Second Line Support Engineer
UK
The median Second Line Support Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 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 | 637 | 578 | 591 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -59 | +13 | +284 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer | 75 | 347 | 413 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.13% | 0.35% | 0.42% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.37% | 0.45% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 75 | 334 | 380 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £25,825 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,250 | £26,750 | £28,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,500 | £31,000 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.84% | -4.62% | +4.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £37,750 | £35,000 | £37,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £42,150 | £38,750 | £40,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £32,000 | £30,000 | £31,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -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 | 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% |
2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer.
2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.
2nd Line Support 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 Support 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 | -84 | 74 | £32,625 | +2.76% | 80 |
| UK excluding London | -55 | 51 | £32,000 | +6.67% | 67 |
| Work from Home | +88 | 28 | £32,500 | - | 17 |
| London | +85 | 24 | £38,000 | +11.76% | 21 |
| Midlands | +42 | 15 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 9 |
| South East | +32 | 13 | £31,000 | +3.33% | 30 |
| North of England | -15 | 12 | £30,000 | - | 20 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 9 | £32,500 | - | 1 |
| South West | +64 | 7 | £32,500 | -2.26% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +45 | 6 | £35,000 | +16.67% | 7 |
| North West | -38 | 6 | £31,375 | +8.19% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +58 | 5 | £30,000 | -7.69% | 2 |
| East of England | -8 | 4 | £30,000 | -7.69% | 4 |
| Scotland | +122 | 1 | £32,500 | +8.33% | |
| North East | +20 | 1 | £30,000 | -6.98% | 9 |
2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, 2nd Line Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.
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2nd Line Support 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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