3rd Line Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Third Line Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 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
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 395 462
Rank change year-on-year -47 +67 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 126 418 318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.57% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.60% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 109 364 282
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,250 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% -10.33% +8.24%
75th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £57,800 £52,500 £58,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +19.05% -11.58% +5.56%

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 35,046 69,651 52,145
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.93% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17,591 49,234 29,921
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK excluding London

3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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 -12 39 £51,500 +22.62% 19
Midlands +47 37 £50,000 +25.00% 17
North of England -9 27 £40,000 +14.29% 15
East Midlands +39 20 £55,000 +22.22% 9
West Midlands +49 17 £50,000 +33.33% 8
North West -5 17 £40,000 - 10
East of England +10 16 £45,000 +5.88% 14
Yorkshire +40 8 £35,000 -6.67% 2
South West +44 7 £45,000 -2.17% 8
North East +19 2 £42,500 +30.77% 3
3rd Line Engineer
UK

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 May 2025, 3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 83 (65.87%) Azure
2 71 (56.35%) Windows
3 69 (54.76%) Active Directory
4 68 (53.97%) Microsoft
5 64 (50.79%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (42.86%) Firewall
7 53 (42.06%) Windows Server
8 52 (41.27%) VMware
9 48 (38.10%) Microsoft Intune
10 45 (35.71%) Cisco
11 43 (34.13%) VMware Infrastructure
12 42 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
13 39 (30.95%) WAN
13 39 (30.95%) Social Skills
14 35 (27.78%) DNS
14 35 (27.78%) LAN
15 33 (26.19%) PowerShell
16 28 (22.22%) ITIL
16 28 (22.22%) DHCP
17 27 (21.43%) Hyper-V
17 27 (21.43%) Meraki
18 25 (19.84%) SharePoint
18 25 (19.84%) Windows Server 2016
19 23 (18.25%) Windows Server 2019
19 23 (18.25%) Entra ID
19 23 (18.25%) Security Cleared
20 22 (17.46%) Root Cause Analysis
21 21 (16.67%) SC Cleared
21 21 (16.67%) Customer Service
22 19 (15.08%) Problem-Solving

3rd 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 42 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (19.84%) SharePoint
3 7 (5.56%) IIS
4 2 (1.59%) Apache
4 2 (1.59%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.79%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.79%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.79%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 83 (65.87%) Azure
2 64 (50.79%) Microsoft 365
3 23 (18.25%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.56%) AWS
4 7 (5.56%) OneDrive
5 6 (4.76%) Azure Storage
6 4 (3.17%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.59%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.79%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.79%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.79%) IaaS
9 1 (0.79%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.79%) SaaS
9 1 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 54 (42.86%) Firewall
2 39 (30.95%) WAN
3 35 (27.78%) DNS
3 35 (27.78%) LAN
4 28 (22.22%) DHCP
5 18 (14.29%) SAN
6 15 (11.90%) Wireless
7 13 (10.32%) SD-WAN
8 12 (9.52%) BGP
8 12 (9.52%) OSPF
8 12 (9.52%) VLAN
9 11 (8.73%) TCP/IP
10 10 (7.94%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (7.94%) VPN
10 10 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (7.14%) EIGRP
11 9 (7.14%) Network Security
11 9 (7.14%) WLAN
12 8 (6.35%) Remote Desktop
13 6 (4.76%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 39 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.76%) Advertising
3 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (3.17%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.38%) Law
4 3 (2.38%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.59%) Billing
5 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.79%) Games
6 1 (0.79%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.38%) 802.1X
1 3 (2.38%) Software Packaging
2 1 (0.79%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.32%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.35%) Driving Licence
3 7 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.97%) Replication
5 3 (2.38%) PKI
5 3 (2.38%) Social Media
6 2 (1.59%) Life Science
6 2 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.79%) Clustering
7 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.79%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 71 (56.35%) Windows
2 53 (42.06%) Windows Server
3 25 (19.84%) Windows Server 2016
4 23 (18.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 17 (13.49%) Linux
5 17 (13.49%) Windows 10
6 11 (8.73%) Apple iOS
6 11 (8.73%) Mac OS
7 7 (5.56%) VMS
8 4 (3.17%) Ubuntu
9 3 (2.38%) CentOS
10 2 (1.59%) Android
10 2 (1.59%) Debian
10 2 (1.59%) SUSE
11 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.22%) ITIL
2 22 (17.46%) Root Cause Analysis
3 21 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 19 (15.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 19 (15.08%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (11.90%) Infrastructure Management
5 15 (11.90%) Mentoring
6 14 (11.11%) Change Management
7 13 (10.32%) Data Security
7 13 (10.32%) Network Design
8 12 (9.52%) Service Delivery
9 11 (8.73%) Presales
9 11 (8.73%) Problem Management
10 8 (6.35%) Project Management
10 8 (6.35%) Storage Management
10 8 (6.35%) Zero Trust
11 7 (5.56%) Time Management
12 6 (4.76%) Network Virtualisation
13 5 (3.97%) Migration
13 5 (3.97%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 33 (26.19%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.97%) SQL
3 2 (1.59%) Bash
4 1 (0.79%) Java
4 1 (0.79%) PHP
4 1 (0.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (18.25%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.90%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (11.90%) DV Cleared
4 13 (10.32%) Degree
5 11 (8.73%) CCNP
6 10 (7.94%) DBS Check
7 7 (5.56%) CCIE
8 5 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.17%) Azure Certification
9 4 (3.17%) CCNA
9 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (2.38%) MCP
10 3 (2.38%) MCSA
10 3 (2.38%) MCSE
11 2 (1.59%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.59%) Linux+ Certification
11 2 (1.59%) RHCE
12 1 (0.79%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.17%) SLA
2 3 (2.38%) ISO 9000
3 2 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.59%) GDPR
3 2 (1.59%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (54.76%) Active Directory
2 43 (34.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (21.43%) Hyper-V
4 13 (10.32%) XenApp
5 11 (8.73%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (7.94%) vSphere
7 6 (4.76%) Terminal Services
8 5 (3.97%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (1.59%) Docker
10 2 (1.59%) Dovecot
10 2 (1.59%) Postfix
11 1 (0.79%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 48 (38.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.76%) SCCM
3 4 (3.17%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.38%) Autotask
4 3 (2.38%) Backup Exec
4 3 (2.38%) SCOM
5 2 (1.59%) Ansible
5 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.59%) Proxmox
5 2 (1.59%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.79%) Grafana
6 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.79%) SCOrch
6 1 (0.79%) SCSM
6 1 (0.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 68 (53.97%) Microsoft
2 52 (41.27%) VMware
3 45 (35.71%) Cisco
4 27 (21.43%) Meraki
5 19 (15.08%) Citrix
6 17 (13.49%) HP
7 16 (12.70%) Fortinet
8 14 (11.11%) CheckPoint
9 13 (10.32%) SonicWALL
10 9 (7.14%) Apple
10 9 (7.14%) Aruba
10 9 (7.14%) Juniper
10 9 (7.14%) Veeam
11 8 (6.35%) Dell
11 8 (6.35%) Palo Alto
12 6 (4.76%) NetApp
13 3 (2.38%) F5
13 3 (2.38%) SolarWinds
13 3 (2.38%) Sophos
14 2 (1.59%) Okta