2nd Line Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Second Line Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £35,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 172 164
Rank change year-on-year -16 -8 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 9 25 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.23% 0.52% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.54% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 8 24 33
10th Percentile £29,500 - £22,500
25th Percentile £29,688 £27,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.46% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £38,500 £35,000 £32,500
90th Percentile - - £33,950
South East median annual salary £34,000 £33,750 £30,750
% change year-on-year +0.74% +9.76% +0.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,532 4,607 3,481
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 95.13% 93.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,588 2,564 2,510
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,125 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,375
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £83,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -12 6 £34,250 +20.18% 1
Oxfordshire +28 2 £38,000 +5.56% 1
Buckinghamshire -21 1 £33,500 -4.29% 5
2nd Line Engineer
South East

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 17 September 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 Thames Valley region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (77.78%) Windows
1 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (44.44%) SD-WAN
3 3 (33.33%) SCCM
3 3 (33.33%) DNS
3 3 (33.33%) Advertising
4 2 (22.22%) VMware
4 2 (22.22%) ITSM
4 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
4 2 (22.22%) SCOM
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (22.22%) SCSM
4 2 (22.22%) User Experience
4 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
5 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
5 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (11.11%) Samsung
5 1 (11.11%) Onboarding

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) SD-WAN
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
2 3 (33.33%) DNS
General
1 3 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (11.11%) Law
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 2 (22.22%) Windows 10
4 1 (11.11%) Android
4 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (44.44%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) ITSM
2 2 (22.22%) User Experience
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MCITP
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
2 2 (22.22%) SCOM
2 2 (22.22%) SCSM
3 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Apple
3 1 (11.11%) Samsung