2nd Line Engineer Jobs in England

Second Line Engineer
UK > England

The median Second Line Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 437 473 713
Rank change year-on-year +36 +240 -112
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 448 537 503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.51% 0.61% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.67% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 428 504 447
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £26,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%
75th Percentile £36,000 £38,000 £35,878
90th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £42,200
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in England.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in England

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 May 2024. 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
North of England +65 103 £31,750 +5.83% 21
South East -53 91 £32,000 +1.59% 37
London +32 81 £36,500 +4.29% 19
East of England +35 61 £32,500 - 17
South West -19 58 £31,750 -13.01% 19
Midlands +13 57 £30,000 - 22
North West -1 47 £30,000 -9.09% 16
West Midlands +33 43 £30,000 - 15
Yorkshire +89 34 £32,500 +17.75% 4
North East +14 22 £32,250 -0.77% 1
East Midlands -9 14 £32,000 +6.67% 7
2nd Line Engineer
UK

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 2nd 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 job ads across the England region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 310 (69.20%) Windows
2 290 (64.73%) Active Directory
3 285 (63.62%) Microsoft 365
4 283 (63.17%) Microsoft
5 187 (41.74%) Azure
6 171 (38.17%) Social Skills
7 147 (32.81%) Windows Server
8 134 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
9 132 (29.46%) Windows 10
10 122 (27.23%) SharePoint
11 109 (24.33%) Microsoft Exchange
12 108 (24.11%) VMware
13 107 (23.88%) Customer Service
14 94 (20.98%) Firewall
15 90 (20.09%) Microsoft Office
16 86 (19.20%) Microsoft Intune
17 77 (17.19%) Hyper-V
17 77 (17.19%) VMware Infrastructure
18 76 (16.96%) Entra ID
19 69 (15.40%) ITIL
20 65 (14.51%) Wi-Fi
21 62 (13.84%) WAN
21 62 (13.84%) Microsoft Certification
22 58 (12.95%) LAN
23 56 (12.50%) DNS
24 53 (11.83%) Degree
25 52 (11.61%) Cisco
26 50 (11.16%) Citrix
27 47 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
28 46 (10.27%) DHCP

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 122 (27.23%) SharePoint
2 109 (24.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.90%) SharePoint 2010
3 13 (2.90%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (0.45%) Confluence
4 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (0.45%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.22%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 90 (20.09%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 285 (63.62%) Microsoft 365
2 187 (41.74%) Azure
3 76 (16.96%) Entra ID
4 45 (10.04%) OneDrive
5 33 (7.37%) AWS
6 31 (6.92%) GCP
7 10 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.67%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.45%) IaaS
9 2 (0.45%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.45%) SaaS
10 1 (0.22%) Dropbox
10 1 (0.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 94 (20.98%) Firewall
2 65 (14.51%) Wi-Fi
3 62 (13.84%) WAN
4 58 (12.95%) LAN
5 56 (12.50%) DNS
6 46 (10.27%) DHCP
7 38 (8.48%) VPN
8 28 (6.25%) TCP/IP
8 28 (6.25%) VLAN
9 27 (6.03%) Network Security
10 21 (4.69%) VoIP
11 20 (4.46%) SAN
12 15 (3.35%) IPsec
13 12 (2.68%) BGP
14 11 (2.46%) MPLS
14 11 (2.46%) Wireless
15 10 (2.23%) Internet
15 10 (2.23%) PBX
15 10 (2.23%) Remote Desktop
16 7 (1.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 20 (4.46%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.79%) MariaDB
3 8 (1.79%) MySQL
4 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 171 (38.17%) Social Skills
2 47 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (8.71%) Organisational Skills
4 35 (7.81%) Finance
5 23 (5.13%) Law
6 19 (4.24%) Legal
6 19 (4.24%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.35%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.79%) Retail
10 2 (0.45%) Banking
10 2 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.45%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.22%) Advertising
11 1 (0.22%) Automotive
11 1 (0.22%) Games
11 1 (0.22%) Marketing
11 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.22%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.89%) Cocoa
2 2 (0.45%) .NET
3 1 (0.22%) EDI
3 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (7.59%) Driving Licence
2 27 (6.03%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.46%) EPoS
4 13 (2.90%) Smartphone
5 11 (2.46%) Enterprise Storage
5 11 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.01%) iPad
6 9 (2.01%) PKI
7 8 (1.79%) Clustering
7 8 (1.79%) Replication
8 6 (1.34%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.34%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.67%) Apple TV
9 3 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.22%) BYOD
10 1 (0.22%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.22%) iPhone
10 1 (0.22%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 310 (69.20%) Windows
2 147 (32.81%) Windows Server
3 132 (29.46%) Windows 10
4 44 (9.82%) Mac OS
5 32 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (5.13%) Apple iOS
6 23 (5.13%) Linux
7 18 (4.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (3.79%) Android
9 13 (2.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.12%) CentOS
10 5 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.67%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.45%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.45%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.22%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (23.88%) Customer Service
3 69 (15.40%) ITIL
4 39 (8.71%) Computer Science
5 23 (5.13%) Mobile Device Management
6 19 (4.24%) Service Delivery
7 17 (3.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 17 (3.79%) Server Virtualisation
8 16 (3.57%) Mentoring
9 14 (3.13%) Incident Management
10 13 (2.90%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (2.68%) Server Management
12 11 (2.46%) Antivirus Management
12 11 (2.46%) Desktop Virtualisation
12 11 (2.46%) ITSM
12 11 (2.46%) Kalman Filter
12 11 (2.46%) Logistics
12 11 (2.46%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 10 (2.23%) Service Management
13 10 (2.23%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (5.80%) PowerShell
2 12 (2.68%) SQL
3 8 (1.79%) Python
4 2 (0.45%) Bash
5 1 (0.22%) C++
5 1 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 62 (13.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (11.83%) Degree
3 37 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (8.26%) Security Cleared
4 36 (8.04%) DBS Check
5 30 (6.70%) A+ Certification
6 28 (6.25%) SC Cleared
7 27 (6.03%) MCP
8 21 (4.69%) CCNA
8 21 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (3.35%) CCNP
10 13 (2.90%) Azure Certification
10 13 (2.90%) MCITP
10 13 (2.90%) MCSE
11 8 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
12 6 (1.34%) HND
13 2 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.36%) SLA
2 3 (0.67%) GDPR
3 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 290 (64.73%) Active Directory
2 77 (17.19%) Hyper-V
2 77 (17.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.35%) VMware ESXi
4 14 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (2.90%) XenApp
5 13 (2.90%) XenDesktop
6 8 (1.79%) vSphere
7 6 (1.34%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.67%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.22%) Firmware
9 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 86 (19.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (9.15%) SCCM
3 8 (1.79%) Failover Clustering
3 8 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
4 7 (1.56%) Autotask
5 6 (1.34%) SmoothWall
6 3 (0.67%) NetBackup
6 3 (0.67%) SCOM
6 3 (0.67%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (0.22%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.22%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 283 (63.17%) Microsoft
2 108 (24.11%) VMware
3 52 (11.61%) Cisco
4 50 (11.16%) Citrix
5 26 (5.80%) HP
6 25 (5.58%) Apple
7 24 (5.36%) Google
8 23 (5.13%) Veeam
9 21 (4.69%) Dell
10 19 (4.24%) Sophos
11 16 (3.57%) Juniper
12 13 (2.90%) Symantec
13 11 (2.46%) Bloomberg
14 9 (2.01%) Datto
15 6 (1.34%) ESET
15 6 (1.34%) Meraki
16 5 (1.12%) Remedy
16 5 (1.12%) Ubiquiti
17 4 (0.89%) Draytek
17 4 (0.89%) Salesforce