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 £41,125 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 407 454 502
Rank change year-on-year +47 +48 -168
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 409 320 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.54% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.61% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 358 283 383
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,125 £46,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% +8.24% +6.25%
75th Percentile £47,500 £54,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
UK median annual salary £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,720 52,840 68,639
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,860 30,029 42,498
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 16 May 2024.

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 16 May 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
South East +47 140 £42,000 -6.67% 20
North of England +37 79 £35,000 -22.22% 29
South West +25 70 £45,000 +5.88% 11
Midlands +11 55 £40,000 -23.81% 13
East of England -30 39 £42,500 -15.00% 4
West Midlands +21 37 £37,500 -22.68% 8
Yorkshire +81 31 £37,500 -15.73% 12
North East +19 30 £32,500 -5.11% 5
Wales +24 18 £40,500 +3.85% 1
East Midlands -2 18 £42,500 -22.73% 5
North West -33 18 £40,000 -13.04% 12
Scotland -68 8 £48,500 +14.12% 6
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 16 May 2024, 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.

1 231 (56.48%) Microsoft
2 201 (49.14%) Windows
3 197 (48.17%) Azure
3 197 (48.17%) Microsoft 365
4 163 (39.85%) Firewall
5 156 (38.14%) Active Directory
6 154 (37.65%) VMware
7 145 (35.45%) Windows Server
8 114 (27.87%) VMware Infrastructure
9 111 (27.14%) Hyper-V
10 107 (26.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 106 (25.92%) Social Skills
12 93 (22.74%) Microsoft Exchange
13 88 (21.52%) Security Cleared
14 86 (21.03%) Cisco
15 85 (20.78%) DNS
16 82 (20.05%) ITIL
17 76 (18.58%) SharePoint
18 75 (18.34%) SQL Server
19 74 (18.09%) Citrix
20 71 (17.36%) Veeam
21 69 (16.87%) Microsoft Intune
22 63 (15.40%) SAN
23 61 (14.91%) SQL
24 59 (14.43%) WAN
25 57 (13.94%) LAN
26 55 (13.45%) Wi-Fi
27 54 (13.20%) DHCP
27 54 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
28 53 (12.96%) Entra ID

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 93 (22.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (18.58%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.42%) Skype for Business
4 13 (3.18%) IIS
5 10 (2.44%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.49%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (9.78%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.49%) Abaqus
4 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 197 (48.17%) Azure
1 197 (48.17%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (12.96%) Entra ID
3 31 (7.58%) OneDrive
4 25 (6.11%) AWS
5 18 (4.40%) IaaS
6 17 (4.16%) PaaS
7 12 (2.93%) SaaS
8 10 (2.44%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.47%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.47%) Nutanix
10 5 (1.22%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.22%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.22%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.98%) Azure Stack
11 4 (0.98%) Dropbox
11 4 (0.98%) Google Drive
11 4 (0.98%) Google Sheets
12 3 (0.73%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 163 (39.85%) Firewall
2 85 (20.78%) DNS
3 63 (15.40%) SAN
4 59 (14.43%) WAN
5 57 (13.94%) LAN
6 55 (13.45%) Wi-Fi
7 54 (13.20%) DHCP
8 50 (12.22%) VPN
9 41 (10.02%) Wireless
10 37 (9.05%) VLAN
11 31 (7.58%) TCP/IP
12 20 (4.89%) WLAN
13 19 (4.65%) BGP
13 19 (4.65%) VoIP
14 16 (3.91%) IP Telephony
15 14 (3.42%) IPsec
16 13 (3.18%) Remote Desktop
17 12 (2.93%) SD-WAN
18 9 (2.20%) OSPF
19 7 (1.71%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (18.34%) SQL Server
2 35 (8.56%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.71%) MySQL
4 3 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.49%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.49%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Hudson
2 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 106 (25.92%) Social Skills
2 22 (5.38%) Law
3 21 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
6 14 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (3.42%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.18%) Games
8 11 (2.69%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.71%) Finance
10 5 (1.22%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.98%) Legal
11 4 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.98%) Public Sector
12 3 (0.73%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.18%) JSON
1 13 (3.18%) JSON Schema
1 13 (3.18%) KML
1 13 (3.18%) Regular Expression
1 13 (3.18%) XML
2 8 (1.96%) XML Schema
3 6 (1.47%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.22%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.73%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.49%) LAMP
6 2 (0.49%) OpenMP
6 2 (0.49%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 46 (11.25%) Driving Licence
2 30 (7.33%) Data Centre
3 25 (6.11%) Enterprise Storage
3 25 (6.11%) Replication
4 23 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.42%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.44%) Clustering
7 7 (1.71%) Client/Server
7 7 (1.71%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.47%) Blockchain
8 6 (1.47%) iPad
9 5 (1.22%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.22%) EMC VNX
9 5 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (0.98%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.49%) Beowulf
11 2 (0.49%) PKI
11 2 (0.49%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.49%) Smartphone
11 2 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 201 (49.14%) Windows
2 145 (35.45%) Windows Server
3 47 (11.49%) Windows Server 2016
4 44 (10.76%) Linux
5 33 (8.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 28 (6.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 26 (6.36%) Windows 10
8 10 (2.44%) Mac OS
9 9 (2.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (1.47%) Apple iOS
11 5 (1.22%) Debian
12 4 (0.98%) Android
12 4 (0.98%) CentOS
12 4 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.49%) SUSE
14 2 (0.49%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
14 2 (0.49%) Unix
14 2 (0.49%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (26.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 82 (20.05%) ITIL
3 54 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (9.78%) Incident Management
5 38 (9.29%) Customer Service
6 34 (8.31%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (6.11%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 24 (5.87%) Project Delivery
9 21 (5.13%) Migration
9 21 (5.13%) Service Delivery
10 17 (4.16%) Business Continuity
10 17 (4.16%) Desktop Virtualisation
10 17 (4.16%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 17 (4.16%) Root Cause Analysis
11 16 (3.91%) Change Control
11 16 (3.91%) Network Management
12 15 (3.67%) Mentoring
13 14 (3.42%) Actionable Insight
13 14 (3.42%) Agile
14 13 (3.18%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 61 (14.91%) SQL
2 46 (11.25%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.49%) Bash
3 2 (0.49%) C#
3 2 (0.49%) Perl
3 2 (0.49%) Python
3 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 88 (21.52%) Security Cleared
2 49 (11.98%) Microsoft Certification
3 46 (11.25%) Cisco Certification
4 45 (11.00%) Degree
5 39 (9.54%) SC Cleared
6 26 (6.36%) CCNP
7 24 (5.87%) Azure Certification
7 24 (5.87%) CCNA
8 21 (5.13%) DV Cleared
9 13 (3.18%) MCSE
10 10 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (1.96%) A+ Certification
12 6 (1.47%) MCSA
13 5 (1.22%) MCP
13 5 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.98%) DBS Check
15 3 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.73%) RHCT
16 2 (0.49%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.93%) SLA
2 8 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.22%) NCSC
4 3 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.73%) NIST
5 2 (0.49%) GDPR
6 1 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 156 (38.14%) Active Directory
2 114 (27.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 111 (27.14%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.85%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.44%) vSphere
7 7 (1.71%) Docker
7 7 (1.71%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 4 (0.98%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.73%) KVM
11 2 (0.49%) Lustre
11 2 (0.49%) pfSense
11 2 (0.49%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.49%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.24%) NFS
12 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 69 (16.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (6.36%) SCCM
3 18 (4.40%) Ansible
4 10 (2.44%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.20%) vCenter Server
6 6 (1.47%) Autotask
6 6 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.47%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (1.22%) EMC NetWorker
7 5 (1.22%) Nagios
7 5 (1.22%) Terraform
8 3 (0.73%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.73%) SCOM
8 3 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.49%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.49%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
9 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.49%) SCDPM
10 1 (0.24%) Stealthwatch
Vendors
1 231 (56.48%) Microsoft
2 154 (37.65%) VMware
3 86 (21.03%) Cisco
4 74 (18.09%) Citrix
5 71 (17.36%) Veeam
6 29 (7.09%) Sophos
7 24 (5.87%) HP
8 20 (4.89%) Juniper
9 18 (4.40%) Datto
9 18 (4.40%) Meraki
9 18 (4.40%) Mitel
10 14 (3.42%) Aruba
10 14 (3.42%) Avaya
11 13 (3.18%) Draytek
11 13 (3.18%) WatchGuard
12 11 (2.69%) Red Hat
13 10 (2.44%) Acronis
13 10 (2.44%) Dell
14 9 (2.20%) Google
14 9 (2.20%) SolarWinds