2nd Line Engineer Jobs in London

Second Line Engineer
England > London

The median Second Line Engineer salary in London is £35,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 424 434 747
Rank change year-on-year +10 +313 -174
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 79 172 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.54% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.57% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 68 159 161
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,813 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +2.94% -
75th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,823 30,392 70,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 95.03% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 16,894 22,814 34,976
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,991 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in London

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in London

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Engineer in London

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Central London +35 31 £41,250 +19.57% 1
West London 0 10 £33,500 -10.67%
2nd Line Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 London region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 72 (91.14%) Windows
2 64 (81.01%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (75.95%) Active Directory
4 56 (70.89%) Microsoft
5 35 (44.30%) Windows Server
6 30 (37.97%) SharePoint
7 29 (36.71%) Windows 10
8 27 (34.18%) Azure
9 25 (31.65%) Microsoft Exchange
10 24 (30.38%) LAN
11 22 (27.85%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (27.85%) Social Skills
12 21 (26.58%) VMware
13 20 (25.32%) Microsoft Office
13 20 (25.32%) Analytical Skills
14 18 (22.78%) Microsoft Intune
15 16 (20.25%) Firewall
15 16 (20.25%) Wi-Fi
16 15 (18.99%) Finance
16 15 (18.99%) Customer Service
17 14 (17.72%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (17.72%) Citrix
17 14 (17.72%) SCCM
18 13 (16.46%) WAN
19 12 (15.19%) Cisco
19 12 (15.19%) Law
19 12 (15.19%) EPoS
19 12 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
19 12 (15.19%) Hyper-V
20 10 (12.66%) Entra ID

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 30 (37.97%) SharePoint
2 25 (31.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (8.86%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (8.86%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (2.53%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (1.27%) IBM Domino
5 1 (1.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (25.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (81.01%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (34.18%) Azure
3 10 (12.66%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.86%) AWS
4 7 (8.86%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (8.86%) GCP
5 3 (3.80%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.27%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 24 (30.38%) LAN
2 16 (20.25%) Firewall
2 16 (20.25%) Wi-Fi
3 13 (16.46%) WAN
4 8 (10.13%) DNS
5 7 (8.86%) DHCP
6 5 (6.33%) VPN
7 3 (3.80%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.80%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.27%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.27%) Skype
8 1 (1.27%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
General
1 22 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 20 (25.32%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.99%) Finance
4 14 (17.72%) Organisational Skills
5 12 (15.19%) Law
6 7 (8.86%) Legal
7 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.27%) Advertising
8 1 (1.27%) Automotive
8 1 (1.27%) Banking
8 1 (1.27%) Games
8 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.27%) Retail
8 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.19%) EPoS
2 3 (3.80%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.27%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 72 (91.14%) Windows
2 35 (44.30%) Windows Server
3 29 (36.71%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (6.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (5.06%) Mac OS X
7 3 (3.80%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.27%) Linux
9 1 (1.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (18.99%) Customer Service
3 9 (11.39%) ITIL
3 9 (11.39%) Server Virtualisation
4 8 (10.13%) Mobile Device Management
5 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (6.33%) Change Control
6 5 (6.33%) Service Delivery
7 4 (5.06%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 3 (3.80%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (3.80%) Infrastructure Management
8 3 (3.80%) Time Management
9 2 (2.53%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.53%) Customer-Centricity
9 2 (2.53%) Cybersecurity
10 1 (1.27%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 1 (1.27%) Client Onboarding
10 1 (1.27%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 1 (1.27%) Proactive Maintenance
10 1 (1.27%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.06%) SQL
2 1 (1.27%) Bash
2 1 (1.27%) C++
2 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (8.86%) MCITP
1 7 (8.86%) MCSE
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (6.33%) CCNA
2 5 (6.33%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (6.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.06%) Degree
4 2 (2.53%) CCNP
5 1 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.53%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (75.95%) Active Directory
2 12 (15.19%) Hyper-V
2 12 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (8.86%) XenApp
3 7 (8.86%) XenDesktop
4 3 (3.80%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.27%) Firmware
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (22.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (17.72%) SCCM
3 3 (3.80%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.27%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 56 (70.89%) Microsoft
2 21 (26.58%) VMware
3 14 (17.72%) Citrix
4 12 (15.19%) Cisco
5 10 (12.66%) Bloomberg
6 9 (11.39%) Dell
6 9 (11.39%) HP
7 7 (8.86%) Google
7 7 (8.86%) Symantec
8 4 (5.06%) iManage
8 4 (5.06%) Intapp
8 4 (5.06%) Veritas
9 3 (3.80%) Aderant
9 3 (3.80%) ConnectWise
10 2 (2.53%) Datto
11 1 (1.27%) Apple
11 1 (1.27%) Commvault
11 1 (1.27%) Lotus
11 1 (1.27%) Polycom
11 1 (1.27%) Ubiquiti