2nd Line Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Second Line Engineer
England > South East

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the South East is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 July 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 256 285
Rank change year-on-year +15 +29 -79
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 76 31 95
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.48% 0.36% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.40% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 66 29 90
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,950 £26,225
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% +26.67% -4.76%
75th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £40,000 - £38,875
England median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 15,169 7,681 15,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.58% 89.06% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 10,745 4,280 10,906
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,964 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £79,718
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

2nd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies 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 19 July 2026.

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 19 July 2026. 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 -23 34 £30,000 -29.41% 2
Thames Valley +27 17 £35,000 -5.41% 6
Surrey -7 13 £32,500 -13.91% 3
Kent -9 12 £28,000 -17.65% 3
Buckinghamshire - 9 £37,500 - 2
Oxfordshire -6 5 £35,000 -7.89% 4
Berkshire +10 3 £30,000 -12.41%
2nd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 July 2026, 2nd 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 South East region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (48.68%) Microsoft
2 32 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (40.79%) Customer Service
4 30 (39.47%) Windows
5 22 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (26.32%) Firewall
7 13 (17.11%) Windows 10
8 12 (15.79%) VPN
8 12 (15.79%) Windows Server
9 11 (14.47%) WAN
10 9 (11.84%) Google
10 9 (11.84%) Google Workspace
10 9 (11.84%) ITIL
10 9 (11.84%) LAN
11 8 (10.53%) Sophos
11 8 (10.53%) VoIP
12 7 (9.21%) Active Directory
12 7 (9.21%) Azure
12 7 (9.21%) DBS Check
12 7 (9.21%) VMware
12 7 (9.21%) VMware Infrastructure
13 6 (7.89%) Project Delivery
13 6 (7.89%) SLA
14 5 (6.58%) Collaborative Culture
14 5 (6.58%) Veeam
15 4 (5.26%) Broadband
15 4 (5.26%) Cloud Security
15 4 (5.26%) Entra ID
15 4 (5.26%) Mathematics
15 4 (5.26%) Mimecast

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.63%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 32 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (11.84%) Google Workspace
3 7 (9.21%) Azure
4 4 (5.26%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.26%) Mimecast
5 3 (3.95%) Power Automate
5 3 (3.95%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.63%) AWS
6 2 (2.63%) SaaS
6 2 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (1.32%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (26.32%) Firewall
2 12 (15.79%) VPN
3 11 (14.47%) WAN
4 9 (11.84%) LAN
5 8 (10.53%) VoIP
6 4 (5.26%) Broadband
6 4 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (5.26%) VLAN
6 4 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (3.95%) DHCP
7 3 (3.95%) DNS
7 3 (3.95%) NAS
8 2 (2.63%) BGP
8 2 (2.63%) Internet
8 2 (2.63%) IPsec
8 2 (2.63%) SD-WAN
8 2 (2.63%) SSL
9 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Power BI
2 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 10 (13.16%) Social Skills
2 3 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.32%) Finance
3 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.32%) Military
3 1 (1.32%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.84%) Smartphone
2 8 (10.53%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.32%) NHS
4 1 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 30 (39.47%) Windows
2 13 (17.11%) Windows 10
3 12 (15.79%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.63%) AIX
5 1 (1.32%) Linux
5 1 (1.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (40.79%) Customer Service
2 22 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (11.84%) ITIL
4 6 (7.89%) Project Delivery
5 5 (6.58%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (5.26%) Cloud Security
6 4 (5.26%) Mathematics
6 4 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
7 3 (3.95%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (3.95%) Client Onboarding
7 3 (3.95%) Critical Thinking
7 3 (3.95%) Customer Experience
7 3 (3.95%) Logistics
7 3 (3.95%) Project Management
7 3 (3.95%) Time Management
8 2 (2.63%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (2.63%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (2.63%) Software Testing
8 2 (2.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (2.63%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) PowerShell
1 4 (5.26%) SQL
2 2 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (9.21%) DBS Check
2 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.89%) SLA
2 2 (2.63%) GDPR
3 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.32%) QA
System Software
1 7 (9.21%) Active Directory
1 7 (9.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.95%) BitLocker
2 3 (3.95%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.32%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) SCCM
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.63%) Netcool
3 1 (1.32%) Autotask
3 1 (1.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 37 (48.68%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.84%) Google
3 8 (10.53%) Sophos
4 7 (9.21%) VMware
5 5 (6.58%) Veeam
6 3 (3.95%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (3.95%) Fortinet
6 3 (3.95%) HP
6 3 (3.95%) SonicWALL
7 2 (2.63%) Oracle
7 2 (2.63%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.63%) Snow
7 2 (2.63%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.32%) Apple
8 1 (1.32%) Citrix
8 1 (1.32%) ConnectWise
8 1 (1.32%) Datto
8 1 (1.32%) Meraki