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 18 January 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 532 | 409 | 549 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -123 | +140 | +68 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer | 218 | 398 | 546 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.33% | 0.64% | 0.50% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.36% | 0.67% | 0.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 179 | 370 | 523 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,481 | £26,000 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,000 | £29,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £35,000 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | - | +8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,000 | £38,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £45,000 | £43,750 | £42,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £32,500 | £30,000 | £31,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -4.76% | +12.50% |
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 | 60,564 | 59,305 | 103,237 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.85% | 95.36% | 95.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,969 | 43,764 | 67,312 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £30,000 | £33,009 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £41,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.93% | -4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £76,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £95,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,684 | £50,000 | £52,772 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.37% | -5.25% | +5.54% |
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 18 January 2025.
2nd 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 2nd Line Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 January 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 | -147 | 213 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 53 |
| UK excluding London | -132 | 146 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 45 |
| London | -7 | 72 | £38,000 | +1.33% | 10 |
| South East | -47 | 58 | £34,000 | +13.33% | 15 |
| Work from Home | -62 | 35 | £32,750 | +0.77% | 18 |
| North of England | -57 | 26 | £31,250 | +4.17% | 15 |
| East of England | -61 | 20 | £32,500 | -2.99% | 3 |
| South West | -11 | 19 | £33,500 | +8.94% | 7 |
| Midlands | -21 | 19 | £30,500 | -4.69% | 4 |
| North West | -51 | 16 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 11 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 10 | £32,250 | +5.74% | 2 |
| West Midlands | -28 | 9 | £30,000 | -6.25% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +4 | 8 | £30,000 | -3.23% | 1 |
| Wales | +20 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Scotland | +17 | 2 | £26,500 | -8.62% | 2 |
| North East | -24 | 2 | £29,500 | -9.23% | 3 |
2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 January 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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