3rd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in the Midlands

Third Line Support Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 264 220
Rank change year-on-year +61 -44 +127
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 17 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.31% 0.068% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.072% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 17 5 13
10th Percentile £36,050 £31,200 £37,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,750 £38,839
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £48,750
90th Percentile - £58,000 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +8.43% -2.35% -5.56%

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 5,144 8,383 4,983
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 94.40% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,227 4,311 3,855
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,125 £36,873 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

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

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support Engineer in the Midlands

3rd Line Support 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 Support Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 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
East Midlands +18 11 £55,000 +22.22% 2
West Midlands +48 6 £48,750 +26.62% 3
3rd Line Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, 3rd Line Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
2 10 (58.82%) Windows
2 10 (58.82%) Windows Server
3 9 (52.94%) Azure
3 9 (52.94%) Mentoring
4 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
4 8 (47.06%) Cisco
4 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
4 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (47.06%) PowerShell
5 6 (35.29%) DNS
5 6 (35.29%) Logistics
5 6 (35.29%) Network Management
5 6 (35.29%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (35.29%) Service Desk Management
5 6 (35.29%) SharePoint
6 5 (29.41%) Aruba
6 5 (29.41%) Autotask
6 5 (29.41%) CCNA
6 5 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (29.41%) Datto
6 5 (29.41%) HP
6 5 (29.41%) Hyper-V
6 5 (29.41%) iSCSI
6 5 (29.41%) Migration
6 5 (29.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 5 (29.41%) SAN
6 5 (29.41%) SCCM
6 5 (29.41%) Service Delivery

3rd Line Support 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 6 (35.29%) SharePoint
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (64.71%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (52.94%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) Firewall
2 6 (35.29%) DNS
3 5 (29.41%) iSCSI
3 5 (29.41%) SAN
3 5 (29.41%) VLAN
4 4 (23.53%) LAN
4 4 (23.53%) WAN
5 1 (5.88%) DHCP
5 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (41.18%) Automotive
2 5 (29.41%) Billing
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Driving Licence
2 4 (23.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
1 10 (58.82%) Windows Server
2 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2019
3 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.88%) Linux
4 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Mentoring
2 6 (35.29%) Logistics
2 6 (35.29%) Network Management
2 6 (35.29%) Network Monitoring
2 6 (35.29%) Service Desk Management
3 5 (29.41%) Migration
3 5 (29.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 5 (29.41%) Service Delivery
3 5 (29.41%) Tech Ops
4 3 (17.65%) Data Security
4 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (17.65%) Network Design
5 1 (5.88%) Bill of Materials
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (5.88%) ERP
5 1 (5.88%) Presales
5 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) CCNA
1 5 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
2 5 (29.41%) Hyper-V
3 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (17.65%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (29.41%) Autotask
2 5 (29.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Cisco
1 8 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Aruba
2 5 (29.41%) Datto
2 5 (29.41%) HP
3 4 (23.53%) VMware
4 3 (17.65%) CheckPoint
4 3 (17.65%) Citrix
4 3 (17.65%) Meraki
4 3 (17.65%) SonicWALL
5 1 (5.88%) Acronis
5 1 (5.88%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (5.88%) WatchGuard