2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Second Line Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £32,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 171 249
Rank change year-on-year -29 +78 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 43 91 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.64% 1.48% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.64% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 43 87 20
10th Percentile - £24,500 £25,950
25th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £31,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% +12.50% +1.82%
75th Percentile £35,000 £33,275 £30,375
90th Percentile £38,750 £38,450 £35,500
South East median annual salary £30,000 £31,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% -4.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,394 5,535 6,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 89.87% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,570 3,225 4,158
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% +3.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer 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 25 April 2024. 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 +14 17 £30,000 +7.14%
Buckinghamshire -31 15 £35,000 +16.67% 3
Oxfordshire -9 11 £32,000 +1.59% 3
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 25 April 2024, 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 38 (88.37%) Windows
1 38 (88.37%) Active Directory
2 26 (60.47%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (58.14%) Microsoft
4 18 (41.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (41.86%) VMware
4 18 (41.86%) Azure
5 17 (39.53%) Windows Server
6 15 (34.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (32.56%) SharePoint
7 14 (32.56%) Windows 10
8 13 (30.23%) Social Skills
9 12 (27.91%) Hyper-V
9 12 (27.91%) OneDrive
10 11 (25.58%) VMware ESXi
10 11 (25.58%) vCenter Server
10 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
10 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
10 11 (25.58%) Problem Management
10 11 (25.58%) Citrix
10 11 (25.58%) Linux
11 10 (23.26%) Change Management
11 10 (23.26%) Incident Management
11 10 (23.26%) Android
11 10 (23.26%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (20.93%) Smartphone
12 9 (20.93%) Apple iOS
12 9 (20.93%) Entra ID
12 9 (20.93%) Logistics

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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (34.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (32.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (60.47%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (41.86%) Azure
3 12 (27.91%) OneDrive
4 9 (20.93%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.60%) Firewall
1 8 (18.60%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (11.63%) 4G
2 5 (11.63%) DSL
2 5 (11.63%) LTE
3 3 (6.98%) Wireless
4 2 (4.65%) Network Security
5 1 (2.33%) iSCSI
5 1 (2.33%) SSL
5 1 (2.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.26%) Amazon RDS
General
1 13 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Legal
2 9 (20.93%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.33%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Smartphone
2 3 (6.98%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.33%) EMC VNX
4 1 (2.33%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 38 (88.37%) Windows
2 17 (39.53%) Windows Server
3 14 (32.56%) Windows 10
4 11 (25.58%) Linux
5 10 (23.26%) Android
6 9 (20.93%) Apple iOS
7 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.33%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.58%) Problem Management
2 10 (23.26%) Change Management
2 10 (23.26%) Incident Management
2 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (20.93%) Logistics
4 8 (18.60%) Customer Service
5 5 (11.63%) Service Delivery
6 4 (9.30%) ITSM
7 3 (6.98%) ITIL
7 3 (6.98%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (4.65%) Computer Science
8 2 (4.65%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (4.65%) Mentoring
8 2 (4.65%) Security Patching
8 2 (4.65%) Server Management
8 2 (4.65%) Service Management
9 1 (2.33%) Data Integration
9 1 (2.33%) Software Testing
9 1 (2.33%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
1 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) A+ Certification
2 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.65%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.65%) Degree
2 2 (4.65%) MCP
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.33%) CCNA
3 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (88.37%) Active Directory
2 18 (41.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (27.91%) Hyper-V
4 11 (25.58%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (25.58%) vCenter Server
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.33%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (2.33%) Nagios
3 1 (2.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (58.14%) Microsoft
2 18 (41.86%) VMware
3 11 (25.58%) Citrix
4 1 (2.33%) Apple
4 1 (2.33%) Brocade
4 1 (2.33%) EMC
4 1 (2.33%) SolarWinds
4 1 (2.33%) Veeam