Third Line Engineer
UK

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the UK is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 496 569 697
Rank change year-on-year +73 +128 -253
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 446 458 609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.44% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.48% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 394 415 589
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £51,500 £55,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £41,750
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.78% +4.38%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd 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 3rd Line Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +109 420 £42,000 -6.67% 103
UK excluding London +56 406 £42,000 -6.67% 89
South East +70 144 £42,000 -1.18% 21
Work from Home +57 129 £38,500 -18.95% 35
South West +48 73 £44,250 +4.12% 10
North of England +38 72 £35,000 -22.22% 34
Midlands +19 56 £40,000 -27.27% 11
London +75 40 £60,000 +31.87% 14
West Midlands +34 39 £37,500 -24.24% 7
East of England -28 35 £42,500 -15.00% 12
Yorkshire +98 31 £37,500 -11.76% 10
North East +19 26 £32,500 - 5
Wales +30 18 £40,500 +1.25% 1
East Midlands -11 17 £40,000 -27.27% 4
North West -27 15 £40,000 -13.04% 19
Scotland -61 8 £48,500 +7.78% 2

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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.

1 250 (56.05%) Microsoft
2 222 (49.78%) Azure
3 218 (48.88%) Windows
4 217 (48.65%) Microsoft 365
5 173 (38.79%) Active Directory
5 173 (38.79%) Firewall
6 157 (35.20%) VMware
7 153 (34.30%) Windows Server
8 116 (26.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 115 (25.78%) VMware Infrastructure
10 110 (24.66%) Hyper-V
11 106 (23.77%) Social Skills
12 101 (22.65%) Microsoft Exchange
13 91 (20.40%) Cisco
13 91 (20.40%) DNS
14 90 (20.18%) Security Cleared
15 86 (19.28%) ITIL
16 80 (17.94%) SQL Server
16 80 (17.94%) SharePoint
17 79 (17.71%) Citrix
17 79 (17.71%) Microsoft Intune
18 72 (16.14%) Veeam
19 62 (13.90%) DHCP
20 61 (13.68%) LAN
21 60 (13.45%) SQL
22 59 (13.23%) WAN
22 59 (13.23%) SAN
23 58 (13.00%) Entra ID
24 57 (12.78%) VPN
25 56 (12.56%) Wi-Fi

