First Line Engineer
UK
The median First Line Engineer salary in the UK is £27,500 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 | |
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| Rank | 655 | 770 | 810 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +115 | +40 | +287 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 54 | 142 | 158 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.099% | 0.14% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.15% | 0.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 49 | 138 | 148 |
| 10th Percentile | £21,250 | £21,000 | £21,775 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,500 | £23,000 | £23,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £27,500 | £27,000 | £25,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.85% | +8.00% | +2.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £34,500 | £28,750 | £28,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £37,500 | £36,500 | £31,150 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £26,750 | £25,750 | £25,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.88% | +3.00% | +8.70% |
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 | 49,300 | 96,566 | 89,723 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,583 | 68,990 | 56,857 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,500 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.00% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 27 May 2025.
1st Line Engineer
Top 13 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 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 |
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| England | +127 | 49 | £27,750 | +8.82% | 45 |
| UK excluding London | +114 | 45 | £26,750 | +3.88% | 43 |
| South East | +76 | 23 | £32,750 | +29.70% | 14 |
| Work from Home | +103 | 10 | £27,250 | +0.93% | 15 |
| London | +99 | 8 | £27,750 | +0.91% | 9 |
| Midlands | +62 | 7 | £26,500 | +3.92% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +68 | 5 | £26,000 | +20.93% | 4 |
| Wales | +45 | 5 | £22,500 | +2.27% | 5 |
| North of England | +28 | 5 | £26,000 | +13.04% | 14 |
| East Midlands | +38 | 4 | £24,500 | -3.92% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +66 | 3 | £37,500 | +51.63% | |
| East of England | +36 | 3 | £26,000 | +1.96% | 2 |
| South West | +97 | 2 | £26,000 | -3.70% | 4 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 27 May 2025, 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:
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