2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the South East

Second Line Engineer
England > South East

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the South East is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 310 245
Rank change year-on-year +40 -65 +132
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 31 90 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.52% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.55% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 29 90 152
10th Percentile £29,400 £25,995 £24,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,813 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £31,250 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.00% -0.79% +14.55%
75th Percentile £43,750 £35,000 £35,400
90th Percentile - £38,875 £39,000
England median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,283 16,379 12,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.89% 94.08% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,409 11,667 8,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Hampshire +75 21 £42,500 +41.67% 14
Berkshire +39 6 £34,250 +17.09% 1
Thames Valley +35 6 £34,250 +5.38% 4
Surrey +46 2 £37,750 +42.45% 3
West Sussex +24 1 £35,000 +16.67% 4
Sussex +20 1 £35,000 +16.67% 1
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, 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 South East region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (70.97%) Security Cleared
2 18 (58.06%) SC Cleared
3 17 (54.84%) Cisco
4 15 (48.39%) DV Cleared
5 12 (38.71%) SolarWinds
5 12 (38.71%) Windows
5 12 (38.71%) Juniper
6 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
7 7 (22.58%) WAN
8 6 (19.35%) VMware
8 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
9 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (16.13%) SD-WAN
9 5 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
9 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
10 4 (12.90%) Linux
10 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
10 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
10 4 (12.90%) Windows Server
10 4 (12.90%) Security Monitoring
11 3 (9.68%) Security Patching
11 3 (9.68%) Server Building
11 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
11 3 (9.68%) Advertising
11 3 (9.68%) Migration
11 3 (9.68%) VLAN
11 3 (9.68%) Hyper-V
11 3 (9.68%) Azure

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (9.68%) Azure
3 2 (6.45%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.23%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 7 (22.58%) WAN
2 5 (16.13%) SD-WAN
3 3 (9.68%) DNS
3 3 (9.68%) LAN
3 3 (9.68%) VLAN
4 2 (6.45%) Firewall
4 2 (6.45%) PBX
4 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.23%) Internet
5 1 (3.23%) IPsec
5 1 (3.23%) VoIP
General
1 4 (12.90%) Telecoms
2 3 (9.68%) Advertising
2 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 12 (38.71%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) Linux
2 4 (12.90%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
2 5 (16.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (12.90%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (12.90%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (9.68%) Migration
4 3 (9.68%) Security Patching
4 3 (9.68%) Server Building
5 2 (6.45%) Antivirus Management
5 2 (6.45%) CRM
5 2 (6.45%) ITSM
5 2 (6.45%) User Experience
6 1 (3.23%) Budget Management
6 1 (3.23%) Business Continuity
6 1 (3.23%) ITIL
6 1 (3.23%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (3.23%) Presales
6 1 (3.23%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.23%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (3.23%) Service Management
6 1 (3.23%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 22 (70.97%) Security Cleared
2 18 (58.06%) SC Cleared
3 15 (48.39%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) CCNA
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (16.13%) Active Directory
1 5 (16.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (9.68%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.45%) SCCM
2 2 (6.45%) SCOM
2 2 (6.45%) SCSM
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Cisco
2 12 (38.71%) Juniper
2 12 (38.71%) SolarWinds
3 10 (32.26%) Microsoft
4 6 (19.35%) VMware
5 2 (6.45%) Dell
5 2 (6.45%) Draytek
5 2 (6.45%) HP
5 2 (6.45%) Ubiquiti
5 2 (6.45%) WatchGuard
6 1 (3.23%) Citrix
6 1 (3.23%) Meraki
6 1 (3.23%) Sophos