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
1 101 (22.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 80 (17.94%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.14%) IIS
3 14 (3.14%) Skype for Business
4 10 (2.24%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (1.35%) Exchange Server 2000
6 5 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (0.90%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.45%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.45%) WordPress
9 1 (0.22%) Confluence
9 1 (0.22%) Site Server
Applications
1 41 (9.19%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.45%) Abaqus
3 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 222 (49.78%) Azure
2 217 (48.65%) Microsoft 365
3 58 (13.00%) Entra ID
4 34 (7.62%) OneDrive
5 32 (7.17%) AWS
6 14 (3.14%) IaaS
6 14 (3.14%) PaaS
7 11 (2.47%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (2.47%) SaaS
8 9 (2.02%) Mimecast
8 9 (2.02%) Nutanix
8 9 (2.02%) Power Platform
9 8 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (1.35%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.12%) OpenShift
12 4 (0.90%) Azure Stack
12 4 (0.90%) Dropbox
12 4 (0.90%) GCP
12 4 (0.90%) Google Drive
12 4 (0.90%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 173 (38.79%) Firewall
2 91 (20.40%) DNS
3 62 (13.90%) DHCP
4 61 (13.68%) LAN
5 59 (13.23%) SAN
5 59 (13.23%) WAN
6 57 (12.78%) VPN
7 56 (12.56%) Wi-Fi
8 44 (9.87%) VLAN
9 39 (8.74%) Wireless
10 34 (7.62%) TCP/IP
11 24 (5.38%) BGP
12 23 (5.16%) VoIP
13 20 (4.48%) WLAN
14 17 (3.81%) IPsec
15 16 (3.59%) IP Telephony
16 14 (3.14%) OSPF
16 14 (3.14%) Remote Desktop
17 11 (2.47%) SD-WAN
18 9 (2.02%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (17.94%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.85%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.57%) MySQL
4 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.45%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.45%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.45%) SQLPlus
6 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.67%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Hudson
3 1 (0.22%) MSI
General
1 106 (23.77%) Social Skills
2 24 (5.38%) Law
3 19 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
3 19 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
4 15 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (3.14%) Games
5 14 (3.14%) Telecoms
6 13 (2.91%) Finance
7 11 (2.47%) Aerospace
8 7 (1.57%) Legal
9 5 (1.12%) Banking
9 5 (1.12%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.67%) Retail
12 2 (0.45%) Advertising
12 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.22%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.91%) JSON
1 13 (2.91%) JSON Schema
1 13 (2.91%) KML
1 13 (2.91%) Regular Expression
1 13 (2.91%) XML
2 8 (1.79%) XML Schema
3 6 (1.35%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.12%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.67%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.45%) LAMP
6 2 (0.45%) OpenMP
6 2 (0.45%) V-Ray
7 1 (0.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (9.64%) Driving Licence
2 36 (8.07%) Data Centre
3 25 (5.61%) Replication
4 23 (5.16%) Enterprise Storage
5 22 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (3.14%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.02%) Clustering
8 7 (1.57%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.57%) iPad
8 7 (1.57%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.35%) Blockchain
9 6 (1.35%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.12%) EMC VNX
10 5 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.67%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.45%) Beowulf
12 2 (0.45%) iPhone
12 2 (0.45%) Life Science
12 2 (0.45%) PKI
12 2 (0.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 218 (48.88%) Windows
2 153 (34.30%) Windows Server
3 52 (11.66%) Linux
4 48 (10.76%) Windows Server 2016
5 32 (7.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 30 (6.73%) Windows Server 2012
7 28 (6.28%) Windows 10
8 14 (3.14%) Mac OS
9 11 (2.47%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.12%) Debian
11 4 (0.90%) CentOS
12 3 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.67%) Unix
13 2 (0.45%) Android
13 2 (0.45%) SUSE
13 2 (0.45%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.45%) VMS
13 2 (0.45%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (26.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 86 (19.28%) ITIL
3 53 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (8.97%) Customer Service
5 38 (8.52%) Incident Management
6 36 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
7 25 (5.61%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 24 (5.38%) Migration
8 24 (5.38%) Project Delivery
9 22 (4.93%) Service Delivery
10 18 (4.04%) Business Continuity
11 17 (3.81%) Agile
11 17 (3.81%) Desktop Virtualisation
11 17 (3.81%) Mentoring
11 17 (3.81%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 17 (3.81%) Network Management
11 17 (3.81%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (3.59%) Change Control
13 15 (3.36%) Patch Management
13 15 (3.36%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (13.45%) SQL
2 55 (12.33%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.45%) Bash
3 2 (0.45%) C#
3 2 (0.45%) Perl
3 2 (0.45%) Python
3 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 90 (20.18%) Security Cleared
2 54 (12.11%) Degree
3 49 (10.99%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (9.87%) Microsoft Certification
5 40 (8.97%) SC Cleared
6 30 (6.73%) Azure Certification
7 28 (6.28%) CCNP
8 25 (5.61%) CCNA
9 19 (4.26%) DV Cleared
10 13 (2.91%) MCSE
11 11 (2.47%) A+ Certification
12 10 (2.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (1.57%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.35%) MCSA
15 5 (1.12%) DBS Check
15 5 (1.12%) MCP
15 5 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 3 (0.67%) JNCIA
16 3 (0.67%) RHCT
17 2 (0.45%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.69%) SLA
2 9 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.12%) NCSC
4 4 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.67%) NIST
6 2 (0.45%) GDPR
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.22%) GxP
System Software
1 173 (38.79%) Active Directory
2 115 (25.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 110 (24.66%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.28%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (2.24%) vSphere
8 7 (1.57%) Docker
8 7 (1.57%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.12%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.12%) XenApp
11 4 (0.90%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.67%) KVM
12 3 (0.67%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.45%) Lustre
13 2 (0.45%) pfSense
13 2 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.45%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 79 (17.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (7.17%) SCCM
3 19 (4.26%) Ansible
4 10 (2.24%) Terraform
5 9 (2.02%) vCenter Server
6 8 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (1.79%) Kubernetes
7 7 (1.57%) Autotask
8 5 (1.12%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (1.12%) FortiGate
8 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (1.12%) Nagios
8 5 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.67%) SCOM
9 3 (0.67%) WSUS
10 2 (0.45%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.45%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (0.45%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 2 (0.45%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 250 (56.05%) Microsoft
2 157 (35.20%) VMware
3 91 (20.40%) Cisco
4 79 (17.71%) Citrix
5 72 (16.14%) Veeam
6 30 (6.73%) Sophos
7 26 (5.83%) Juniper
8 25 (5.61%) HP
9 20 (4.48%) Meraki
10 18 (4.04%) Mitel
11 17 (3.81%) Datto
12 16 (3.59%) Aruba
13 15 (3.36%) WatchGuard
14 14 (3.14%) Avaya
15 13 (2.91%) SolarWinds
16 12 (2.69%) Draytek
17 11 (2.47%) Acronis
17 11 (2.47%) Dell
17 11 (2.47%) Google
17 11 (2.47%) Red Hat