1st Line Engineer Jobs in the South West

First Line Engineer
England > South West

The median First Line Engineer salary in the South West is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 264 297
Rank change year-on-year -10 +33 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer 18 15 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.20% 0.21% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 17 15 18
10th Percentile £22,900 £21,250 £20,288
25th Percentile £24,500 £22,375 £20,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £27,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £27,500 £31,750 £26,500
90th Percentile - £35,000 £27,250
England median annual salary £25,000 £25,500 £23,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +8.51% +6.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,683 6,462 7,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.46% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,407 3,971 5,127
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,364 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%

1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Engineer in the South West

1st Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for 1st Line Engineer in the South West

1st Line Engineer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Somerset +16 10 £27,000 -2.70%
Devon -4 4 £25,000 -
Wiltshire -3 2 £26,250 -11.02% 2
Gloucestershire - 2 £25,000 -
1st Line Engineer
England

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 1st Line 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 West region featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (83.33%) Customer Service
3 11 (61.11%) Azure
4 10 (55.56%) Service Management
5 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (50.00%) ITIL
5 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
6 8 (44.44%) SLA
6 8 (44.44%) Degree
7 7 (38.89%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (38.89%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (38.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
7 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
7 7 (38.89%) Customer-Centricity
8 6 (33.33%) Windows
9 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
10 3 (16.67%) VLAN
10 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (16.67%) IPsec
10 3 (16.67%) OneDrive
10 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
10 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
10 3 (16.67%) LAN
10 3 (16.67%) WAN
10 3 (16.67%) DHCP
10 3 (16.67%) VPN
10 3 (16.67%) DNS
10 3 (16.67%) A+ Certification

1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (61.11%) Azure
3 3 (16.67%) Entra ID
3 3 (16.67%) OneDrive
4 2 (11.11%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (16.67%) DHCP
2 3 (16.67%) DNS
2 3 (16.67%) IPsec
2 3 (16.67%) LAN
2 3 (16.67%) VLAN
2 3 (16.67%) VPN
2 3 (16.67%) WAN
2 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) Amazon RDS
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Customer Service
2 10 (55.56%) Service Management
3 9 (50.00%) ITIL
4 7 (38.89%) Customer-Centricity
4 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.11%) ITSM
6 1 (5.56%) Chat Support
6 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.56%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (44.44%) Degree
3 7 (38.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (16.67%) A+ Certification
5 2 (11.11%) CCNA
5 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
6 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft