3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Jobs

Third Line Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Third Line Infrastructure Engineer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 750 792 1148
Rank change year-on-year +42 +356 -355
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 92 95 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.12% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.13% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 63 76 114
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £41,156
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% +2.22% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £50,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £68,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +8.43%

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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +29 86 £50,000 +8.70% 13
UK excluding London -27 82 £47,500 +5.56% 10
South West +15 29 £50,500 +26.25% 6
Work from Home +30 20 £48,750 +5.98% 8
East of England -4 17 £58,000 +5.45%
Midlands -15 14 £47,500 +7.34% 1
London +79 10 £67,500 +42.11% 3
North of England +8 10 £35,000 -26.32% 2
Yorkshire +60 8 £35,000 -26.32% 1
West Midlands -4 8 £40,500 -8.47% 1
South East -21 6 £40,625 +5.52% 1
East Midlands - 6 £47,500 -
Wales - 5 £40,500 -
North West -12 1 £60,000 +30.43%
Scotland - 1 £35,000 -
North East - 1 £60,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 88 (95.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (45.65%) Microsoft
3 38 (41.30%) Microsoft 365
4 37 (40.22%) Azure
5 32 (34.78%) Security Cleared
6 30 (32.61%) Windows
7 25 (27.17%) Microsoft Intune
8 24 (26.09%) WAN
8 24 (26.09%) Firewall
8 24 (26.09%) VMware
8 24 (26.09%) PowerShell
9 23 (25.00%) SharePoint
10 22 (23.91%) Windows Server
10 22 (23.91%) DNS
11 20 (21.74%) Active Directory
12 18 (19.57%) DV Cleared
13 17 (18.48%) Hyper-V
14 16 (17.39%) Social Skills
14 16 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
15 15 (16.30%) SAN
16 14 (15.22%) LAN
17 13 (14.13%) Veeam
17 13 (14.13%) SaaS
18 12 (13.04%) Citrix
18 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
18 12 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
19 11 (11.96%) IaaS
19 11 (11.96%) SD-WAN
19 11 (11.96%) Power Platform
19 11 (11.96%) DHCP

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 23 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.17%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (41.30%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (40.22%) Azure
3 13 (14.13%) SaaS
4 11 (11.96%) IaaS
4 11 (11.96%) PaaS
4 11 (11.96%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.43%) AWS
5 5 (5.43%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.43%) Nutanix
6 2 (2.17%) OCI
6 2 (2.17%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (26.09%) Firewall
1 24 (26.09%) WAN
2 22 (23.91%) DNS
3 15 (16.30%) SAN
4 14 (15.22%) LAN
5 11 (11.96%) DHCP
5 11 (11.96%) SD-WAN
6 8 (8.70%) WLAN
7 7 (7.61%) VoIP
8 6 (6.52%) TCP/IP
9 5 (5.43%) VPN
9 5 (5.43%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (2.17%) VLAN
11 1 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (1.09%) Network Security
11 1 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.17%) MySQL
General
1 16 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.70%) Aerospace
3 5 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (5.43%) Banking
3 5 (5.43%) Finance
4 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.17%) Law
5 2 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.09%) Games
6 1 (1.09%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.52%) JSON
1 6 (6.52%) JSON Schema
1 6 (6.52%) KML
1 6 (6.52%) Regular Expression
1 6 (6.52%) XML
1 6 (6.52%) XML Schema
2 3 (3.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.26%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.17%) Clustering
3 2 (2.17%) EMC VNX
3 2 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.09%) CCTV
4 1 (1.09%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.09%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.09%) IoT
4 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.09%) Replication
4 1 (1.09%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 30 (32.61%) Windows
2 22 (23.91%) Windows Server
3 9 (9.78%) Linux
4 7 (7.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (6.52%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (5.43%) Windows 10
7 3 (3.26%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (2.17%) Mac OS
8 2 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.09%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.09%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (95.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 12 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
3 10 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (7.61%) ITIL
4 7 (7.61%) Service Delivery
5 6 (6.52%) CAD
5 6 (6.52%) Customer Service
5 6 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (5.43%) Root Cause Analysis
7 4 (4.35%) ITSM
7 4 (4.35%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (4.35%) Virtual Environments
8 3 (3.26%) Artificial Intelligence
8 3 (3.26%) Communications Security
8 3 (3.26%) Compatibility Testing
8 3 (3.26%) Machine Learning
8 3 (3.26%) Service Management
8 3 (3.26%) Software Distribution
8 3 (3.26%) Software Testing
8 3 (3.26%) Workload Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (26.09%) PowerShell
2 6 (6.52%) SQL
3 1 (1.09%) Perl
3 1 (1.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 32 (34.78%) Security Cleared
2 18 (19.57%) DV Cleared
3 11 (11.96%) Degree
4 7 (7.61%) CCNA
4 7 (7.61%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.43%) A+ Certification
5 5 (5.43%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.17%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.35%) SLA
3 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 17 (18.48%) Hyper-V
3 16 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (3.26%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (3.26%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (3.26%) XenApp
5 3 (3.26%) XenDesktop
6 2 (2.17%) Docker
6 2 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (27.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.96%) SCCM
3 8 (8.70%) Ansible
4 2 (2.17%) EMC NetWorker
4 2 (2.17%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.17%) Nagios
4 2 (2.17%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.09%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.09%) MobiControl
Vendors
1 42 (45.65%) Microsoft
2 24 (26.09%) VMware
3 13 (14.13%) Veeam
4 12 (13.04%) Citrix
5 10 (10.87%) Sophos
6 9 (9.78%) Aruba
7 7 (7.61%) Cisco
7 7 (7.61%) Datto
8 6 (6.52%) HP
9 5 (5.43%) Acronis
9 5 (5.43%) Mitel
10 3 (3.26%) Meraki
11 2 (2.17%) Dell
11 2 (2.17%) EMC
11 2 (2.17%) Fortinet
11 2 (2.17%) Oracle
11 2 (2.17%) Red Hat
11 2 (2.17%) SolarWinds
12 1 (1.09%) F5
12 1 (1.09%) SOTI