First Line Engineer
UK
The median First Line Engineer salary in the UK is £26,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Dec 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 718 | 604 | 933 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -114 | +329 | -27 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 48 | 126 | 141 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.069% | 0.24% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.074% | 0.25% | 0.12% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 36 | 119 | 136 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,000 | £21,250 | £21,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £24,938 | £22,500 | £22,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £26,250 | £25,000 | £25,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -1.96% | +13.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £29,063 | £28,000 | £28,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £34,375 | £28,750 | £31,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £26,000 | £25,000 | £25,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -1.96% | +18.60% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 64,932 | 50,573 | 117,209 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 93.61% | 95.45% | 95.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 32,232 | 36,954 | 73,757 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £32,798 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,650 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,560 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.07% | - | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £97,500 | £98,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +5.00% |
1st Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 1st Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
1st Line Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Engineer.
1st Line Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Engineer over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.
1st Line Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 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 |
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| UK excluding London | -127 | 45 | £26,000 | +4.00% | 25 |
| England | -133 | 40 | £26,000 | +4.00% | 26 |
| Work from Home | -31 | 12 | £27,500 | +17.02% | 9 |
| East of England | -64 | 12 | £26,000 | +4.00% | 5 |
| South East | -70 | 12 | £27,500 | +7.84% | 6 |
| Midlands | -47 | 8 | £27,250 | +7.43% | 3 |
| Northern Ireland | +21 | 4 | £33,500 | -4.29% | |
| North of England | -33 | 4 | £24,625 | +4.79% | 5 |
| West Midlands | -41 | 4 | £31,500 | +27.37% | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 4 | £25,500 | - | 2 |
| South West | -20 | 3 | £26,500 | +12.77% | 6 |
| London | -32 | 3 | £27,500 | +10.00% | 4 |
| North West | -40 | 3 | £26,000 | +15.56% | 3 |
| Wales | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Scotland | -12 | 1 | £25,000 | - | 2 |
| North East | - | 1 | £22,500 | - | 1 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 8 December 2024, 1st 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 featuring 1st Line Engineer in the job title.
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1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: