3rd Line Engineer Jobs

Third Line Engineer
UK

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 463 727
Rank change year-on-year -125 +264 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 198 322 429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.56% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.59% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 164 300 384
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £56,063
90th Percentile £55,875 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £44,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.62% -1.11% +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 71,451 54,630 129,558
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 36,949 39,801 77,809
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.81% - +5.00%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 8 November 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 November 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 -145 194 £42,500 -5.56% 44
UK excluding London -123 169 £42,000 -5.62% 44
Work from Home -23 61 £40,000 - 25
South East -87 56 £45,000 - 6
North of England -48 38 £35,500 -13.94% 11
London -10 29 £47,500 -5.00% 7
Midlands -59 28 £45,000 -5.26% 12
East of England -38 22 £41,250 -7.30% 4
North East -19 21 £35,000 +6.87% 1
South West -23 21 £45,000 +20.00% 5
West Midlands -38 21 £42,000 -11.58% 10
North West -51 10 £40,000 -1.54% 6
Yorkshire -3 7 £40,681 -9.60% 4
East Midlands -20 7 £47,500 +6.15% 2
Scotland -3 2 £43,500 -13.00% 2
Wales +24 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £52,500 - 2

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 November 2024, 3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 122 (61.62%) Windows
2 106 (53.54%) Azure
3 103 (52.02%) Microsoft
4 98 (49.49%) Microsoft 365
5 96 (48.48%) Active Directory
6 88 (44.44%) VMware
7 79 (39.90%) Windows Server
8 71 (35.86%) Hyper-V
9 66 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
10 56 (28.28%) Firewall
11 48 (24.24%) Entra ID
12 47 (23.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 47 (23.74%) Social Skills
13 46 (23.23%) Microsoft Exchange
14 44 (22.22%) SharePoint
15 39 (19.70%) DNS
16 36 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
17 35 (17.68%) Customer Service
18 33 (16.67%) Cisco
18 33 (16.67%) SQL
19 28 (14.14%) Driving Licence
19 28 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
20 27 (13.64%) Windows 10
20 27 (13.64%) PowerShell
20 27 (13.64%) Citrix
21 25 (12.63%) Wi-Fi
21 25 (12.63%) OneDrive
22 24 (12.12%) Security Cleared
23 23 (11.62%) SAN
23 23 (11.62%) WAN

