2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £50,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 885 - 1222
Rank change year-on-year - - -318
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 17 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% - 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 7
10th Percentile £36,875 - £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 - £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.86%
75th Percentile £51,750 - £46,875
90th Percentile - - £52,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 - £41,250
% change year-on-year - - +17.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer.

Salary trend for 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
England - 17 £50,500 - 2
UK excluding London - 16 £50,500 - 1
South West - 9 £50,500 -
South East - 6 £38,750 -
London - 1 £40,000 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £40,000 -
Midlands - 1 £40,000 -

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure 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/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (94.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (70.59%) Azure
3 11 (64.71%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (64.71%) DNS
4 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
4 10 (58.82%) WAN
4 10 (58.82%) Firewall
4 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (58.82%) PowerShell
5 9 (52.94%) SaaS
5 9 (52.94%) PaaS
5 9 (52.94%) IaaS
5 9 (52.94%) Power Platform
5 9 (52.94%) SD-WAN
6 6 (35.29%) Windows
7 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
8 4 (23.53%) Cisco
9 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
10 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
10 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
10 2 (11.76%) VMware
11 1 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
11 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
11 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
11 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
11 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
11 1 (5.88%) Network Management
11 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (70.59%) Azure
2 11 (64.71%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (52.94%) IaaS
3 9 (52.94%) PaaS
3 9 (52.94%) Power Platform
3 9 (52.94%) SaaS
4 1 (5.88%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) DNS
2 10 (58.82%) Firewall
2 10 (58.82%) WAN
3 9 (52.94%) SD-WAN
4 1 (5.88%) DHCP
4 1 (5.88%) LAN
4 1 (5.88%) Network Security
4 1 (5.88%) VPN
General
1 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (5.88%) Finance
1 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.88%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
3 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
2 1 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (5.88%) ITIL
2 1 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (5.88%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (58.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) CCNA
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) VMware