3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in Sheffield

Third Line Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Third Line Engineer salary in Sheffield is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 2 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.30% - 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £53,125
90th Percentile - - £54,250
South Yorkshire median annual salary £42,500 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 647 277 1,008
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 95.85% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 510 191 819
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,588 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -0.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,436 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.75% +15.79% +5.56%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Sheffield

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 22 April 2026, 3rd Line 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 Sheffield region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) Web Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Web Filtering
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam