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

Third Line Network Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Third Line Network Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 453 574 593
Rank change year-on-year +121 +19 +290
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Network Engineer 4 1 19
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.019% 0.003% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.003% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 19
10th Percentile £41,625 - £45,500
25th Percentile £42,188 - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.32%
75th Percentile £49,375 - £65,000
90th Percentile £52,750 - -
UK median annual salary £52,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.47% -13.64% +15.79%

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 18,832 32,819 34,592
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 96.20% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10,508 24,686 25,631
10th Percentile £25,313 £32,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -9.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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

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

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

3rd Line Network 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 Network Engineer.

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

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

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing 3rd Line Network Engineer over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

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

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 2025, 3rd Line Network 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 Network Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
3 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (25.00%) Fortinet

3rd Line Network 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Junos
2 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (25.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) VMware