2nd Line Engineer Job Trends

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 25 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 516 458
Rank change year-on-year -9 -58 -66
Permanent 2nd Line Engineer jobs 309 145 310
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.29% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.33% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 247 136 237
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £33,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -1.47% +4.62%
75th Percentile £38,750 £38,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £41,750 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +6.06% +1.54% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 111,434 44,511 65,398
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.17% 90.16% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 75,024 26,375 37,255
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £52,500 £56,509
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -7.09% -5.82%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%

2nd Line Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent 2nd Line Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

2nd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

2nd Line Engineer Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Engineer job vacancies in the UK

2nd Line Engineer Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for 2nd Line Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in the UK

2nd Line Engineer Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in 2nd Line Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 25 October 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -46 272 £35,000 +4.48% 77
UK excluding London -22 258 £35,000 +6.06% 50
East of England +12 62 £35,000 +4.48% 18
South East -45 57 £35,000 +4.48% 8
North of England -44 56 £34,000 +4.62% 7
Work from Home -39 55 £35,000 +6.06% 29
London -44 49 £36,500 -6.41% 19
North West -7 43 £34,000 +4.62% 6
Midlands -41 37 £32,500 -2.99% 6
West Midlands -29 31 £32,500 -7.14% 4
Scotland - 30 £30,000 - 2
Yorkshire -28 13 £31,000 -4.62%
South West -104 11 £40,000 +21.21% 8
East Midlands -46 6 £35,000 +4.48% 2
Wales - 5 £35,000 - 1

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, 2nd Line Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent 2nd Line Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Microsoft63.1%195
2Microsoft 36560.8%188
3Windows51.5%159
4Active Directory42.1%130
5Entra ID33.7%104
6Windows Server28.5%88
7Customer Service27.8%86
8Problem-Solving27.2%84
9Azure25.2%78
10Firewall23.0%71
11Microsoft Exchange19.4%60
11SharePoint19.4%60
13DNS18.4%57
14Microsoft Intune18.1%56
15VPN16.8%52
16LAN15.5%48
17DHCP15.2%47
17WAN15.2%47
19Windows 1014.9%46
20TCP/IP14.6%45
21VMware12.9%40
22Hyper-V12.3%38
23Cybersecurity11.0%34
24macOS10.7%33
24Meraki10.7%33
26Continuous Improvement10.0%31
27Cisco9.7%30
28Infrastructure Engineering9.4%29
28Remote Monitoring and Management9.4%29
28VMware Infrastructure9.4%29

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
12nd Line Support Engineer79.9%247
2IT Engineer58.6%181
3IT Support Engineer54.7%169
41st/2nd Line Support Engineer21.4%66
5Technical Engineer7.4%23
62nd Line Technical Support Engineer6.5%20
7Field Engineer6.1%19
7Service Desk Engineer6.1%19
9Desktop Engineer5.8%18
102nd Line Desktop Support Engineer4.9%15
11Microsoft Engineer4.5%14
12Microsoft 365 Engineer3.2%10
12Site Engineer3.2%10
142nd Line Network Engineer2.9%9
14Cloud Engineer2.9%9
14Field Support Engineer2.9%9
17Infrastructure Engineer1.9%6
17Lead Cloud Engineer1.9%6
17Support Team Leader1.9%6
17Windows Engineer1.9%6
91 2nd Line Engineer jobs Nationwide