2nd Line Network Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Second Line Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Second Line Network Engineer salary in the South East is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 February 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 277 318
Rank change year-on-year +4 +41 +104
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Network Engineer 2 9 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.018% 0.11% 0.098%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.12% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 11
10th Percentile - - £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.72%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £47,000
90th Percentile - - £50,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +13.33% -6.25%

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 10,345 7,389 11,573
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 88.63% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6,625 3,840 8,796
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,725 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

2nd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

2nd Line Network Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

2nd Line Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

2nd Line Network 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 Network Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 February 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 +9 2 £42,500 -
2nd Line Network Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 February 2026, 2nd Line Network 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 Network Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Broadcom
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) ITSM
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Junos
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (50.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX

2nd Line Network 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Junos
2 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
1 1 (50.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (50.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Broadcom
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Juniper
2 1 (50.00%) Meraki
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds