3rd Line Support Technician Job Trends in the North of England

Third Line Support Technician
England > North of England

The median Third Line Support Technician salary in the North of England is £40,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 308 -
Rank change year-on-year +19 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Technician 5 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.055% 0.008% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.008% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £46,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% - -
75th Percentile £42,250 £47,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £41,500 £38,750 £41,000
% change year-on-year +7.10% -5.49% -13.23%

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 7,944 12,080 7,926
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.55% 95.01% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 4,385 6,493 6,027
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -8.26% +3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,774 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -

3rd Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

3rd Line Support Technician job vacancy trend in the North of England

3rd Line Support Technician
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Technician job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Technician job vacancies in the North of England

3rd Line Support Technician
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 3rd Line Support Technician within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 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
North West - 5 £40,500 -
3rd Line Support Technician
England

3rd Line Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, 3rd Line Support Technician 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 North of England region featuring 3rd Line Support Technician in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Autotask
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) IaaS
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) ISMS
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 5 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 5 (100.00%) Security Management
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 5 (100.00%) SSL
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN

3rd Line Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (100.00%) IaaS
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
1 5 (100.00%) SSL
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) ISMS
1 5 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 5 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 5 (100.00%) Security Management
1 5 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Autotask
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft