2nd Line Engineer Jobs in Scotland

Second Line Engineer
UK > Scotland

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Scotland is £29,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 218 244
Rank change year-on-year -58 +26 -60
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 7 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.10% 0.15% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.16% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 3
10th Percentile - £28,250 £25,027
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,188 £27,317
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £32,000 £31,133
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +2.78% -0.37%
75th Percentile £30,000 £33,313 -
90th Percentile £31,200 £34,375 -
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,494 4,314 5,472
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 90.27% 96.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,618 2,346 2,950
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,569 £28,173
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Scotland

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Scotland.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Scotland

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Glasgow -96 6 £29,000 - 3
Argyll and Bute - 1 £33,000 -
2nd Line Engineer
UK

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 Scotland region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 5 (71.43%) MCDST
3 5 (71.43%) Incident Management
3 5 (71.43%) Azure
3 5 (71.43%) Degree
3 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (71.43%) SharePoint
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (71.43%) A+ Certification
3 5 (71.43%) Proactive Maintenance
3 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (71.43%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (71.43%) Entra ID
3 5 (71.43%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (28.57%) Windows
4 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (14.29%) Replication
5 1 (14.29%) JOnAS
5 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (14.29%) NAS
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
5 1 (14.29%) Nimsoft
5 1 (14.29%) VLAN
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (71.43%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) JOnAS
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (71.43%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (14.29%) Firewall
3 1 (14.29%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) NAS
3 1 (14.29%) VLAN
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
3 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
1 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) VMS
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (71.43%) Incident Management
2 5 (71.43%) Mobile Device Management
2 5 (71.43%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) A+ Certification
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
1 5 (71.43%) MCDST
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) arcserve
2 1 (14.29%) Nimsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Sage
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow