3rd Line Network Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Third Line Network Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Third Line Network Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £51,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 August 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 567 672 603
Rank change year-on-year +105 -69 +225
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 23 16 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.051% 0.025% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.027% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 21 9 36
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,850 £32,175
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,625 £39,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.18% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £53,400 £60,000
UK median annual salary £52,000 £41,875 £54,000
% change year-on-year +24.18% -22.45% +8.00%

All DemandTrendPermanent 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 39,591 60,068 38,217
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.46% 95.22% 90.24%
Number of salaries quoted 21,455 36,990 25,529
10th Percentile £25,480 £28,750 £28,846
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

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

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

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

3rd Line Network Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Network Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Network Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 August 2025.

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

3rd Line Network 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 Network Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +35 16 £52,000 +26.06% 6
Midlands +38 5 £51,500 +33.77% 5
East Midlands - 3 £55,000 - 3
West Midlands +34 2 £47,000 +22.08% 2
Wales +6 2 - -
3rd Line Network Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 August 2025, 3rd Line Network 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 Network Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) Cisco
2 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
3 11 (47.83%) Firewall
3 11 (47.83%) Juniper
4 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
5 6 (26.09%) DV Cleared
5 6 (26.09%) OSPF
5 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (21.74%) VPN
6 5 (21.74%) BGP
6 5 (21.74%) Aruba
6 5 (21.74%) VLAN
6 5 (21.74%) Fortinet
6 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
7 4 (17.39%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (17.39%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (17.39%) Meraki
7 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
7 4 (17.39%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (17.39%) Network Security
7 4 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (17.39%) WAN
7 4 (17.39%) CCNP
8 3 (13.04%) CCNA
8 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
8 3 (13.04%) Wireless
8 3 (13.04%) IPsec
8 3 (13.04%) EIGRP
8 3 (13.04%) Sophos
8 3 (13.04%) Cisco ASA

3rd Line Network 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 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (47.83%) Firewall
2 6 (26.09%) OSPF
3 5 (21.74%) BGP
3 5 (21.74%) VLAN
3 5 (21.74%) VPN
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (17.39%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (17.39%) Network Security
4 4 (17.39%) WAN
5 3 (13.04%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (13.04%) EIGRP
5 3 (13.04%) HSRP
5 3 (13.04%) IPsec
5 3 (13.04%) SD-WAN
5 3 (13.04%) Spanning Tree
5 3 (13.04%) Wireless
6 2 (8.70%) DHCP
6 2 (8.70%) DNS
6 2 (8.70%) Internet
General
1 2 (8.70%) Advertising
1 2 (8.70%) Automotive
1 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.35%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Project Delivery
2 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
2 4 (17.39%) Network Monitoring
3 3 (13.04%) Break/Fix
3 3 (13.04%) Presales
3 3 (13.04%) Project Planning
3 3 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (13.04%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (8.70%) Edge Virtualization
4 2 (8.70%) Logistics
4 2 (8.70%) Network Management
4 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
4 2 (8.70%) Service Desk Management
5 1 (4.35%) Agile
5 1 (4.35%) Change Management
5 1 (4.35%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (4.35%) ITSM
5 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (4.35%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
3 6 (26.09%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (26.09%) DV Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) CCNP
5 3 (13.04%) CCNA
6 1 (4.35%) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) Firmware
3 1 (4.35%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (65.22%) Cisco
2 11 (47.83%) Juniper
3 5 (21.74%) Aruba
3 5 (21.74%) Fortinet
4 4 (17.39%) Meraki
5 3 (13.04%) Draytek
5 3 (13.04%) F5
5 3 (13.04%) Sophos
5 3 (13.04%) VMware
6 2 (8.70%) ADVA
6 2 (8.70%) HP
7 1 (4.35%) Broadcom
7 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
7 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds
7 1 (4.35%) SonicWALL