3rd Line Engineer Job Trends in Wakefield

Third Line Engineer
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median Third Line Engineer salary in Wakefield is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 6.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.46% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £35,000 £38,750
% change year-on-year +71.43% -9.68% -13.89%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wakefield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 67 19 95
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.75% 100.00% 93.14%
Number of salaries quoted 37 11 79
10th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +17.78% +1.12%
75th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £74,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend in Wakefield

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Wakefield.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies in Wakefield

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield

For the 6 months to 22 March 2026, 3rd Line Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wakefield region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (60.00%) VLAN
2 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (40.00%) Data Security
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) VLAN
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Advertising
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Security
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) VMware