2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
England > South East

The median 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 389 397
Rank change year-on-year +109 +8 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer 3 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.035% 0.024% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.026% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £41,400 - £26,000
25th Percentile £44,625 £27,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £29,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +72.41% -12.12% +3.13%
75th Percentile - £33,750 £38,750
90th Percentile - £38,700 £40,100
England median annual salary £50,000 £32,500 £38,250
% change year-on-year +53.85% -15.03% +15.04%

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 7,441 15,681 13,534
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.10% 93.90% 90.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,481 11,335 8,483
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £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 £79,250 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in the South East

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in the South East

2nd/3rd Line Support 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/3rd Line Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Sussex - 2 £50,000 -
Thames Valley - 1 £40,500 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £40,500 -
2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
England

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 2nd/3rd Line Support 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/3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Meraki
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (66.67%) Mimecast
2 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Sophos
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) Presales
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) WAN

2nd/3rd Line Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Presales
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
2 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Meraki
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Sophos
3 1 (33.33%) VMware