2nd Line Engineer Jobs in Swindon

Second Line Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Swindon is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 3 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 2.16% - 3.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% - 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 14
10th Percentile - - £23,000
25th Percentile £31,750 - £26,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 - £31,625
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.17%
75th Percentile £36,000 - £43,438
90th Percentile £36,450 - £43,750
Wiltshire median annual salary £35,000 £31,750 £36,500
% change year-on-year +10.24% -13.01% +10.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 126 426 377
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.65% 94.04% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 98 365 281
10th Percentile £31,750 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,143 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,568 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £70,000 £74,701
Wiltshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -0.52%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Swindon

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Swindon

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Swindon

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 Swindon region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) CCTV
3 1 (33.33%) Veeam
3 1 (33.33%) Ubiquiti
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving

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

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
3 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (33.33%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Server Management
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Ubiquiti
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam