2nd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in Taunton

Second Line Support Engineer
Somerset > Taunton

The median Second Line Support Engineer salary in Taunton is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Taunton 2.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median annual salary £32,500 £30,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% -28.24% +70.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 32 26 64
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 72.73% 76.47% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23 16 47
10th Percentile £31,250 £12,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £21,750 £36,711
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £51,000 £43,889
Median % change year-on-year -21.57% +16.20% +3.25%
75th Percentile £45,000 £62,500 £59,375
90th Percentile £46,250 £65,625 £72,500
Somerset median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +5.56%

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer in Taunton

2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Taunton

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

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Taunton

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, 2nd Line Support 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 Taunton region featuring 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DMARC
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
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%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DMARC
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft