2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the North East

Second Line Engineer
England > North East

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the North East is £29,500 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 74 94 -
Rank change year-on-year +20 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 2 23 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.25% 1.22% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 1.28% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 23 0
10th Percentile £28,550 £25,500 -
25th Percentile £28,625 £26,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £32,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.81% - -
75th Percentile £30,625 £33,750 -
90th Percentile £30,850 - -
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 728 1,803 1,001
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 95.75% 79.89%
Number of salaries quoted 399 1,448 598
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,558
25th Percentile £26,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £65,552 £62,500 £61,162
90th Percentile £76,118 £75,000 £72,500
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 North East

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the North East

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the North East

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the North East

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 North East 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
Tyne and Wear +22 2 £29,500 -9.23% 9
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

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 North East region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Antivirus Management
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Software Deployment
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft