3rd Line Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

Third Line Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in the South East is £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 302 294 457
Rank change year-on-year -8 +163 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 52 67 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 0.58% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.63% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 52 55 52
10th Percentile £32,875 £35,160 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,400 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% - +12.17%
75th Percentile £43,750 £52,063 £52,500
90th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £53,750
England median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

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 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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

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

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

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support Engineer in the South East

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 3rd Line Support Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley +31 33 £42,000 +18.64% 2
Oxfordshire +14 28 £42,000 +5.00% 1
Hampshire -43 7 £29,000 -41.56% 1
Kent -7 6 £37,500 -16.67% 1
Surrey -31 4 £48,750 +8.33%
Buckinghamshire - 4 £41,250 - 1
East Sussex - 2 £43,750 -
Berkshire -4 1 £40,000 +12.99%
3rd Line Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 46 (88.46%) Microsoft 365
1 46 (88.46%) Firewall
1 46 (88.46%) Windows
2 44 (84.62%) Microsoft
3 34 (65.38%) VMware
4 32 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (61.54%) Active Directory
5 30 (57.69%) SQL Server
6 28 (53.85%) SQL
6 28 (53.85%) Citrix
7 27 (51.92%) Wi-Fi
7 27 (51.92%) Veeam
8 26 (50.00%) Social Skills
9 25 (48.08%) Windows Server
10 23 (44.23%) SharePoint
11 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Exchange
12 21 (40.38%) Azure
12 21 (40.38%) Degree
13 17 (32.69%) Microsoft Office
14 16 (30.77%) OneDrive
14 16 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
15 15 (28.85%) Hyper-V
16 14 (26.92%) Change Control
16 14 (26.92%) Documentation Skills
16 14 (26.92%) Multi-Factor Authentication
17 12 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
17 12 (23.08%) Replication
18 11 (21.15%) Law
19 10 (19.23%) Cisco
19 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune

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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (44.23%) SharePoint
2 22 (42.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (7.69%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 17 (32.69%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 46 (88.46%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (40.38%) Azure
3 16 (30.77%) OneDrive
4 10 (19.23%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.85%) AWS
6 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (88.46%) Firewall
2 27 (51.92%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (17.31%) LAN
3 9 (17.31%) WAN
4 8 (15.38%) DNS
4 8 (15.38%) VPN
5 7 (13.46%) DHCP
6 6 (11.54%) VLAN
7 5 (9.62%) FTP
7 5 (9.62%) Wireless
8 4 (7.69%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.85%) BGP
9 2 (3.85%) IPsec
9 2 (3.85%) OSPF
9 2 (3.85%) VoIP
10 1 (1.92%) 4G
10 1 (1.92%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (1.92%) DSL
10 1 (1.92%) IP Telephony
10 1 (1.92%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (57.69%) SQL Server
2 8 (15.38%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Hudson
General
1 26 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.92%) Documentation Skills
3 11 (21.15%) Law
4 5 (9.62%) Games
5 2 (3.85%) Finance
5 2 (3.85%) Legal
5 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.85%) Retail
6 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Replication
2 8 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (11.54%) Driving Licence
4 5 (9.62%) Client/Server
4 5 (9.62%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.85%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.92%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 46 (88.46%) Windows
2 25 (48.08%) Windows Server
3 7 (13.46%) Windows 10
4 3 (5.77%) Android
4 3 (5.77%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.92%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (26.92%) Change Control
2 14 (26.92%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 8 (15.38%) ITIL
4 6 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (9.62%) Agile
5 5 (9.62%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.69%) ERP
6 4 (7.69%) Escalation Management
6 4 (7.69%) Migration
6 4 (7.69%) Problem Management
6 4 (7.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 4 (7.69%) Threat Management
6 4 (7.69%) Time Management
6 4 (7.69%) Trend Analysis
7 3 (5.77%) Customer Service
7 3 (5.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (3.85%) Biomedicine
8 2 (3.85%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (3.85%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (53.85%) SQL
2 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (40.38%) Degree
2 5 (9.62%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (7.69%) CCNA
3 4 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (5.77%) CCNP
4 3 (5.77%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.92%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.92%) MCP
6 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.85%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (61.54%) Active Directory
1 32 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (28.85%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.85%) SCCM
3 1 (1.92%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 44 (84.62%) Microsoft
2 34 (65.38%) VMware
3 28 (53.85%) Citrix
4 27 (51.92%) Veeam
5 10 (19.23%) Cisco
6 5 (9.62%) Meraki
7 4 (7.69%) Draytek
8 1 (1.92%) Acronis
8 1 (1.92%) Apple
8 1 (1.92%) Datto
8 1 (1.92%) Dell
8 1 (1.92%) HP
8 1 (1.92%) Juniper
8 1 (1.92%) Sophos
8 1 (1.92%) WatchGuard