3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in London

Third Line Engineer
England > London

The median Third Line Engineer salary in London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 409 398
Rank change year-on-year +58 -11 +169
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 26 22 61
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.18% 0.14% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.15% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 57
10th Percentile £40,300 £36,750 £41,800
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% -6.36% +22.22%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £77,000 -
England median annual salary £45,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.11% +5.88% -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 13,156 14,275 18,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.23% 92.40% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,695 8,212 14,904
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -1.49%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -8.80%

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 21 January 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 21 January 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 +23 3 £52,500 -27.59% 4
North London - 1 - -
3rd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 January 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 18 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 12 (46.15%) Azure
3 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (34.62%) Windows
6 8 (30.77%) Firewall
6 8 (30.77%) SharePoint
6 8 (30.77%) Windows Server
7 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
7 7 (26.92%) Customer Service
7 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
8 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
8 6 (23.08%) VMware
9 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
9 5 (19.23%) DNS
9 5 (19.23%) FortiGate
9 5 (19.23%) HND
9 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (19.23%) Power BI
10 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
10 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
11 3 (11.54%) ITIL
11 3 (11.54%) Linux
11 3 (11.54%) Problem Management
11 3 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (11.54%) VPN

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 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (30.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (46.15%) Azure
3 7 (26.92%) Entra ID
4 6 (23.08%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.85%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.85%) AWS
5 1 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (3.85%) Google Workspace
5 1 (3.85%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Firewall
2 5 (19.23%) DNS
3 3 (11.54%) VPN
4 2 (7.69%) DHCP
4 2 (7.69%) SAN
5 1 (3.85%) LAN
5 1 (3.85%) VLAN
5 1 (3.85%) VoIP
5 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Front Office
3 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.69%) PKI
3 1 (3.85%) BYOD
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
2 8 (30.77%) Windows Server
3 3 (11.54%) Linux
4 2 (7.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
4 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (3.85%) Apple iOS
5 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (26.92%) Customer Service
3 5 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (19.23%) Cloud Security
3 5 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (11.54%) ITIL
4 3 (11.54%) Problem Management
4 3 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (7.69%) SIEM
6 1 (3.85%) Antivirus Management
6 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
6 1 (3.85%) Customer Experience
6 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.85%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.85%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.85%) Migration
6 1 (3.85%) Performance Analysis
6 1 (3.85%) Process Improvement
6 1 (3.85%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 1 (3.85%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) HND
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Active Directory
2 4 (15.38%) Hyper-V
2 4 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.69%) vSphere
4 1 (3.85%) BitLocker
4 1 (3.85%) Firmware
4 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (19.23%) FortiGate
3 2 (7.69%) WSUS
4 1 (3.85%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) VMware
3 2 (7.69%) ConnectWise
3 2 (7.69%) Logitech
3 2 (7.69%) McAfee
3 2 (7.69%) Veeam
3 2 (7.69%) Yealink
4 1 (3.85%) Apple
4 1 (3.85%) Draytek
4 1 (3.85%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.85%) Google
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.85%) Sophos