2nd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Second Line Support Engineer
England > Yorkshire

The median Second Line Support Engineer salary in Yorkshire is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 136 180
Rank change year-on-year -25 +44 +106
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Engineer 8 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.21% 0.34% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.35% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 15
10th Percentile - £27,200 -
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,000 £24,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% - -
75th Percentile £34,250 £31,688 £33,500
90th Percentile - £33,750 £34,500
England median annual salary £33,500 £33,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year - +8.06% -4.62%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,499 2,540 4,306
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.32% 95.99% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,119 1,122 3,494
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,330 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £72,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.31%

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in Yorkshire

2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Locations in Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 7 February 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
West Yorkshire -28 5 £33,500 +3.08%
2nd Line Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 February 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 Yorkshire region featuring 2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (75.00%) DNS
2 6 (75.00%) LAN
2 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (75.00%) WAN
3 5 (62.50%) Windows
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
4 3 (37.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (37.50%) Adobe
4 3 (37.50%) Apple
4 3 (37.50%) AWS
4 3 (37.50%) Azure
4 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (37.50%) DHCP
4 3 (37.50%) Firmware
4 3 (37.50%) GDPR
4 3 (37.50%) Google
4 3 (37.50%) Google Workspace
4 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
4 3 (37.50%) Mac OS
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (37.50%) User Experience
4 3 (37.50%) VoIP
4 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
4 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2016

2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) DNS
1 6 (75.00%) LAN
1 6 (75.00%) WAN
2 3 (37.50%) DHCP
2 3 (37.50%) VoIP
2 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) VLAN
3 2 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Advertising
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
2 3 (37.50%) Mac OS
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 10
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Firmware
2 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Adobe
2 3 (37.50%) Apple
2 3 (37.50%) Google