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 14 June 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 367 363 479
Rank change year-on-year -4 +116 +76
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 45 27 37
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.21% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.24% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 44 26 31
10th Percentile £42,750 £40,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% +16.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,250 £68,750 £66,875
90th Percentile £59,625 £72,500 £73,250
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 19,734 11,061 23,202
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 90.46% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 13,602 6,965 17,232
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% +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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +2 9 £52,500 -27.59%
North London - 4 £57,500 -
3rd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 (75.56%) Windows
2 31 (68.89%) Microsoft
3 30 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (57.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 23 (51.11%) Entra ID
5 23 (51.11%) SharePoint
6 22 (48.89%) Windows Server
7 21 (46.67%) Active Directory
8 20 (44.44%) Azure
8 20 (44.44%) Linux
9 18 (40.00%) DNS
10 17 (37.78%) VMware
11 16 (35.56%) Microsoft Intune
12 15 (33.33%) Firewall
12 15 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
12 15 (33.33%) Mac OS
13 14 (31.11%) HP
13 14 (31.11%) SaaS
14 13 (28.89%) Project Delivery
14 13 (28.89%) VMware Infrastructure
15 12 (26.67%) Google
16 11 (24.44%) Datto
16 11 (24.44%) DHCP
16 11 (24.44%) Google Workspace
16 11 (24.44%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 10 (22.22%) Aruba
17 10 (22.22%) Autotask
17 10 (22.22%) Cisco
17 10 (22.22%) Email Migration
17 10 (22.22%) Meraki

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 26 (57.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (51.11%) SharePoint
3 4 (8.89%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (8.89%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (8.89%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.67%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 30 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (51.11%) Entra ID
3 20 (44.44%) Azure
4 14 (31.11%) SaaS
5 11 (24.44%) Google Workspace
6 6 (13.33%) OneDrive
7 2 (4.44%) IaaS
8 1 (2.22%) AWS
8 1 (2.22%) GCP
8 1 (2.22%) Google Docs
8 1 (2.22%) PaaS
8 1 (2.22%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.00%) DNS
2 15 (33.33%) Firewall
3 11 (24.44%) DHCP
4 10 (22.22%) VLAN
4 10 (22.22%) VPN
5 7 (15.56%) SAN
5 7 (15.56%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (11.11%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.22%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.89%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.44%) Finance
5 1 (2.22%) Banking
5 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.22%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (15.56%) PKI
3 4 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.44%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (75.56%) Windows
2 22 (48.89%) Windows Server
3 20 (44.44%) Linux
4 15 (33.33%) Mac OS
5 7 (15.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (13.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (8.89%) Apple iOS
7 4 (8.89%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (8.89%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (6.67%) Windows 10
9 2 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Project Delivery
2 11 (24.44%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 10 (22.22%) Email Migration
3 10 (22.22%) Server Management
4 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (17.78%) SIEM
5 7 (15.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (13.33%) Application Packaging
6 6 (13.33%) Change Management
7 5 (11.11%) ITIL
8 4 (8.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (8.89%) Incident Management
8 4 (8.89%) Mentoring
8 4 (8.89%) Server Virtualisation
8 4 (8.89%) Software Deployment
9 3 (6.67%) Deployment Automation
9 3 (6.67%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (6.67%) Patch Management
9 3 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (15.56%) SQL
3 6 (13.33%) Bash
4 4 (8.89%) Python
5 3 (6.67%) Shell Script
6 2 (4.44%) Bicep
7 1 (2.22%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 3 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.44%) CCNA
4 2 (4.44%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 21 (46.67%) Active Directory
2 13 (28.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (20.00%) vSphere
4 6 (13.33%) Hyper-V
5 3 (6.67%) Docker
6 2 (4.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (35.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
3 10 (22.22%) Autotask
4 7 (15.56%) WSUS
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 31 (68.89%) Microsoft
2 17 (37.78%) VMware
3 14 (31.11%) HP
4 12 (26.67%) Google
5 11 (24.44%) Datto
6 10 (22.22%) Aruba
6 10 (22.22%) Cisco
6 10 (22.22%) Meraki
6 10 (22.22%) SonicWALL
6 10 (22.22%) Ubiquiti
7 7 (15.56%) McAfee
8 5 (11.11%) Apple
9 4 (8.89%) Dell
10 2 (4.44%) ConnectWise
11 1 (2.22%) Logitech
11 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
11 1 (2.22%) Veeam
11 1 (2.22%) Yealink