3rd Line Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Third Line Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Third Line Engineer salary in Work from Home is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 505 619
Rank change year-on-year +52 +114 -171
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 133 155 218
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.39% 0.37% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.38% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 128 146 213
10th Percentile - £36,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £49,125 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +9.17% -
75th Percentile £51,438 £55,000 £51,750
90th Percentile £63,250 £65,000 £55,250
UK median annual salary £42,000 £46,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.16% +3.89% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,433 40,693 66,264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,885 28,909 42,146
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,626 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

3rd Line Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

3rd Line Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing 3rd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024, 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 remote work options featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 104 (78.20%) Azure
2 98 (73.68%) Microsoft
3 74 (55.64%) Windows
3 74 (55.64%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (50.38%) Active Directory
5 66 (49.62%) Social Skills
6 64 (48.12%) VMware
7 63 (47.37%) Hyper-V
8 58 (43.61%) Windows Server
9 49 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
10 45 (33.83%) Firewall
10 45 (33.83%) ITIL
11 39 (29.32%) SAN
12 38 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
13 35 (26.32%) SQL Server
14 32 (24.06%) Driving Licence
14 32 (24.06%) Microsoft Exchange
14 32 (24.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 30 (22.56%) Microsoft Certification
16 27 (20.30%) Amazon RDS
17 26 (19.55%) Cisco
18 25 (18.80%) Citrix
18 25 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
18 25 (18.80%) Azure Certification
19 24 (18.05%) DNS
19 24 (18.05%) DHCP
19 24 (18.05%) SharePoint
20 23 (17.29%) Veeam
20 23 (17.29%) Windows Server 2016
20 23 (17.29%) Windows Server 2019

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 32 (24.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (18.05%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.51%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.75%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (8.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 104 (78.20%) Azure
2 74 (55.64%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 16 (12.03%) AWS
5 7 (5.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 7 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
6 6 (4.51%) Nutanix
6 6 (4.51%) OneDrive
7 5 (3.76%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (1.50%) GCP
8 2 (1.50%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.50%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.75%) IaaS
9 1 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (33.83%) Firewall
2 39 (29.32%) SAN
3 24 (18.05%) DHCP
3 24 (18.05%) DNS
4 19 (14.29%) LAN
4 19 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 19 (14.29%) WAN
5 18 (13.53%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (11.28%) VLAN
7 14 (10.53%) WLAN
8 13 (9.77%) Remote Desktop
9 10 (7.52%) VPN
9 10 (7.52%) Wireless
10 7 (5.26%) FTP
11 6 (4.51%) NAS
12 5 (3.76%) Internet
13 4 (3.01%) VoIP
14 2 (1.50%) VSAN
15 1 (0.75%) iSCSI
15 1 (0.75%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 27 (20.30%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (5.26%) MySQL
4 2 (1.50%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.75%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 2 (1.50%) JIRA
General
1 66 (49.62%) Social Skills
2 17 (12.78%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.02%) Telecoms
5 6 (4.51%) Games
6 5 (3.76%) Finance
7 3 (2.26%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.75%) Advertising
9 1 (0.75%) Banking
9 1 (0.75%) Electronics
9 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.75%) Marketing
9 1 (0.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.26%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 32 (24.06%) Driving Licence
2 20 (15.04%) Enterprise Storage
3 18 (13.53%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (6.77%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.26%) Client/Server
5 7 (5.26%) iPad
6 5 (3.76%) EMC VNX
6 5 (3.76%) Public Cloud
6 5 (3.76%) Replication
7 4 (3.01%) Blockchain
8 3 (2.26%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.75%) Fat Client
9 1 (0.75%) iPhone
9 1 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.75%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.75%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 74 (55.64%) Windows
2 58 (43.61%) Windows Server
3 23 (17.29%) Windows Server 2016
3 23 (17.29%) Windows Server 2019
4 19 (14.29%) Windows 10
5 16 (12.03%) Linux
6 10 (7.52%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (3.01%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.50%) Debian
9 2 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (1.50%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (33.83%) ITIL
2 32 (24.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 25 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (15.04%) Incident Management
5 17 (12.78%) Desktop Virtualisation
6 15 (11.28%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 10 (7.52%) Migration
7 10 (7.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 9 (6.77%) Customer Service
8 9 (6.77%) Systems Engineering
9 8 (6.02%) Agile
9 8 (6.02%) ITSM
9 8 (6.02%) Service Delivery
10 7 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (5.26%) Service Management
11 6 (4.51%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (4.51%) Data Loss Prevention
11 6 (4.51%) Line Management
11 6 (4.51%) Service Desk Management
11 6 (4.51%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.78%) PowerShell
2 7 (5.26%) SQL
3 2 (1.50%) C#
4 1 (0.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 30 (22.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (18.80%) Azure Certification
3 17 (12.78%) Degree
4 14 (10.53%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.52%) CCNA
5 10 (7.52%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (6.02%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (5.26%) MCSE
8 6 (4.51%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.50%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.50%) MCSA
10 1 (0.75%) CCA
10 1 (0.75%) CCDA
10 1 (0.75%) CCENT
10 1 (0.75%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (0.75%) HP AIS
10 1 (0.75%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.76%) SLA
2 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.75%) GDPR
2 1 (0.75%) GxP
2 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.75%) NIST
System Software
1 67 (50.38%) Active Directory
2 63 (47.37%) Hyper-V
3 49 (36.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (12.78%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (3.76%) Docker
7 3 (2.26%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (2.26%) vSphere
8 2 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.75%) NFS
9 1 (0.75%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.75%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.75%) XenApp
9 1 (0.75%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 38 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (13.53%) SCCM
3 7 (5.26%) Terraform
4 6 (4.51%) Ansible
4 6 (4.51%) vCenter Server
5 5 (3.76%) EMC NetWorker
5 5 (3.76%) Kubernetes
5 5 (3.76%) Nagios
6 2 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.50%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (1.50%) SCDPM
6 2 (1.50%) WSUS
7 1 (0.75%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.75%) QRadar
7 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.75%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.75%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.75%) vRealize
Vendors
1 98 (73.68%) Microsoft
2 64 (48.12%) VMware
3 26 (19.55%) Cisco
4 25 (18.80%) Citrix
5 23 (17.29%) Veeam
6 16 (12.03%) Meraki
6 16 (12.03%) Sophos
7 12 (9.02%) HP
8 9 (6.77%) Draytek
9 7 (5.26%) Aruba
9 7 (5.26%) SolarWinds
9 7 (5.26%) WatchGuard
10 5 (3.76%) EMC
10 5 (3.76%) Red Hat
11 3 (2.26%) ConnectWise
11 3 (2.26%) Datto
11 3 (2.26%) ESET
11 3 (2.26%) Ubiquiti
12 2 (1.50%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.50%) N-able