1st Line Engineer Job Trends in Somerset

First Line Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median First Line Engineer salary in Somerset is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.59% - 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% - 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £26,200
25th Percentile £27,500 - £26,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - £28,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.69%
75th Percentile £28,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £26,850 £26,500 £23,500
% change year-on-year +1.32% +12.77% -6.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 448 569 371
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.36% 86.21% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 247 304 289
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £34,760
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £45,186
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +10.65% -4.87%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,313 £62,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% +5.00%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

1st Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Somerset

1st Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

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

1st Line Engineer
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 16 November 2025. 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
Taunton - 3 £28,000 -
1st Line Engineer
South West

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, 1st 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 Somerset region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Chat Support
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (100.00%) Chat Support
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft