2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Second Line Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 260 273
Rank change year-on-year +58 +13 -66
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 38 23 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.54% 0.33% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.37% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34 21 13
10th Percentile £25,950 £26,250 £23,850
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £31,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -4.62% +12.07%
75th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £35,000 - £37,650
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,625 6,222 6,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 90.10% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,115 3,402 4,852
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,974 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the West Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the West Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 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
Solihull +11 11 £26,900 -8.03% 3
Birmingham +6 9 £30,000 -6.25% 4
Staffordshire -14 5 £30,000 -2.44% 1
Worcestershire - 4 £30,000 - 1
Warwickshire - 4 £34,000 -
Coventry - 2 £33,500 - 4
Dudley +6 1 £27,500 -11.29% 1
Walsall - 1 £26,000 -
Herefordshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 18 April 2024, 2nd 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 across the West Midlands region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (63.16%) Active Directory
2 23 (60.53%) Windows
3 21 (55.26%) Windows 10
4 17 (44.74%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (39.47%) WAN
5 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
6 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
6 13 (34.21%) VMware
7 11 (28.95%) Windows Server
8 10 (26.32%) IPsec
8 10 (26.32%) SCCM
8 10 (26.32%) MPLS
8 10 (26.32%) BGP
8 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
9 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (23.68%) Veeam
10 8 (21.05%) Azure
10 8 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
10 8 (21.05%) VPN
11 7 (18.42%) DNS
11 7 (18.42%) Linux
11 7 (18.42%) Juniper
11 7 (18.42%) Firewall
11 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (18.42%) Entra ID
11 7 (18.42%) Hyper-V
11 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
12 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (15.79%) SD-WAN

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (15.79%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.63%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (44.74%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (21.05%) Azure
3 7 (18.42%) Entra ID
4 6 (15.79%) OneDrive
5 3 (7.89%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (7.89%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.63%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 15 (39.47%) WAN
2 10 (26.32%) BGP
2 10 (26.32%) IPsec
2 10 (26.32%) MPLS
3 8 (21.05%) VPN
4 7 (18.42%) DNS
4 7 (18.42%) Firewall
5 6 (15.79%) DHCP
5 6 (15.79%) SD-WAN
6 5 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (10.53%) TCP/IP
8 3 (7.89%) Ethernet
8 3 (7.89%) LAN
8 3 (7.89%) SMTP
8 3 (7.89%) VLAN
9 2 (5.26%) PBX
10 1 (2.63%) IP Telephony
10 1 (2.63%) IPv4
10 1 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
General
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Law
4 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Finance
5 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) PKI
2 5 (13.16%) Replication
3 4 (10.53%) Driving Licence
4 3 (7.89%) Clustering
5 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 23 (60.53%) Windows
2 21 (55.26%) Windows 10
3 11 (28.95%) Windows Server
4 7 (18.42%) Linux
5 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (13.16%) CentOS
6 5 (13.16%) Mac OS
6 5 (13.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (2.63%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.63%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (15.79%) Customer Service
3 5 (13.16%) Load Balancing
3 5 (13.16%) Service Management
4 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (5.26%) ITIL
5 1 (2.63%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (2.63%) Fintech
5 1 (2.63%) Hardware Maintenance
5 1 (2.63%) Identity Management
5 1 (2.63%) Issue Tracking
5 1 (2.63%) ITSM
5 1 (2.63%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (2.63%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (2.63%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 1 (2.63%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.63%) Software Deployment
5 1 (2.63%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.89%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 24 (63.16%) Active Directory
2 8 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (18.42%) Hyper-V
4 5 (13.16%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (13.16%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (26.32%) SCCM
2 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.89%) Autotask
3 3 (7.89%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (7.89%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.63%) AirWatch
4 1 (2.63%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Microsoft
1 13 (34.21%) VMware
2 9 (23.68%) Veeam
3 7 (18.42%) Juniper
4 6 (15.79%) Cisco
5 5 (13.16%) Apple
5 5 (13.16%) Citrix
5 5 (13.16%) Remedy
6 3 (7.89%) Datto
6 3 (7.89%) Draytek
6 3 (7.89%) Sage
6 3 (7.89%) Sophos
6 3 (7.89%) Webroot
7 1 (2.63%) Avaya
7 1 (2.63%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.63%) IBM
7 1 (2.63%) Lotus
7 1 (2.63%) Ubiquiti