3rd Line Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Third Line Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 255 281
Rank change year-on-year +39 +26 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 35 56 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.50% 0.48% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.51% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 34 54 39
10th Percentile - £32,500 £39,900
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,750 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £59,688 £48,438 -
90th Percentile £67,500 £52,500 £56,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £42,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year +19.05% -7.18% +2.84%

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 6,427 11,047 8,539
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 94.29% 89.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,858 8,256 4,765
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,741 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the Midlands

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the Midlands

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the Midlands

3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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 +42 19 £55,000 +37.50% 3
West Midlands +31 16 £50,000 +33.33% 6
3rd Line Engineer
England

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (82.86%) Firewall
2 26 (74.29%) Windows
2 26 (74.29%) Windows Server
3 25 (71.43%) Active Directory
4 24 (68.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (68.57%) VMware
4 24 (68.57%) Azure
5 23 (65.71%) Microsoft Exchange
6 22 (62.86%) Cisco
7 21 (60.00%) WAN
8 20 (57.14%) LAN
8 20 (57.14%) Meraki
9 17 (48.57%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (45.71%) PowerShell
11 14 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Intune
12 13 (37.14%) Infrastructure Management
12 13 (37.14%) XenApp
12 13 (37.14%) Mentoring
12 13 (37.14%) Onboarding
12 13 (37.14%) SonicWALL
12 13 (37.14%) Data Security
12 13 (37.14%) Network Design
12 13 (37.14%) Citrix
12 13 (37.14%) HP
12 13 (37.14%) CheckPoint
13 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
13 12 (34.29%) SQL Server
14 11 (31.43%) DHCP

3rd 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 23 (65.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (22.86%) SharePoint
3 7 (20.00%) IIS
4 1 (2.86%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 24 (68.57%) Azure
2 14 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.86%) AWS
3 1 (2.86%) Cloudflare
3 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 29 (82.86%) Firewall
2 21 (60.00%) WAN
3 20 (57.14%) LAN
4 11 (31.43%) DHCP
4 11 (31.43%) DNS
5 8 (22.86%) SAN
5 8 (22.86%) SD-WAN
6 7 (20.00%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (17.14%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (2.86%) Skype
8 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.86%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (34.29%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (5.71%) Law
2 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
2 3 (8.57%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.86%) Clustering
3 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (74.29%) Windows
1 26 (74.29%) Windows Server
2 17 (48.57%) Windows Server 2019
3 14 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.86%) Linux
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Data Security
1 13 (37.14%) Infrastructure Management
1 13 (37.14%) Mentoring
1 13 (37.14%) Network Design
2 7 (20.00%) Presales
2 7 (20.00%) Zero Trust
3 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (8.57%) Virtual Environments
5 2 (5.71%) Time Management
5 2 (5.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (2.86%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (2.86%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (2.86%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (2.86%) Edge Virtualization
6 1 (2.86%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.86%) Network Monitoring
6 1 (2.86%) Patch Management
6 1 (2.86%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (45.71%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) CCIE
1 7 (20.00%) CCNP
1 7 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) MCP
4 2 (5.71%) MCSA
4 2 (5.71%) MCSE
4 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) ISO 9000
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 24 (68.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (37.14%) XenApp
4 9 (25.71%) Hyper-V
5 6 (17.14%) Terminal Services
5 6 (17.14%) vSphere
6 2 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (5.71%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.57%) SCCM
2 3 (8.57%) SCOM
3 2 (5.71%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.86%) SCOrch
4 1 (2.86%) SCSM
Vendors
1 24 (68.57%) VMware
2 22 (62.86%) Cisco
3 20 (57.14%) Meraki
4 13 (37.14%) CheckPoint
4 13 (37.14%) Citrix
4 13 (37.14%) HP
4 13 (37.14%) SonicWALL
5 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
6 7 (20.00%) Aruba
6 7 (20.00%) Fortinet
6 7 (20.00%) Palo Alto
7 6 (17.14%) Dell
7 6 (17.14%) NetApp
8 2 (5.71%) arcserve
9 1 (2.86%) ADVA
9 1 (2.86%) Imperva
9 1 (2.86%) Juniper