1st Line Engineer Job Trends in Sheffield

First Line Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median First Line Engineer salary in Sheffield is £26,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.51% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 - -
75th Percentile £27,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £26,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 387 813 448
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.47% 96.21% 94.32%
Number of salaries quoted 276 458 359
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £24,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £62,813 £65,000 £62,375
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in Sheffield

1st Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield.

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 28 September 2025, 1st 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 Sheffield region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Zoho
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Zoho