3rd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in Northampton

Third Line Support Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in Northampton is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 3 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 0.46% 1.48% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 1.49% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,500 £47,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% - -
75th Percentile £41,500 £52,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £41,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year -18.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 622 202 454
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 99.51% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 399 164 324
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,600 £77,450 £80,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -13.64%

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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 Northampton.

3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Northampton

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Northampton

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, 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 Northampton region featuring 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 3 (100.00%) Sophos

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) SonicWALL
1 3 (100.00%) Sophos
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) WatchGuard