3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in Staffordshire

Third Line Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Third Line Engineer salary in Staffordshire is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -19
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 2 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.18% - 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £45,300 - -
25th Percentile £45,750 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.53%
75th Percentile £47,250 - £43,750
90th Percentile £47,700 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +33.33% -21.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 1,073 467 1,102
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 75.69% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 732 238 802
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,375 £24,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,822 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £38,377 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.86% -4.06% -11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £53,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,875 £62,500
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 6 June 2026, 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 Staffordshire region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 1 (50.00%) Windows

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Runbook
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bash
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune