2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the North West

Second Line Engineer
England > North West

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the North West is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 248 250
Rank change year-on-year -37 +2 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 10 47 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.12% 0.47% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.50% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 10 47 46
10th Percentile £27,975 £22,614 £26,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £25,500 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.45% +11.67%
75th Percentile £34,125 £33,625 £40,000
90th Percentile £34,500 £33,750 -
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,403 9,402 6,918
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.63% 89.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,024 7,225 4,030
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,063 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

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

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the North West

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 17 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
Manchester +28 8 £30,000 - 11
Cumbria -68 1 £32,000 +23.08% 3
Lancashire -75 1 £28,500 +23.50% 1
2nd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 West region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) VoIP
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (30.00%) User Experience
4 3 (30.00%) Degree
4 3 (30.00%) Cisco
5 2 (20.00%) Social Media
5 2 (20.00%) Network Management
5 2 (20.00%) Veeam
5 2 (20.00%) Azure
5 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (20.00%) LAN
5 2 (20.00%) WAN
5 2 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (20.00%) Meraki
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
5 2 (20.00%) SmoothWall
5 2 (20.00%) Web Filtering
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
5 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (10.00%) ESET

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) VoIP
2 2 (20.00%) LAN
2 2 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Social Media
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) User Experience
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (20.00%) Network Management
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Web Filtering
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Data Privacy
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (20.00%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) Meraki
3 2 (20.00%) Veeam
4 1 (10.00%) ConnectWise
4 1 (10.00%) Datto
4 1 (10.00%) ESET
4 1 (10.00%) Sophos
4 1 (10.00%) Ubiquiti
4 1 (10.00%) VMware