2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Second Line Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the Midlands is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 269 284
Rank change year-on-year +31 +15 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 17 56 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.24% 0.46% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.49% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 17 51 32
10th Percentile £28,400 £25,950 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,625 £27,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £33,125
90th Percentile £42,100 £34,250 £33,750
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,603 11,402 8,135
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 94.43% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,808 8,441 4,565
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
East Midlands +21 10 £31,250 -2.34% 1
West Midlands +8 7 £35,000 +16.67% 9
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 2nd Line Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (70.59%) Active Directory
3 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
4 8 (47.06%) Windows Server
5 7 (41.18%) Cisco
5 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (35.29%) WAN
6 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
7 5 (29.41%) Windows 10
8 4 (23.53%) Security Monitoring
8 4 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (23.53%) SD-WAN
8 4 (23.53%) DNS
8 4 (23.53%) Linux
8 4 (23.53%) CCNA
8 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (23.53%) Firewall
8 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (23.53%) Driving Licence
9 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
9 3 (17.65%) Azure
9 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (17.65%) VMware
9 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (17.65%) EPoS
9 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) WAN
2 4 (23.53%) DNS
2 4 (23.53%) Firewall
2 4 (23.53%) SD-WAN
3 3 (17.65%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (11.76%) LAN
5 1 (5.88%) PBX
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Driving Licence
2 3 (17.65%) EPoS
3 2 (11.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.88%) Client/Server
4 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Windows Server
3 5 (29.41%) Windows 10
4 4 (23.53%) Linux
5 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
6 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (23.53%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (11.76%) Data Security
2 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
2 2 (11.76%) Network Design
2 2 (11.76%) Network Monitoring
2 2 (11.76%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (5.88%) Change Control
3 1 (5.88%) Migration
3 1 (5.88%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) CCNA
1 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) ISO 9000
2 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (70.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
3 2 (11.76%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (41.18%) Cisco
3 3 (17.65%) VMware
4 2 (11.76%) CheckPoint
4 2 (11.76%) Citrix
4 2 (11.76%) Fujitsu
4 2 (11.76%) Meraki
4 2 (11.76%) SonicWALL