2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Second Line Engineer
England > North of England

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the North of England is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 283 362
Rank change year-on-year -27 +79 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 26 103 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.22% 0.59% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.62% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 26 103 72
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,250 £26,025
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,500 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.80% +5.93%
75th Percentile £34,875 £33,750 £39,063
90th Percentile £41,500 £35,000 £40,000
England median annual salary £34,500 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +6.15% - +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 10,635 16,623 15,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 94.90% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5,791 12,864 8,217
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,945 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63,576 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the North of England

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the North of England

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the North of England

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 13 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
Yorkshire +53 13 £32,500 - 8
North West -25 11 £30,000 - 13
North East +24 2 £29,500 -7.81% 11
2nd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 of England region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (73.08%) Windows
2 17 (65.38%) Active Directory
3 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
3 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
4 15 (57.69%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (42.31%) Windows Server
6 10 (38.46%) Azure
6 10 (38.46%) Firewall
6 10 (38.46%) LAN
7 8 (30.77%) Service Delivery
7 8 (30.77%) Entra ID
8 7 (26.92%) VoIP
8 7 (26.92%) SQL
8 7 (26.92%) ITIL
9 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
9 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
9 6 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (23.08%) Windows 10
9 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
10 5 (19.23%) Driving Licence
11 4 (15.38%) User Experience
11 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
11 4 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
11 4 (15.38%) WAN
11 4 (15.38%) Cisco
12 3 (11.54%) VPN
12 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
12 3 (11.54%) EPoS

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (57.69%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (38.46%) Azure
3 8 (30.77%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) Firewall
1 10 (38.46%) LAN
2 7 (26.92%) VoIP
3 4 (15.38%) WAN
3 4 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (11.54%) VPN
5 1 (3.85%) BGP
5 1 (3.85%) DHCP
5 1 (3.85%) DNS
5 1 (3.85%) IPv4
5 1 (3.85%) IPv6
5 1 (3.85%) MPLS
5 1 (3.85%) OSPF
5 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Driving Licence
2 3 (11.54%) EPoS
3 2 (7.69%) Social Media
4 1 (3.85%) Fat Client
4 1 (3.85%) PropTech
4 1 (3.85%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 19 (73.08%) Windows
2 11 (42.31%) Windows Server
3 6 (23.08%) Windows 10
4 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Service Delivery
2 7 (26.92%) ITIL
3 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 4 (15.38%) User Experience
4 2 (7.69%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (7.69%) Migration
4 2 (7.69%) Network Management
4 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (7.69%) Web Filtering
5 1 (3.85%) Antivirus Management
5 1 (3.85%) Change Control
5 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.85%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.85%) Decision-Making
5 1 (3.85%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.85%) ERP
5 1 (3.85%) Process Improvement
5 1 (3.85%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
3 2 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CCNA
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (65.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.69%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.85%) Terminal Services
3 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.69%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (7.69%) SmoothWall
3 1 (3.85%) Backup Exec
3 1 (3.85%) FortiGate
3 1 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Cisco
3 2 (7.69%) Meraki
3 2 (7.69%) Veeam
3 2 (7.69%) VMware
4 1 (3.85%) ConnectWise
4 1 (3.85%) Datto
4 1 (3.85%) ESET
4 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.85%) Sophos
4 1 (3.85%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (3.85%) Veritas
4 1 (3.85%) Wyse