2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Second Line Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2025.

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

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 403 428
Rank change year-on-year -73 +25 +101
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 94 397 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.55% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.58% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 92 382 359
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,500 £25,950
25th Percentile £29,375 £26,500 £27,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £30,250 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -3.97% +5.00%
75th Percentile £41,125 £35,000 £36,250
90th Percentile £43,750 £37,950 £40,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% - +1.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,007 68,127 52,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.86% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17,566 48,111 29,896
10th Percentile £26,875 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,438
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -6.43% +6.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
South East +34 32 £39,750 +30.33% 38
North of England -34 27 £30,000 -5.51% 34
Midlands +30 16 £32,500 +8.33% 10
Yorkshire +43 15 £32,500 - 11
South West +61 12 £33,500 +3.08% 17
North West -37 10 £30,000 - 15
East Midlands +31 9 £30,000 -6.25% 2
West Midlands +31 7 £35,000 +16.67% 7
East of England -16 7 £32,500 - 9
North East +27 2 £29,500 -8.53% 9
Scotland +116 1 £32,500 +3.17% 4
2nd Line Engineer
UK

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 60 (63.83%) Windows
2 48 (51.06%) Microsoft
2 48 (51.06%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (46.81%) Active Directory
4 33 (35.11%) Security Cleared
5 30 (31.91%) Windows Server
6 29 (30.85%) Social Skills
7 28 (29.79%) SC Cleared
7 28 (29.79%) Cisco
8 27 (28.72%) WAN
8 27 (28.72%) Azure
9 24 (25.53%) LAN
10 22 (23.40%) Firewall
11 20 (21.28%) VMware
12 17 (18.09%) Driving Licence
13 16 (17.02%) Entra ID
14 15 (15.96%) Windows 10
14 15 (15.96%) Customer Service
14 15 (15.96%) DV Cleared
15 14 (14.89%) Wi-Fi
15 14 (14.89%) DNS
15 14 (14.89%) Microsoft Intune
16 13 (13.83%) Microsoft Exchange
16 13 (13.83%) ITIL
16 13 (13.83%) VMware Infrastructure
17 12 (12.77%) Hyper-V
17 12 (12.77%) SolarWinds
17 12 (12.77%) VLAN
17 12 (12.77%) Juniper
18 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Office

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (13.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (10.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (11.70%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 48 (51.06%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (28.72%) Azure
3 16 (17.02%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.45%) OneDrive
5 5 (5.32%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.19%) AWS
7 1 (1.06%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 27 (28.72%) WAN
2 24 (25.53%) LAN
3 22 (23.40%) Firewall
4 14 (14.89%) DNS
4 14 (14.89%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (12.77%) VLAN
6 9 (9.57%) SD-WAN
6 9 (9.57%) VPN
7 8 (8.51%) VoIP
8 7 (7.45%) DHCP
9 5 (5.32%) IPsec
10 4 (4.26%) PBX
10 4 (4.26%) TCP/IP
11 3 (3.19%) Network Security
12 2 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (2.13%) Wireless
13 1 (1.06%) IPv4
13 1 (1.06%) IPv6
13 1 (1.06%) MPLS
13 1 (1.06%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
General
1 29 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.51%) Public Sector
3 6 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (5.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (5.32%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.26%) Advertising
6 3 (3.19%) Law
7 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 17 (18.09%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.38%) EPoS
3 3 (3.19%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.13%) Social Media
5 1 (1.06%) CCTV
5 1 (1.06%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.06%) PropTech
5 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.06%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 60 (63.83%) Windows
2 30 (31.91%) Windows Server
3 15 (15.96%) Windows 10
4 10 (10.64%) Linux
5 6 (6.38%) Windows 7
6 4 (4.26%) Apple iOS
6 4 (4.26%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (1.06%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.06%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.96%) Customer Service
2 13 (13.83%) ITIL
3 11 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (10.64%) Service Delivery
5 8 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (8.51%) Security Monitoring
6 6 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (6.38%) Migration
6 6 (6.38%) User Experience
7 5 (5.32%) ITSM
8 4 (4.26%) Antivirus Management
8 4 (4.26%) CRM
9 3 (3.19%) Agile
9 3 (3.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (3.19%) Data Protection
9 3 (3.19%) Mentoring
9 3 (3.19%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (3.19%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (3.19%) Security Patching
9 3 (3.19%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.45%) SQL
2 3 (3.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (35.11%) Security Cleared
2 28 (29.79%) SC Cleared
3 15 (15.96%) DV Cleared
4 8 (8.51%) CCNA
4 8 (8.51%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.45%) Degree
6 3 (3.19%) DBS Check
6 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.13%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (2.13%) MCP
8 1 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.26%) SLA
2 2 (2.13%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 44 (46.81%) Active Directory
2 13 (13.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (12.77%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.13%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.13%) XenApp
5 1 (1.06%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 14 (14.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (7.45%) SCCM
3 2 (2.13%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.13%) SCOM
3 2 (2.13%) SCSM
3 2 (2.13%) SmoothWall
4 1 (1.06%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.06%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 48 (51.06%) Microsoft
2 28 (29.79%) Cisco
3 20 (21.28%) VMware
4 12 (12.77%) Juniper
4 12 (12.77%) SolarWinds
5 5 (5.32%) Meraki
5 5 (5.32%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (4.26%) HP
7 3 (3.19%) Citrix
7 3 (3.19%) Dell
7 3 (3.19%) Draytek
7 3 (3.19%) iManage
7 3 (3.19%) SonicWALL
7 3 (3.19%) Veeam
7 3 (3.19%) WatchGuard
8 2 (2.13%) Apple
8 2 (2.13%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.13%) Fujitsu
8 2 (2.13%) Sophos
9 1 (1.06%) Wyse