.24% 89.94% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 13,200 6,882 16,673
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,250 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -3.91% +8.49% -12.83%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -5 10 £50,000 -31.03% 1
North London - 5 £57,500 -
3rd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 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 32 (71.11%) Windows
2 30 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 30 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (55.56%) Windows Server
4 23 (51.11%) Active Directory
4 23 (51.11%) Azure
4 23 (51.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (42.22%) DNS
5 19 (42.22%) Entra ID
5 19 (42.22%) SharePoint
5 19 (42.22%) VMware
6 18 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
7 17 (37.78%) Linux
8 14 (31.11%) VMware Infrastructure
9 12 (26.67%) Firewall
9 12 (26.67%) PowerShell
10 11 (24.44%) DHCP
10 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (22.22%) HP
11 10 (22.22%) Jamf Pro
11 10 (22.22%) Mac OS
11 10 (22.22%) SaaS
12 9 (20.00%) Project Delivery
12 9 (20.00%) VPN
12 9 (20.00%) vSphere
13 8 (17.78%) Google
13 8 (17.78%) Google Workspace
13 8 (17.78%) Hyper-V
14 7 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 7 (15.56%) McAfee

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 23 (51.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (42.22%) SharePoint
3 4 (8.89%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (8.89%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (8.89%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.67%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 30 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (51.11%) Azure
3 19 (42.22%) Entra ID
4 10 (22.22%) SaaS
5 8 (17.78%) Google Workspace
6 5 (11.11%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.22%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.22%) AWS
7 1 (2.22%) Google Docs
7 1 (2.22%) IaaS
7 1 (2.22%) Mimecast
7 1 (2.22%) PaaS
7 1 (2.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (42.22%) DNS
2 12 (26.67%) Firewall
3 11 (24.44%) DHCP
4 9 (20.00%) VPN
5 7 (15.56%) SAN
5 7 (15.56%) VLAN
6 6 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (11.11%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.22%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.22%) Finance
5 1 (2.22%) Front Office
5 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.22%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) PKI
2 6 (13.33%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 32 (71.11%) Windows
2 25 (55.56%) Windows Server
3 17 (37.78%) Linux
4 10 (22.22%) Mac OS
5 7 (15.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (15.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (8.89%) Apple iOS
6 4 (8.89%) Windows 10
6 4 (8.89%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (8.89%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 7 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (15.56%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 7 (15.56%) SIEM
4 6 (13.33%) Application Packaging
4 6 (13.33%) Change Management
4 6 (13.33%) Email Migration
4 6 (13.33%) ITIL
4 6 (13.33%) Server Management
5 4 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (8.89%) Customer Service
5 4 (8.89%) Server Virtualisation
5 4 (8.89%) Software Deployment
6 3 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
6 3 (6.67%) Mentoring
6 3 (6.67%) Patch Management
6 3 (6.67%) Proactive Monitoring
6 3 (6.67%) Service Desk Management
6 3 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.67%) PowerShell
2 7 (15.56%) SQL
3 5 (11.11%) Bash
4 3 (6.67%) Python
4 3 (6.67%) Shell Script
5 2 (4.44%) Bicep
6 1 (2.22%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.44%) CCNA
3 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 23 (51.11%) Active Directory
2 14 (31.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (20.00%) vSphere
4 8 (17.78%) Hyper-V
5 3 (6.67%) Docker
6 2 (4.44%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (22.22%) Jamf Pro
3 7 (15.56%) WSUS
4 6 (13.33%) Autotask
5 3 (6.67%) Terraform
6 2 (4.44%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.22%) Ansible
7 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (42.22%) VMware
3 10 (22.22%) HP
4 8 (17.78%) Google
5 7 (15.56%) McAfee
6 6 (13.33%) Aruba
6 6 (13.33%) Cisco
6 6 (13.33%) Datto
6 6 (13.33%) Meraki
6 6 (13.33%) SonicWALL
6 6 (13.33%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (8.89%) Apple
7 4 (8.89%) ConnectWise
7 4 (8.89%) Dell
8 2 (4.44%) Salesforce
9 1 (2.22%) Draytek
9 1 (2.22%) Fortinet
9 1 (2.22%) Sophos
9 1 (2.22%) Veeam
9 1 (2.22%) Yealink