2nd Line Support Engineer Jobs in the South West

Second Line Support Engineer
England > South West

The median Second Line Support Engineer salary in the South West is £33,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 222 264
Rank change year-on-year -26 +42 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 43 46 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.66% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.74% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 43 44 36
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,975 £25,375
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £36,500 £30,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.59% +20.66% +8.04%
75th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £37,000
90th Percentile - £43,375 £40,750
England median annual salary £31,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year -3.08% +1.56% +10.73%

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 8,796 6,256 7,645
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.28% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,444 3,885 5,118
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in the South West

2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in the South West

2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support Engineer in the South West

2nd Line Support 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 2nd Line Support Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Dorset -21 15 £37,000 -1.33% 2
Devon -3 9 £29,000 -10.77% 1
Somerset +7 5 £29,000 -9.38%
Wiltshire -17 5 £30,000 -17.81% 4
Bristol +6 3 £34,000 +12.40% 2
Gloucestershire -22 3 £47,500 +97.92% 1
Cornwall - 3 £30,000 - 1
2nd Line Support Engineer
England

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 2nd 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 West region featuring 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (86.05%) Active Directory
2 33 (76.74%) Windows
3 31 (72.09%) Microsoft
4 26 (60.47%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (53.49%) Azure
6 18 (41.86%) Hyper-V
6 18 (41.86%) VMware
6 18 (41.86%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (41.86%) Windows Server
7 17 (39.53%) Security Cleared
7 17 (39.53%) VMware Infrastructure
8 16 (37.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (34.88%) SC Cleared
9 15 (34.88%) AWS
9 15 (34.88%) Google
9 15 (34.88%) GCP
9 15 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (34.88%) Customer Service
10 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
11 11 (25.58%) Microsoft Intune
11 11 (25.58%) Degree
11 11 (25.58%) A+ Certification
12 10 (23.26%) SharePoint
12 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Office
12 10 (23.26%) MCP
12 10 (23.26%) Mac OS
12 10 (23.26%) Computer Science
12 10 (23.26%) Network Security
12 10 (23.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (23.26%) DBS Check

2nd Line Support 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 18 (41.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (23.26%) SharePoint
3 5 (11.63%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (11.63%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (23.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (60.47%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (53.49%) Azure
3 15 (34.88%) AWS
3 15 (34.88%) GCP
4 3 (6.98%) Entra ID
5 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (4.65%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.26%) Network Security
2 7 (16.28%) Firewall
2 7 (16.28%) LAN
2 7 (16.28%) WAN
3 3 (6.98%) DNS
4 2 (4.65%) DHCP
4 2 (4.65%) IPsec
4 2 (4.65%) VLAN
4 2 (4.65%) VPN
4 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.33%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.33%) Legal
3 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.65%) PKI
3 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 33 (76.74%) Windows
2 18 (41.86%) Windows Server
3 10 (23.26%) Mac OS
4 3 (6.98%) Linux
4 3 (6.98%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) Customer Service
1 15 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (23.26%) Computer Science
3 6 (13.95%) ITIL
4 5 (11.63%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (11.63%) Server Virtualisation
5 2 (4.65%) CI/CD
5 2 (4.65%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (4.65%) Proactive Management
5 2 (4.65%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.33%) Agile
6 1 (2.33%) Batch Scripting
6 1 (2.33%) Data Security
6 1 (2.33%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (2.33%) ITSM
6 1 (2.33%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (2.33%) Runbook
6 1 (2.33%) Service Management
6 1 (2.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (39.53%) Security Cleared
2 16 (37.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (34.88%) SC Cleared
4 11 (25.58%) A+ Certification
4 11 (25.58%) Degree
5 10 (23.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (23.26%) DBS Check
5 10 (23.26%) MCP
6 6 (13.95%) MCSE
7 5 (11.63%) MCITP
8 2 (4.65%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.33%) CCNA
9 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 37 (86.05%) Active Directory
2 18 (41.86%) Hyper-V
3 17 (39.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (11.63%) XenDesktop
5 2 (4.65%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (25.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (13.95%) SCCM
3 2 (4.65%) Ansible
3 2 (4.65%) Puppet
4 1 (2.33%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.33%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 31 (72.09%) Microsoft
2 18 (41.86%) VMware
3 15 (34.88%) Google
4 6 (13.95%) Citrix
5 5 (11.63%) Cisco
5 5 (11.63%) Dell
5 5 (11.63%) HP
5 5 (11.63%) Symantec
6 1 (2.33%) Acronis
6 1 (2.33%) AppDynamics
6 1 (2.33%) Datto
6 1 (2.33%) Draytek
6 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow