2nd Line Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Second Line Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Second Line Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 249 280
Rank change year-on-year +38 +31 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 42 18 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.56% 0.29% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.32% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 38 17 7
10th Percentile £25,950 £26,000 £24,550
25th Percentile £26,313 £26,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +4.13%
75th Percentile £32,875 £33,750 £34,753
90th Percentile £35,000 - £36,353
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year - +1.56% +12.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 the West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,064 5,646 7,004
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.38% 90.15% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,270 3,235 4,749
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the West Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in the West Midlands

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
Birmingham 0 13 £28,500 +5.56% 7
Solihull +12 11 £26,900 -11.80%
Staffordshire -23 6 £30,000 -7.69% 4
Warwickshire - 4 £34,000 - 3
Worcestershire - 3 £30,000 -
Coventry +27 2 £33,500 +4.69% 1
Dudley +7 1 £27,500 -11.29% 2
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £27,000 - 1
Herefordshire - 1 £32,500 - 1
2nd Line Engineer
England

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 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 West Midlands region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 27 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 26 (61.90%) Windows
3 25 (59.52%) Windows 10
4 21 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
6 16 (38.10%) WAN
6 16 (38.10%) VMware
7 14 (33.33%) Windows Server
8 13 (30.95%) SCCM
8 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
9 12 (28.57%) Veeam
9 12 (28.57%) Azure
10 11 (26.19%) VMware Infrastructure
10 11 (26.19%) Entra ID
10 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (26.19%) Microsoft Exchange
11 10 (23.81%) MPLS
11 10 (23.81%) BGP
11 10 (23.81%) Firewall
11 10 (23.81%) IPsec
11 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
12 9 (21.43%) Hyper-V
12 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2012
12 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
13 8 (19.05%) VMware ESXi
13 8 (19.05%) Replication
13 8 (19.05%) Juniper
13 8 (19.05%) VPN
14 7 (16.67%) DNS
14 7 (16.67%) SharePoint

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 11 (26.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.38%) IBM Notes
3 1 (2.38%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (28.57%) Azure
3 11 (26.19%) Entra ID
4 7 (16.67%) OneDrive
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (7.14%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.38%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (38.10%) WAN
2 10 (23.81%) BGP
2 10 (23.81%) Firewall
2 10 (23.81%) IPsec
2 10 (23.81%) MPLS
3 8 (19.05%) VPN
4 7 (16.67%) DNS
5 6 (14.29%) DHCP
5 6 (14.29%) SD-WAN
5 6 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (11.90%) PBX
6 5 (11.90%) TCP/IP
7 3 (7.14%) Ethernet
7 3 (7.14%) LAN
7 3 (7.14%) SMTP
7 3 (7.14%) VLAN
8 1 (2.38%) IP Telephony
8 1 (2.38%) IPv4
8 1 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (2.38%) Skype
General
1 18 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.67%) Law
3 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.76%) Finance
5 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (19.05%) Replication
2 7 (16.67%) PKI
3 3 (7.14%) Clustering
3 3 (7.14%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 26 (61.90%) Windows
2 25 (59.52%) Windows 10
3 14 (33.33%) Windows Server
4 9 (21.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (16.67%) Linux
6 6 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (11.90%) CentOS
7 5 (11.90%) Mac OS
7 5 (11.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (2.38%) Android
8 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
8 1 (2.38%) Windows 7
8 1 (2.38%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 5 (11.90%) Load Balancing
3 5 (11.90%) Service Management
4 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (4.76%) ITIL
5 1 (2.38%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.38%) Fintech
5 1 (2.38%) Hardware Maintenance
5 1 (2.38%) Identity Management
5 1 (2.38%) Inventory Management
5 1 (2.38%) Issue Tracking
5 1 (2.38%) Network Management
5 1 (2.38%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (2.38%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 1 (2.38%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.38%) Software Deployment
5 1 (2.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (2.38%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) GDPR
1 1 (2.38%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (64.29%) Active Directory
2 11 (26.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (21.43%) Hyper-V
4 8 (19.05%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (11.90%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (30.95%) SCCM
2 10 (23.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.14%) Autotask
3 3 (7.14%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (2.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (38.10%) VMware
2 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
3 12 (28.57%) Veeam
4 8 (19.05%) Juniper
5 6 (14.29%) Cisco
6 5 (11.90%) Apple
6 5 (11.90%) Citrix
6 5 (11.90%) Remedy
7 3 (7.14%) Datto
7 3 (7.14%) Draytek
7 3 (7.14%) Sage
7 3 (7.14%) Sophos
7 3 (7.14%) Webroot
8 1 (2.38%) Avaya
8 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.38%) IBM
8 1 (2.38%) Lotus
8 1 (2.38%) Ubiquiti