3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in Solihull

Third Line Engineer
West Midlands > Solihull

The median Third Line Engineer salary in Solihull is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Solihull 2.42% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £42,750 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £36,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +36.99% -23.16%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Solihull

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Solihull. 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 Solihull with a recognized job title 187 123 177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 99.19% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 139 70 125
10th Percentile £30,000 £39,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

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 Solihull.

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Solihull

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Solihull

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

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

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull

For the 6 months to 2 August 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 Solihull region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (20.00%) BGP
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (20.00%) High Availability
1 1 (20.00%) ITSM
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) Meraki
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) BGP
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (20.00%) High Availability
1 1 (20.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (20.00%) Meraki
1 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow