Hybrid/Remote 3rd Line Engineer Job Trends

Third Line Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Third Line Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £54,709 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
19 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 344 441
Rank change year-on-year -3 +97 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 58 57 131
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.33% 0.43% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.46% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 56 47 127
10th Percentile £37,750 £37,000 -
25th Percentile £42,188 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,709 £50,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +29.87% -18.95%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £50,625
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,500
UK median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +17.65% -7.61%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 16,623 12,344 31,189
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.56% 92.95% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,964 9,039 24,993
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,833
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.19% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,950 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

3rd Line Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote 3rd Line Engineer job vacancies

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 3rd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

3rd Line Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (63.79%) Azure
2 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
3 28 (48.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (46.55%) Active Directory
4 27 (46.55%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (43.10%) Microsoft Exchange
6 24 (41.38%) SharePoint
7 22 (37.93%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (34.48%) Entra ID
9 18 (31.03%) Mimecast
10 17 (29.31%) Technical Leadership
11 16 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 16 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (25.86%) Identity Management
12 15 (25.86%) JIRA
12 15 (25.86%) SaaS
13 14 (24.14%) Change Management
13 14 (24.14%) CrowdStrike
13 14 (24.14%) Incident Management
13 14 (24.14%) R
13 14 (24.14%) Windows
13 14 (24.14%) Workflow
14 13 (22.41%) VPN
15 11 (18.97%) PowerShell
16 10 (17.24%) DHCP
16 10 (17.24%) DNS
17 9 (15.52%) Customer Service
17 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
17 9 (15.52%) Windows Server
18 8 (13.79%) Tech Ops

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 25 (43.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (41.38%) SharePoint
3 4 (6.90%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (6.90%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (6.90%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 37 (63.79%) Azure
2 27 (46.55%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (34.48%) Entra ID
4 18 (31.03%) Mimecast
5 15 (25.86%) SaaS
6 5 (8.62%) OneDrive
7 3 (5.17%) AWS
8 2 (3.45%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.72%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.72%) Google Docs
9 1 (1.72%) IaaS
9 1 (1.72%) PaaS
9 1 (1.72%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) VPN
2 10 (17.24%) DHCP
2 10 (17.24%) DNS
3 7 (12.07%) Firewall
3 7 (12.07%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (12.07%) Wireless
4 4 (6.90%) Network Security
4 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
5 3 (5.17%) VLAN
6 1 (1.72%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.72%) Internet
6 1 (1.72%) LAN
6 1 (1.72%) SAN
6 1 (1.72%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (25.86%) JIRA
General
1 14 (24.14%) Legal
2 11 (18.97%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.07%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.17%) CMDB
4 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.45%) YubiKey
5 1 (1.72%) Clustering
5 1 (1.72%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.72%) Replication
5 1 (1.72%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (24.14%) Windows
2 9 (15.52%) Windows Server
3 6 (10.34%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (6.90%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (6.90%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (5.17%) Linux
6 2 (3.45%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (48.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (29.31%) Technical Leadership
3 16 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (25.86%) Identity Management
5 14 (24.14%) Change Management
5 14 (24.14%) Incident Management
5 14 (24.14%) Workflow
6 9 (15.52%) Customer Service
6 9 (15.52%) Project Delivery
7 8 (13.79%) Tech Ops
8 7 (12.07%) DevOps
8 7 (12.07%) ITIL
9 6 (10.34%) Logistics
9 6 (10.34%) Project Management
9 6 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (6.90%) Server Virtualisation
11 4 (6.90%) Task Automation
12 3 (5.17%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (24.14%) R
2 11 (18.97%) PowerShell
3 4 (6.90%) Python
3 4 (6.90%) SQL
4 2 (3.45%) Bash
4 2 (3.45%) Bicep
5 1 (1.72%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 6 (10.34%) DBS Check
1 6 (10.34%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) Azure Certification
2 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.72%) CCNA
4 1 (1.72%) CCNP
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.45%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (46.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.62%) Hyper-V
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (5.17%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (37.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.45%) Terraform
2 2 (3.45%) vCenter Server
2 2 (3.45%) WSUS
3 1 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.72%) SCCM
3 1 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
2 14 (24.14%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (10.34%) VMware
4 5 (8.62%) Veeam
5 4 (6.90%) Dell
5 4 (6.90%) HP
6 3 (5.17%) Cisco
6 3 (5.17%) IFS
6 3 (5.17%) Oracle
7 2 (3.45%) arcserve
7 2 (3.45%) Google
7 2 (3.45%) NetApp
7 2 (3.45%) Tenable
8 1 (1.72%) Apple
8 1 (1.72%) Datto
8 1 (1.72%) Logitech
8 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.72%) SonicWALL
8 1 (1.72%) Sophos
8 1 (1.72%) Yealink
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