3rd 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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (23.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.54%) IIS
4 4 (2.02%) nginx
5 2 (1.01%) Apache
5 2 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 106 (53.54%) Azure
2 98 (49.49%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (24.24%) Entra ID
4 25 (12.63%) OneDrive
5 13 (6.57%) AWS
6 12 (6.06%) IaaS
7 9 (4.55%) SaaS
8 7 (3.54%) PaaS
9 5 (2.53%) Azure Stack
9 5 (2.53%) Cohesity
10 4 (2.02%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.02%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.01%) Cloudflare
11 2 (1.01%) Datadog
11 2 (1.01%) GCP
11 2 (1.01%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.01%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.01%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (28.28%) Firewall
2 39 (19.70%) DNS
3 25 (12.63%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (11.62%) DHCP
4 23 (11.62%) SAN
4 23 (11.62%) WAN
5 22 (11.11%) VPN
6 21 (10.61%) LAN
7 17 (8.59%) TCP/IP
8 13 (6.57%) VLAN
9 7 (3.54%) VoIP
10 6 (3.03%) BGP
11 5 (2.53%) FTP
11 5 (2.53%) MPLS
11 5 (2.53%) OSPF
11 5 (2.53%) SSL
11 5 (2.53%) Wireless
12 4 (2.02%) IP Telephony
12 4 (2.02%) LTE
12 4 (2.02%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.59%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.01%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.01%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.01%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (3.03%) JIRA
2 2 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 47 (23.74%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.59%) Manufacturing
3 11 (5.56%) Legal
4 7 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.54%) Finance
5 6 (3.03%) Retail
6 5 (2.53%) Law
6 5 (2.53%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.02%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.52%) Marketing
8 3 (1.52%) Publishing
9 2 (1.01%) Banking
9 2 (1.01%) Electronics
9 2 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.51%) Automotive
10 1 (0.51%) Aviation
10 1 (0.51%) Military
10 1 (0.51%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (0.51%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (14.14%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.56%) Smartphone
3 10 (5.05%) Enterprise Storage
4 7 (3.54%) Data Centre
4 7 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.53%) Clustering
5 5 (2.53%) Replication
6 4 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.52%) PKI
8 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.01%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.01%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.51%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.51%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.51%) IoT
9 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.51%) NB-IoT
9 1 (0.51%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 122 (61.62%) Windows
2 79 (39.90%) Windows Server
3 27 (13.64%) Windows 10
4 23 (11.62%) Windows Server 2016
5 14 (7.07%) Linux
6 13 (6.57%) Android
6 13 (6.57%) Apple iOS
7 8 (4.04%) Mac OS
8 7 (3.54%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (2.02%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (1.52%) Windows 8
10 3 (1.52%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (1.01%) Debian
11 2 (1.01%) Mac OS X
11 2 (1.01%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.51%) CentOS
12 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (23.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (17.68%) Customer Service
3 28 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 21 (10.61%) ITIL
6 14 (7.07%) ITSM
7 12 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (6.06%) Incident Management
8 11 (5.56%) Logistics
9 10 (5.05%) Presales
9 10 (5.05%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (5.05%) Service Management
10 9 (4.55%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (4.04%) Mobile Device Management
11 8 (4.04%) Patch Management
12 7 (3.54%) Migration
13 6 (3.03%) Cybersecurity
13 6 (3.03%) Mentoring
13 6 (3.03%) Project Delivery
14 5 (2.53%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (16.67%) SQL
2 27 (13.64%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.01%) Bash
4 1 (0.51%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.51%) Perl
4 1 (0.51%) Python
4 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 24 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (10.10%) Degree
4 14 (7.07%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.57%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (5.56%) SC Cleared
7 8 (4.04%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.04%) CCNA
7 8 (4.04%) MCSA
8 6 (3.03%) CCNP
9 5 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.53%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.52%) CCA
11 3 (1.52%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.01%) A+ Certification
12 2 (1.01%) AWS Certification
12 2 (1.01%) CCDA
13 1 (0.51%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.53%) SLA
2 3 (1.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (48.48%) Active Directory
2 71 (35.86%) Hyper-V
3 66 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (8.08%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (5.05%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.55%) vSphere
7 7 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (3.03%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (1.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (1.52%) XenApp
10 2 (1.01%) Docker
11 1 (0.51%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.51%) Firmware
11 1 (0.51%) KVM
11 1 (0.51%) OpenSSH
11 1 (0.51%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (8.08%) SCCM
3 8 (4.04%) SCOM
4 7 (3.54%) vCenter Server
5 4 (2.02%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.01%) Ansible
6 2 (1.01%) Autotask
6 2 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Clustering
6 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (1.01%) SCDPM
7 1 (0.51%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.51%) IBM BigFix
7 1 (0.51%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.51%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.51%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 103 (52.02%) Microsoft
2 88 (44.44%) VMware
3 33 (16.67%) Cisco
4 27 (13.64%) Citrix
5 14 (7.07%) Veeam
6 11 (5.56%) Meraki
7 6 (3.03%) Aruba
7 6 (3.03%) IBM
8 5 (2.53%) Dell
8 5 (2.53%) HP
9 4 (2.02%) Sophos
10 3 (1.52%) Apple
10 3 (1.52%) Datto
10 3 (1.52%) Juniper
10 3 (1.52%) Netskope
10 3 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.52%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.01%) Google
11 2 (1.01%) Mitel
11 2 (1.01%) Sage