2nd Line Engineer Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Second Line Engineer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Stoke-on-Trent is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 August 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 1 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 0.24% - 3.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% - 4.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £32,500
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £32,000 - £30,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 414 113 265
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.81% 100.00% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 298 53 229
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £23,350
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -12.50% -4.19%
75th Percentile £65,000 £45,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £65,000
Staffordshire median annual salary £50,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -6.25% -8.83%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

2nd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 3 August 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 Stoke-on-Trent region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) VMware