3rd Line Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Third Line Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Third Line Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 460 511
Rank change year-on-year +119 +51 +127
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 56 132 164
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.41% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 45 127 156
10th Percentile £37,800 - £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -18.95% +5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £50,625 £55,000
90th Percentile £56,500 £60,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £42,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +19.05% -8.70% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

3rd Line Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

3rd Line Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 3rd Line Engineer.

3rd Line Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing 3rd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

3rd Line Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 3rd 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 47 (83.93%) Windows
1 47 (83.93%) Active Directory
2 43 (76.79%) Azure
3 40 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (58.93%) Windows Server
5 32 (57.14%) VMware
5 32 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 31 (55.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 31 (55.36%) Microsoft Exchange
7 29 (51.79%) WAN
8 28 (50.00%) Microsoft
9 27 (48.21%) LAN
10 26 (46.43%) Firewall
11 23 (41.07%) Windows Server 2019
12 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
13 21 (37.50%) PowerShell
14 20 (35.71%) Windows Server 2016
15 18 (32.14%) Entra ID
15 18 (32.14%) DNS
16 17 (30.36%) ITIL
16 17 (30.36%) Customer Service
17 16 (28.57%) DHCP
17 16 (28.57%) Citrix
18 15 (26.79%) Meraki
18 15 (26.79%) Infrastructure Management
19 14 (25.00%) Cisco
20 13 (23.21%) Data Security
20 13 (23.21%) CheckPoint
20 13 (23.21%) Network Design
20 13 (23.21%) Mentoring

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 31 (55.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (21.43%) SharePoint
3 7 (12.50%) IIS
4 1 (1.79%) Apache
4 1 (1.79%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 43 (76.79%) Azure
2 40 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (32.14%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.14%) AWS
5 3 (5.36%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.57%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.79%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.79%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 29 (51.79%) WAN
2 27 (48.21%) LAN
3 26 (46.43%) Firewall
4 18 (32.14%) DNS
5 16 (28.57%) DHCP
6 11 (19.64%) Wireless
7 10 (17.86%) WLAN
8 9 (16.07%) TCP/IP
9 8 (14.29%) SAN
10 6 (10.71%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (10.71%) VLAN
11 3 (5.36%) VoIP
11 3 (5.36%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (3.57%) IPsec
12 2 (3.57%) SD-WAN
12 2 (3.57%) VPN
13 1 (1.79%) NAS
13 1 (1.79%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (19.64%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.14%) Law
3 3 (5.36%) Finance
3 3 (5.36%) Legal
4 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.57%) Marketing
4 2 (3.57%) Police
4 2 (3.57%) Retail
5 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.36%) PKI
3 2 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.79%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.79%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 47 (83.93%) Windows
2 33 (58.93%) Windows Server
3 23 (41.07%) Windows Server 2019
4 20 (35.71%) Windows Server 2016
5 13 (23.21%) Windows 10
6 10 (17.86%) Apple iOS
6 10 (17.86%) Mac OS
7 8 (14.29%) Linux
8 4 (7.14%) Ubuntu
9 3 (5.36%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (3.57%) CentOS
10 2 (3.57%) Debian
10 2 (3.57%) SUSE
11 1 (1.79%) Mac OS X
11 1 (1.79%) Windows 7
11 1 (1.79%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.36%) Customer Service
1 17 (30.36%) ITIL
2 15 (26.79%) Infrastructure Management
3 13 (23.21%) Data Security
3 13 (23.21%) Mentoring
3 13 (23.21%) Network Design
3 13 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (23.21%) Root Cause Analysis
4 12 (21.43%) Problem Management
5 10 (17.86%) Change Management
5 10 (17.86%) Service Delivery
6 9 (16.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (10.71%) Time Management
8 3 (5.36%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (5.36%) Document Management
8 3 (5.36%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (5.36%) Practice Management
8 3 (5.36%) Project Delivery
8 3 (5.36%) Task Automation
8 3 (5.36%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 21 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (5.36%) SQL
3 2 (3.57%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (12.50%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.57%) Azure Certification
3 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) Linux+ Certification
3 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.57%) RHCE
3 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.79%) MCP
4 1 (1.79%) MCSA
4 1 (1.79%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.14%) SLA
2 2 (3.57%) GDPR
2 2 (3.57%) HIPAA
System Software
1 47 (83.93%) Active Directory
2 31 (55.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (23.21%) Hyper-V
3 13 (23.21%) XenApp
4 8 (14.29%) vSphere
5 6 (10.71%) Terminal Services
6 5 (8.93%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (3.57%) Docker
7 2 (3.57%) Dovecot
7 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (3.57%) Postfix
7 2 (3.57%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (57.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.14%) SCCM
3 2 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.57%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.79%) Ansible
4 1 (1.79%) SCOM
4 1 (1.79%) SCOrch
4 1 (1.79%) SCSM
4 1 (1.79%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (57.14%) VMware
2 28 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 16 (28.57%) Citrix
4 15 (26.79%) Meraki
5 14 (25.00%) Cisco
6 13 (23.21%) CheckPoint
6 13 (23.21%) SonicWALL
7 10 (17.86%) Apple
8 8 (14.29%) Dell
8 8 (14.29%) HP
9 6 (10.71%) NetApp
10 3 (5.36%) iManage
10 3 (5.36%) Intapp
10 3 (5.36%) Riverbed
11 2 (3.57%) Okta
11 2 (3.57%) Ping Identity
11 2 (3.57%) Red Hat
11 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
12 1 (1.79%) arcserve
12 1 (1.79%) Sage