3rd Line Network Engineer Jobs in the South East

Third Line Network Engineer
England > South East

The median Third Line Network Engineer salary in the South East is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 273 363 369
Rank change year-on-year +90 +6 +105
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 20 27 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.21% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 20 26 23
10th Percentile £49,250 £39,250 £31,350
25th Percentile £51,125 £41,094 £46,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.16% -2.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile £54,625 £51,500 £54,750
90th Percentile £59,000 £53,375 £55,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £49,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year +8.16% -9.68% +20.56%

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 8,134 15,805 13,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.58% 93.97% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,548 11,356 8,239
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

3rd Line Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in the South East

3rd Line Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer in the South East

3rd 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 3rd Line Network Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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 +55 15 £53,000 +8.16%
Thames Valley +66 5 £52,500 +39.26% 3
Berkshire +38 5 £52,500 +39.26% 3
3rd Line Network Engineer
England

3rd Line Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 3rd Line Network 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 3rd Line Network Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 20 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (90.00%) Cisco
3 17 (85.00%) OSPF
3 17 (85.00%) BGP
3 17 (85.00%) Firewall
4 15 (75.00%) DV Cleared
5 14 (70.00%) Fortinet
5 14 (70.00%) EIGRP
6 11 (55.00%) Network Security
7 9 (45.00%) Juniper
8 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (20.00%) Advertising
10 3 (15.00%) Cisco Firepower
10 3 (15.00%) Boundary Protection
10 3 (15.00%) Spanning Tree
10 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
10 3 (15.00%) 802.1X
10 3 (15.00%) VLAN
10 3 (15.00%) F5
10 3 (15.00%) DMVPN
10 3 (15.00%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (15.00%) HSRP
10 3 (15.00%) FortiGate
10 3 (15.00%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (15.00%) IPsec
10 3 (15.00%) VPN
10 3 (15.00%) CCNP
11 2 (10.00%) Mentoring

3rd Line Network 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:

Communications & Networking
1 17 (85.00%) BGP
1 17 (85.00%) Firewall
1 17 (85.00%) OSPF
2 14 (70.00%) EIGRP
3 11 (55.00%) Network Security
4 6 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (15.00%) Cisco Firepower
5 3 (15.00%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (15.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (15.00%) DMVPN
5 3 (15.00%) HSRP
5 3 (15.00%) IPsec
5 3 (15.00%) Spanning Tree
5 3 (15.00%) VLAN
5 3 (15.00%) VPN
6 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
6 1 (5.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (20.00%) Advertising
2 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.00%) Boundary Protection
2 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (5.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (5.00%) Edge Virtualization
3 1 (5.00%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 20 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 20 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (75.00%) DV Cleared
3 6 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (15.00%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) Cisco
2 14 (70.00%) Fortinet
3 9 (45.00%) Juniper
4 3 (15.00%) F5
5 1 (5.00%) ADVA
5 1 (5.00%) VMware