3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Third Line Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Third Line Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 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
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 673 803 827
Rank change year-on-year +130 +24 +277
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 14 111 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.11% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.12% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 13 92 118
10th Percentile £45,550 £35,000 £36,975
25th Percentile £47,500 £36,875 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.58% -1.04% +0.52%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £64,750 £55,925
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.22% -3.16% +5.56%

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 47,606 93,229 94,684
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 94.63% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,326 66,845 59,589
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +94 14 £53,000 +11.58% 10
UK excluding London +127 13 £53,000 +15.22% 8
North of England +64 6 £51,500 +47.14%
Work from Home +139 5 £52,500 +10.53% 2
Midlands +44 4 £59,500 +25.26% 1
North West +23 4 £51,500 -14.17%
South East +87 3 £55,000 +30.18% 5
East Midlands +41 3 £59,500 +25.26%
Yorkshire +67 2 £48,750 +39.29%
London +95 1 £60,000 -11.11% 2
West Midlands +43 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, 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 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (92.86%) Azure
3 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
4 11 (78.57%) VMware
5 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
6 9 (64.29%) Windows
7 8 (57.14%) DHCP
7 8 (57.14%) DNS
7 8 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (50.00%) Linux
9 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
9 6 (42.86%) Hyper-V
9 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
10 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (35.71%) Firewall
11 4 (28.57%) SAN
11 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
11 4 (28.57%) AWS
11 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (28.57%) Ubuntu
11 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
11 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
12 3 (21.43%) Patch Management
12 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
12 3 (21.43%) Driving Licence
12 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Management
12 3 (21.43%) AWS Certification
12 3 (21.43%) OneDrive

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 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.14%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 13 (92.86%) Azure
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (28.57%) AWS
3 4 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 3 (21.43%) OneDrive
5 2 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (7.14%) Cloudflare
6 1 (7.14%) Datadog
6 1 (7.14%) GCP
6 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) DHCP
1 8 (57.14%) DNS
2 5 (35.71%) Firewall
3 4 (28.57%) SAN
4 3 (21.43%) SD-WAN
4 3 (21.43%) TCP/IP
5 2 (14.29%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (14.29%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (14.29%) VLAN
6 1 (7.14%) iSCSI
6 1 (7.14%) NAS
6 1 (7.14%) Network Security
6 1 (7.14%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.14%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Data Centre
1 3 (21.43%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) BYOD
2 1 (7.14%) Replication
2 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Linux
3 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
4 4 (28.57%) Ubuntu
5 2 (14.29%) CentOS
5 2 (14.29%) Debian
5 2 (14.29%) SUSE
5 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (7.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
4 3 (21.43%) High Availability
4 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (21.43%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Patch Management
5 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 2 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 2 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Identity Management
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (7.14%) Process Improvement
6 1 (7.14%) Scrum
6 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (21.43%) Bash
3 1 (7.14%) Python
3 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) AWS Certification
1 3 (21.43%) Azure Certification
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Linux+ Certification
2 2 (14.29%) RHCE
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
1 2 (14.29%) HIPAA
2 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (42.86%) Hyper-V
4 3 (21.43%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (14.29%) Docker
5 2 (14.29%) Dovecot
5 2 (14.29%) Postfix
5 2 (14.29%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
1 3 (21.43%) SCOM
2 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (7.14%) SCOrch
3 1 (7.14%) SCSM
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (78.57%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 3 (21.43%) Veeam
4 2 (14.29%) Dell
4 2 (14.29%) HP
4 2 (14.29%) Meraki
4 2 (14.29%) Okta
4 2 (14.29%) Ping Identity
4 2 (14.29%) Red Hat
4 2 (14.29%) Salesforce
4 2 (14.29%) Sophos
4 2 (14.29%) Synology
5 1 (7.14%) Imperva
5 1 (7.14%) SonicWALL