3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Third Line Infrastructure Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Third Line Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 198 196 180
Rank change year-on-year -2 -16 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 2 2 15
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.053% 0.045% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.047% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 14
10th Percentile - - £35,400
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,875 £36,863
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £38,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.48% -26.19% -12.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £40,625 £56,250
90th Percentile - - £58,875
South East median annual salary £47,500 £38,750 £42,000
% change year-on-year +22.58% -7.74% -16.00%

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 3,473 4,253 3,260
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.68% 95.70% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,608 2,198 2,260
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,213 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,320
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.21% -2.73% -

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

3rd Line Infrastructure 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 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 -7 2 £52,500 +35.48% 4
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
South East

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 3rd Line Infrastructure 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 Thames Valley region featuring 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Micro
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) SCSM
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SCOM
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mining
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
1 1 (50.00%) SCSM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Micro
1 2 (100.00%) Veeam
1 2 (100.00%) VMware