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 20 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 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 654 | 762 | 799 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +108 | +37 | +273 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Engineer | 58 | 145 | 160 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.15% | 0.16% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.15% | 0.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 53 | 140 | 150 |
| 10th Percentile | £21,250 | £21,000 | £22,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,500 | £22,938 | £23,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £27,500 | £26,500 | £25,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.77% | +6.00% | +3.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £34,500 | £28,750 | £28,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £37,500 | £36,500 | £31,525 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £27,250 | £25,500 | £25,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.86% | +2.00% | +9.89% |
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 | 50,981 | 94,642 | 91,089 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.74% | 94.70% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,187 | 67,606 | 57,639 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £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 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £53,059 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.76% | +6.12% |
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 20 May 2025.
1st Line Engineer
Top 14 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 20 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 | +96 | 53 | £28,000 | +9.80% | 49 |
| UK excluding London | +94 | 49 | £27,250 | +6.86% | 38 |
| South East | +81 | 25 | £31,250 | +25.00% | 21 |
| Work from Home | +100 | 13 | £28,000 | +3.70% | 12 |
| Midlands | +59 | 12 | £28,000 | +9.80% | 1 |
| London | +105 | 8 | £27,750 | +0.91% | 13 |
| West Midlands | +62 | 7 | £35,000 | +41.52% | |
| Wales | +41 | 5 | £22,500 | +2.27% | |
| East Midlands | +23 | 5 | £26,500 | +3.92% | 1 |
| North of England | +29 | 4 | £25,500 | +11.29% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +73 | 3 | £25,000 | +16.28% | 2 |
| East of England | +36 | 3 | £26,000 | +2.97% | 2 |
| South West | +90 | 2 | £26,000 | - | 6 |
| North West | -25 | 1 | £26,000 | +13.04% | 4 |
1st Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 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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