2nd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in the West Midlands

Second Line Support Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Second Line Support Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 196 175
Rank change year-on-year +40 -21 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 18 2 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.34% 0.048% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.052% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 18 2 8
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,691 £26,025
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,118 £26,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £30,454 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% +1.51% -1.64%
75th Percentile £42,500 £32,414 £32,375
90th Percentile - £33,216 £35,225
England median annual salary £33,500 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year - +3.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 4,728 3,858 3,556
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.78% 93.32% 93.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,728 1,838 2,966
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

2nd Line Support 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 Support Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Birmingham - 10 £37,500 -
Worcestershire - 4 £35,000 -
Staffordshire -6 2 £40,000 +23.08% 1
Warwickshire - 2 £32,000 -
2nd Line Support Engineer
England

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, 2nd Line Support 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 West Midlands region featuring 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (88.89%) Azure
2 13 (72.22%) Windows
3 12 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
5 9 (50.00%) SharePoint
5 9 (50.00%) Windows Server
6 8 (44.44%) Firewall
7 7 (38.89%) LAN
7 7 (38.89%) WAN
8 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
8 6 (33.33%) Entra ID
8 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (27.78%) CRM
9 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (27.78%) Dynamics CRM
9 5 (27.78%) JIRA
9 5 (27.78%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (27.78%) VMware
10 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
10 4 (22.22%) Cloud Operations
10 4 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (22.22%) DevOps
10 4 (22.22%) Google
10 4 (22.22%) Google Workspace
10 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
10 4 (22.22%) Migration

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (27.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (88.89%) Azure
2 12 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 4 (22.22%) Google Workspace
4 4 (22.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) Firewall
2 7 (38.89%) LAN
2 7 (38.89%) WAN
3 4 (22.22%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (22.22%) VPN
4 3 (16.67%) DNS
5 2 (11.11%) Broadband
5 2 (11.11%) Ethernet
5 2 (11.11%) MPLS
5 2 (11.11%) PBX
5 2 (11.11%) PSTN
5 2 (11.11%) VoIP
6 1 (5.56%) DHCP
6 1 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (27.78%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Law
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 2 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 9 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (16.67%) Linux
3 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (27.78%) CRM
1 5 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (27.78%) Performance Metrics
1 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
2 4 (22.22%) Cloud Operations
2 4 (22.22%) DevOps
2 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 4 (22.22%) Migration
2 4 (22.22%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 4 (22.22%) SIEM
3 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 2 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (22.22%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (11.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) VMware
3 4 (22.22%) Google
4 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 2 (11.11%) Juniper