3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in the South West

Third Line Engineer
England > South West

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the South West is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 188 175
Rank change year-on-year +22 -13 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 21 18 50
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.46% 0.32% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.34% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 21 17 46
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,300 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% +13.33% -1.32%
75th Percentile £57,500 £49,750 £44,688
90th Percentile - £53,000 £49,125
England median annual salary £47,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.59% -5.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 4,231 5,314 4,149
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.04% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,872 3,163 3,242
10th Percentile £27,707 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,186 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,261 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.45% -4.07% -

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in the South West

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in the South West

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 28 November 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the South West

3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 November 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
Bristol +34 11 £43,000 -9.47% 4
Wiltshire +18 6 £55,000 +33.33% 2
Somerset -9 2 £52,500 +23.53% 1
Dorset +8 1 £39,000 -25.00%
Avon - 1 £52,500 - 1
3rd Line Engineer
England

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, 3rd Line Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (95.24%) Azure
2 17 (80.95%) PowerShell
3 16 (76.19%) ITIL
4 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 13 (61.90%) Windows
5 13 (61.90%) Windows Server
6 12 (57.14%) Hyper-V
7 11 (52.38%) Cisco
7 11 (52.38%) Veeam
8 10 (47.62%) DHCP
8 10 (47.62%) DNS
8 10 (47.62%) VMware
8 10 (47.62%) VMware Infrastructure
9 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (42.86%) Server Management
10 8 (38.10%) Customer Service
10 8 (38.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (38.10%) Project Delivery
11 7 (33.33%) Active Directory
11 7 (33.33%) SQL Server
12 6 (28.57%) arcserve
12 6 (28.57%) AWS
12 6 (28.57%) Degree
12 6 (28.57%) DevOps
12 6 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery
12 6 (28.57%) User Experience
12 6 (28.57%) Wireless

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) IIS
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 20 (95.24%) Azure
2 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (28.57%) AWS
4 5 (23.81%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (47.62%) DHCP
1 10 (47.62%) DNS
2 6 (28.57%) Wireless
3 5 (23.81%) Cisco IOS
3 5 (23.81%) Firewall
3 5 (23.81%) IPsec
3 5 (23.81%) VLAN
3 5 (23.81%) VoIP
3 5 (23.81%) VPN
4 1 (4.76%) LAN
4 1 (4.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 5 (23.81%) Amazon RDS
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 11 (52.38%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Electronics
3 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing
3 5 (23.81%) Marketing
3 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
3 5 (23.81%) Telecoms
4 4 (19.05%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Clustering
2 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (61.90%) Windows
1 13 (61.90%) Windows Server
2 5 (23.81%) Linux
2 5 (23.81%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) ITIL
2 9 (42.86%) Server Management
3 8 (38.10%) Customer Service
3 8 (38.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (38.10%) Project Delivery
4 6 (28.57%) DevOps
4 6 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 6 (28.57%) User Experience
5 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (23.81%) Coaching
5 5 (23.81%) Digital Marketing
5 5 (23.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (23.81%) IT Strategy
5 5 (23.81%) ITSM
5 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
5 5 (23.81%) Migration
5 5 (23.81%) Programme Management
5 5 (23.81%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (23.81%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 17 (80.95%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
1 6 (28.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 5 (23.81%) ACMT
2 5 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (23.81%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (57.14%) Hyper-V
2 10 (47.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 5 (23.81%) Docker
4 5 (23.81%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (23.81%) vSphere
5 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (4.76%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (23.81%) Autotask
2 5 (23.81%) Kubernetes
2 5 (23.81%) vCenter Server
3 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (52.38%) Cisco
2 11 (52.38%) Veeam
3 10 (47.62%) VMware
4 6 (28.57%) arcserve
5 5 (23.81%) Apple
5 5 (23.81%) Datto
5 5 (23.81%) Oracle
5 5 (23.81%) SAP
5 5 (23.81%) Sophos
6 2 (9.52%) Thales
7 1 (4.76%) Citrix