3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in London

Third Line Engineer
England > London

The median Third Line Engineer salary in London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 November 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 419 405
Rank change year-on-year +53 -14 +241
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 22 27 56
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.17% 0.15% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.16% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 22 17 53
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,700 £41,300
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -11.21% +10.31%
75th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £54,375 £68,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.59% -5.56% -

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 11,644 16,642 17,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.69% 94.72% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,536 10,165 14,557
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £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 £118,750 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £54,987 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.37% -4.17% -

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 November 2025.

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 November 2025. 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
South London +31 1 £55,000 +33.33%
3rd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 November 2025, 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 17 (77.27%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (63.64%) PowerShell
3 13 (59.09%) Azure
3 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
3 13 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (45.45%) Cloud Security
5 8 (36.36%) Windows
6 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
6 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
7 6 (27.27%) Entra ID
7 6 (27.27%) Firewall
7 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
8 5 (22.73%) AI
8 5 (22.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
8 5 (22.73%) FortiGate
8 5 (22.73%) HND
8 5 (22.73%) ITSM
8 5 (22.73%) Migration
8 5 (22.73%) Power BI
8 5 (22.73%) SharePoint
9 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
9 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
10 2 (9.09%) Citrix
10 2 (9.09%) Degree
10 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
10 2 (9.09%) ITIL

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 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (22.73%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (77.27%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (59.09%) Azure
3 6 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
4 5 (22.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (4.55%) Azure App Service
5 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) Junos
2 2 (9.09%) NetScaler
2 2 (9.09%) VPN
3 1 (4.55%) DHCP
3 1 (4.55%) DNS
3 1 (4.55%) LAN
3 1 (4.55%) VoIP
3 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Power BI
2 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.55%) Advertising
2 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.55%) BYOD
2 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.55%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (45.45%) Cloud Security
3 7 (31.82%) Customer Service
4 5 (22.73%) AI
4 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (22.73%) ITSM
4 5 (22.73%) Migration
5 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
6 2 (9.09%) ITIL
6 2 (9.09%) Patch Management
6 2 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
7 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (4.55%) Data Encryption
7 1 (4.55%) Data Management
7 1 (4.55%) Identity Management
7 1 (4.55%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (4.55%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) HND
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) BitLocker
2 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (22.73%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.55%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Citrix
2 2 (9.09%) Juniper
2 2 (9.09%) Logitech
2 2 (9.09%) SolarWinds
2 2 (9.09%) Yealink
3 1 (4.55%) Apple
3 1 (4.55%) Veeam
3 1 (4.55%) VMware