2nd Line Engineer Jobs in Southampton

Second Line Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Southampton is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 78 74
Rank change year-on-year +45 -4 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 2 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 0.69% 0.38% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.40% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - £30,375 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - -
75th Percentile £42,500 £33,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £42,500 £30,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +41.67% -4.76% +14.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 289 1,012 660
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.31% 97.40% 92.18%
Number of salaries quoted 206 839 520
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £30,425
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +3.96%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Southampton

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in Southampton.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Southampton

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, 2nd 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 Southampton region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune