Second Line Engineer
UK
The median Second Line Engineer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 560 | 462 | 503 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -98 | +41 | +217 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer | 132 | 498 | 573 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.25% | 0.51% | 0.55% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.28% | 0.53% | 0.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 129 | 472 | 540 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £25,950 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,500 | £28,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | - | +1.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £41,500 | £36,000 | £38,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £43,750 | £40,000 | £42,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £32,500 | £30,000 | £31,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer.
2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
2nd Line Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 | -99 | 131 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 69 |
| UK excluding London | -61 | 91 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 62 |
| London | +60 | 41 | £39,000 | +4.00% | 11 |
| Work from Home | +142 | 37 | £32,500 | - | 27 |
| South East | +44 | 35 | £40,000 | +33.33% | 23 |
| North of England | +4 | 20 | £30,000 | -4.76% | 17 |
| Midlands | +41 | 15 | £31,500 | +5.00% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +57 | 13 | £32,500 | - | 6 |
| South West | +64 | 12 | £33,500 | +4.69% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +45 | 11 | £30,500 | -5.43% | 3 |
| East of England | -2 | 9 | £32,500 | - | 5 |
| North West | -10 | 5 | £30,000 | - | 8 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 4 | £34,250 | +14.17% | 6 |
| North East | +29 | 2 | £29,500 | -7.81% | 4 |
| Scotland | +127 | 1 | £32,500 | +12.07% | 2 |
2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 2nd 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 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.
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2nd 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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