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 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 366 360 466
Rank change year-on-year -6 +106 +94
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 46 25 37
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.22% 0.21% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.23% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 44 24 34
10th Percentile £42,375 £41,250 £39,125
25th Percentile £48,438 £50,750 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £63,750 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +18.60% +7.50%
75th Percentile £58,250 £68,750 £67,813
90th Percentile £59,625 £74,000 £73,600
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +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 19,351 10,916 22,470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 90.06% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 13,246 6,956 16,827
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,994 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,750
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 £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 31 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 31 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 -1 10 £50,000 -31.03% 3
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 31 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 34 (73.91%) Windows
2 31 (67.39%) Microsoft
2 31 (67.39%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (54.35%) Windows Server
4 24 (52.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 22 (47.83%) Active Directory
5 22 (47.83%) Azure
6 21 (45.65%) Entra ID
7 20 (43.48%) SharePoint
7 20 (43.48%) VMware
8 19 (41.30%) DNS
9 18 (39.13%) Linux
10 17 (36.96%) Microsoft Intune
11 15 (32.61%) Firewall
11 15 (32.61%) VMware Infrastructure
12 12 (26.09%) HP
12 12 (26.09%) Jamf Pro
12 12 (26.09%) Mac OS
12 12 (26.09%) SaaS
13 11 (23.91%) DHCP
13 11 (23.91%) Google
13 11 (23.91%) Project Delivery
14 10 (21.74%) Google Workspace
14 10 (21.74%) PowerShell
14 10 (21.74%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 10 (21.74%) VPN
15 9 (19.57%) Datto
15 9 (19.57%) Hyper-V
15 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
15 9 (19.57%) VLAN

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 24 (52.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (43.48%) SharePoint
3 4 (8.70%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (8.70%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (8.70%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.52%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 31 (67.39%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (47.83%) Azure
3 21 (45.65%) Entra ID
4 12 (26.09%) SaaS
5 10 (21.74%) Google Workspace
6 5 (10.87%) OneDrive
7 2 (4.35%) AWS
7 2 (4.35%) IaaS
8 1 (2.17%) Amazon S3
8 1 (2.17%) GCP
8 1 (2.17%) Google Docs
8 1 (2.17%) PaaS
8 1 (2.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (41.30%) DNS
2 15 (32.61%) Firewall
3 11 (23.91%) DHCP
4 10 (21.74%) VPN
5 9 (19.57%) VLAN
6 7 (15.22%) SAN
7 6 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (10.87%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.17%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.17%) Banking
4 1 (2.17%) Finance
4 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.39%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (15.22%) PKI
3 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.17%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.17%) Replication
5 1 (2.17%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (73.91%) Windows
2 25 (54.35%) Windows Server
3 18 (39.13%) Linux
4 12 (26.09%) Mac OS
5 7 (15.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (15.22%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (8.70%) Apple iOS
6 4 (8.70%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (8.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (6.52%) Windows 10
7 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (23.91%) Project Delivery
2 10 (21.74%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 9 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (17.39%) Email Migration
4 8 (17.39%) Server Management
4 8 (17.39%) SIEM
5 7 (15.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (13.04%) Application Packaging
6 6 (13.04%) Change Management
7 5 (10.87%) ITIL
8 4 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.70%) Customer Service
8 4 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (8.70%) Incident Management
8 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
8 4 (8.70%) Server Virtualisation
8 4 (8.70%) Software Deployment
9 3 (6.52%) Deployment Automation
9 3 (6.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (6.52%) Objectives and Key Results
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.74%) PowerShell
2 7 (15.22%) SQL
3 5 (10.87%) Bash
4 3 (6.52%) Python
4 3 (6.52%) Shell Script
5 2 (4.35%) Bicep
6 1 (2.17%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.04%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.52%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.35%) CCNA
4 2 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.17%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 22 (47.83%) Active Directory
2 15 (32.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (19.57%) Hyper-V
3 9 (19.57%) vSphere
4 3 (6.52%) Docker
5 2 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (2.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (26.09%) Jamf Pro
3 8 (17.39%) Autotask
4 7 (15.22%) WSUS
5 3 (6.52%) Terraform
6 2 (4.35%) vCenter Server
7 1 (2.17%) Ansible
7 1 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (67.39%) Microsoft
2 20 (43.48%) VMware
3 12 (26.09%) HP
4 11 (23.91%) Google
5 9 (19.57%) Datto
6 8 (17.39%) Aruba
6 8 (17.39%) Cisco
6 8 (17.39%) Meraki
6 8 (17.39%) SonicWALL
6 8 (17.39%) Ubiquiti
7 7 (15.22%) McAfee
8 4 (8.70%) Apple
8 4 (8.70%) ConnectWise
8 4 (8.70%) Dell
9 2 (4.35%) Veeam
10 1 (2.17%) Draytek
10 1 (2.17%) Fortinet
10 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
10 1 (2.17%) Sophos
10 1 (2.17%) Yealink