2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in Thatcham

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
Berkshire > Thatcham

The median 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer salary in Thatcham is £36,000 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 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Thatcham 5.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.88% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 - -
75th Percentile £36,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £36,000 - £35,000
% change year-on-year - - -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thatcham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Thatcham. 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 Thatcham with a recognized job title 17 24 3
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.47% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14 18 3
10th Percentile - £40,875 -
25th Percentile £22,750 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -53.00% -9.09% +83.33%
75th Percentile £24,813 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £29,950 - £61,500
Berkshire median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £54,763
% change year-on-year -20.83% +9.56% -6.43%

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Thatcham

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, 2nd/3rd Line Support 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 Thatcham region featuring 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Thatcham 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft