3rd Line Technical Engineer Jobs

Third Line Technical Engineer
UK

The median Third Line Technical Engineer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 697 898 990
Rank change year-on-year +201 +92 +216
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Technical Engineer 3 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.006% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.006% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £38,125 £27,750
25th Percentile - £40,938 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +53.85% -18.75%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £39,063
90th Percentile - £62,000 £48,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +38.46% -15.03%

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 47,541 93,322 94,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 94.63% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 27,467 66,921 59,760
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -
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 Technical Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

3rd Line Technical Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Technical Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Technical Engineer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Technical Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
UK excluding London +198 3 £45,000 - 3
England +178 3 £45,000 -10.00% 1
North of England +71 2 - -
North West - 2 - -
East of England - 1 £45,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 3rd Line Technical 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 Technical Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Storage Management
2 2 (66.67%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Application Packaging
2 2 (66.67%) Software Packaging
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN

3rd Line Technical 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 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Software Packaging
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Application Packaging
2 2 (66.67%) Business Continuity
2 2 (66.67%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Storage Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Autotask
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) WatchGuard