3rd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Third Line Support Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Third Line Support Engineer salary in South Yorkshire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - +50
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.17% - 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.48%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -12.50% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,093 367 1,246
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 96.58% 92.78%
Number of salaries quoted 740 245 1,010
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,436 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.75% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,640 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £77,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £48,742
% change year-on-year - +2.58% -11.19%

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

3rd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in South Yorkshire

3rd Line Support Engineer
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 22 April 2026. 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
Sheffield - 2 £42,500 - 2
3rd Line Support Engineer
Yorkshire

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 22 April 2026, 3rd Line Support 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 Yorkshire region featuring 3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) Web Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme

3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
1 2 (100.00%) Web Filtering
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam