2nd Line Engineer Job Trends in Stevenage

Second Line Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Stevenage is £43,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 April 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - -9
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Stevenage 0.55% - 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,000 - £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 - £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.34%
75th Percentile £46,875 - £25,000
90th Percentile £50,250 - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £34,750 £35,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -2.11% +9.23% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 683 111 355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 88.80% 86.37%
Number of salaries quoted 441 99 308
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £44,000 £45,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,125 £65,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stevenage.

2nd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Stevenage

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Stevenage

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Stevenage.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Stevenage

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 13 April 2026, 2nd 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 Stevenage region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Cohesity
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) NetApp
2 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 3 (75.00%) Server Building
2 3 (75.00%) SLA
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 3 (75.00%) WSUS
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Fujitsu
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Server Management

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 3 (75.00%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Server Building
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) NetApp
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Fujitsu