3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in London

Third Line Engineer
England > London

The median Third Line Engineer salary in London is £49,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 409 429
Rank change year-on-year +45 +20 +292
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 20 33 43
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.17% 0.18% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.19% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 20 22 43
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,050 £41,250
25th Percentile £37,875 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £55,938 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £69,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -6.67% -

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 10,658 17,176 19,436
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 95.26% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,953 10,633 15,934
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,451 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -0.73% +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,525 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.70% -5.79% -

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 October 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 14 October 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 +25 8 £60,000 +41.18% 1
Central London +39 1 £40,500 -29.57% 3
West London - 1 £42,500 -
3rd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 October 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 18 (90.00%) Azure
2 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (40.00%) SQL
4 8 (40.00%) Windows
5 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
5 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
5 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
6 6 (30.00%) Windows Server
6 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
7 5 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (25.00%) AI
7 5 (25.00%) ITIL
7 5 (25.00%) ITSM
7 5 (25.00%) Migration
7 5 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
7 5 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (20.00%) Azure App Service
8 4 (20.00%) Storage Management
8 4 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
8 4 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
8 4 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
8 4 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (20.00%) Terraform
8 4 (20.00%) B2B

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 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (90.00%) Azure
2 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
4 5 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (20.00%) AWS
5 4 (20.00%) Azure App Service
5 4 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (20.00%) GCP
6 3 (15.00%) Azure Storage
6 3 (15.00%) Azure Table
7 1 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
7 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) WAN
2 2 (10.00%) Junos
2 2 (10.00%) LAN
2 2 (10.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.00%) VPN
3 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Advertising
2 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) BYOD
3 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (5.00%) Linux
4 1 (5.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 5 (25.00%) AI
3 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (25.00%) ITIL
3 5 (25.00%) ITSM
3 5 (25.00%) Migration
4 4 (20.00%) B2B
4 4 (20.00%) Change Management
4 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 4 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 4 (20.00%) Data Management
4 4 (20.00%) DevOps
4 4 (20.00%) High Availability
4 4 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 4 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 4 (20.00%) Storage Management
5 3 (15.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (15.00%) Load Balancing
5 3 (15.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) SQL
2 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
3 4 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) BitLocker
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Terraform
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Google
3 2 (10.00%) Citrix
3 2 (10.00%) Juniper
3 2 (10.00%) SolarWinds
3 2 (10.00%) VMware
4 1 (5.00%) Apple
4 1 (5.00%) Meraki