3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Third Line Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 206 245
Rank change year-on-year -25 +39 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 41 28 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.27% 0.49% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.54% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 37 27 32
10th Percentile £40,300 £37,750 £32,950
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £40,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +22.70% -11.41%
75th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £49,688
90th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £53,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +13.10% -6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 14,236 5,194 9,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 91.77% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,959 3,286 5,539
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,375 £76,686
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies 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 12 September 2026.

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 12 September 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
East Midlands -30 23 £50,000 -
West Midlands -32 18 £45,000 -10.00% 10
3rd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 September 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 Midlands region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (56.10%) DNS
2 22 (53.66%) Azure
3 21 (51.22%) Active Directory
3 21 (51.22%) Windows
4 20 (48.78%) Microsoft
5 18 (43.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 17 (41.46%) Hyper-V
6 17 (41.46%) Windows Server
7 16 (39.02%) DHCP
7 16 (39.02%) Entra ID
7 16 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (34.15%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (31.71%) Firewall
10 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
10 11 (26.83%) PowerShell
10 11 (26.83%) VPN
11 10 (24.39%) Azure Certification
11 10 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (24.39%) Mentoring
11 10 (24.39%) VMware
11 10 (24.39%) VMware Infrastructure
12 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (21.95%) SharePoint
13 8 (19.51%) High Availability
13 8 (19.51%) Root Cause Analysis
13 8 (19.51%) SQL
14 7 (17.07%) Agile
14 7 (17.07%) Azure AKS
14 7 (17.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 7 (17.07%) Azure Key Vault

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 18 (43.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (21.95%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (53.66%) Azure
2 16 (39.02%) Entra ID
2 16 (39.02%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (17.07%) Azure AKS
3 7 (17.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 7 (17.07%) Azure Key Vault
3 7 (17.07%) Azure Storage
3 7 (17.07%) IaaS
4 3 (7.32%) AWS
4 3 (7.32%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (4.88%) Mimecast
6 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (56.10%) DNS
2 16 (39.02%) DHCP
3 13 (31.71%) Firewall
4 11 (26.83%) VPN
5 7 (17.07%) Wireless
6 6 (14.63%) TCP/IP
7 5 (12.20%) Network Security
7 5 (12.20%) VLAN
8 3 (7.32%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (4.88%) LAN
9 2 (4.88%) SAN
9 2 (4.88%) VoIP
9 2 (4.88%) WAN
10 1 (2.44%) BGP
10 1 (2.44%) Internet
10 1 (2.44%) SD-WAN
10 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Law
3 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Legal
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Onboarding
2 7 (17.07%) Clustering
3 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (4.88%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 21 (51.22%) Windows
2 17 (41.46%) Windows Server
3 3 (7.32%) Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Android
4 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 10 (24.39%) Mentoring
3 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (19.51%) High Availability
4 8 (19.51%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (17.07%) Agile
5 7 (17.07%) Containerisation
5 7 (17.07%) Load Balancing
5 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (14.63%) Virtual Environments
7 5 (12.20%) Customer Service
7 5 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (12.20%) Patch Management
8 4 (9.76%) AI
8 4 (9.76%) Cloud Security
8 4 (9.76%) Data Privacy
8 4 (9.76%) Service Delivery
8 4 (9.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) PowerShell
2 8 (19.51%) SQL
3 1 (2.44%) Bash
3 1 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (24.39%) Azure Certification
2 7 (17.07%) Degree
3 4 (9.76%) CCNA
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.44%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (51.22%) Active Directory
2 17 (41.46%) Hyper-V
3 10 (24.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (7.32%) Firmware
5 2 (4.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (17.07%) Kubernetes
3 6 (14.63%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 20 (48.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (24.39%) VMware
3 4 (9.76%) Cisco
3 4 (9.76%) Fortinet
3 4 (9.76%) Palo Alto
3 4 (9.76%) SonicWALL
4 3 (7.32%) Sophos
4 3 (7.32%) WatchGuard
5 2 (4.88%) Veeam
6 1 (2.44%) Meraki
6 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow