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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 436 475 702
Rank change year-on-year +39 +227 -98
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 448 541 509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.61% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.67% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 429 509 452
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £26,938
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 £36,000
90th Percentile £40,000 £42,100 £42,450
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 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £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 20 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 20 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 +64 103 £31,750 +1.60% 22
South East -53 91 £30,500 -3.17% 35
London +26 83 £36,500 +4.29% 23
East of England +30 61 £32,500 - 16
Midlands +17 57 £30,000 - 24
South West -28 56 £32,500 -10.96% 21
North West -2 47 £30,000 -10.45% 16
West Midlands +38 43 £30,000 - 19
Yorkshire +90 34 £32,500 +17.75% 5
North East +20 22 £32,250 -0.77% 1
East Midlands -19 14 £32,000 +6.67% 5
2nd Line Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 315 (70.31%) Windows
2 294 (65.63%) Active Directory
3 287 (64.06%) Microsoft 365
4 283 (63.17%) Microsoft
5 186 (41.52%) Azure
6 173 (38.62%) Social Skills
7 150 (33.48%) Windows Server
8 134 (29.91%) Windows 10
8 134 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
9 122 (27.23%) SharePoint
10 109 (24.33%) Microsoft Exchange
10 109 (24.33%) VMware
11 108 (24.11%) Customer Service
12 94 (20.98%) Firewall
13 91 (20.31%) Microsoft Office
14 86 (19.20%) Microsoft Intune
15 78 (17.41%) VMware Infrastructure
16 76 (16.96%) Hyper-V
16 76 (16.96%) Entra ID
17 71 (15.85%) ITIL
18 65 (14.51%) Wi-Fi
19 61 (13.62%) WAN
19 61 (13.62%) Microsoft Certification
20 59 (13.17%) LAN
21 57 (12.72%) DNS
22 53 (11.83%) Degree
23 51 (11.38%) Cisco
24 49 (10.94%) Citrix
25 48 (10.71%) DHCP
26 46 (10.27%) Analytical Skills

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 12 (2.68%) SharePoint 2010
3 12 (2.68%) 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 91 (20.31%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 287 (64.06%) Microsoft 365
2 186 (41.52%) Azure
3 76 (16.96%) Entra ID
4 45 (10.04%) OneDrive
5 32 (7.14%) AWS
6 30 (6.70%) GCP
7 9 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (0.67%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.45%) IaaS
9 2 (0.45%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.45%) SaaS
10 1 (0.22%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.22%) Dropbox
10 1 (0.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 94 (20.98%) Firewall
2 65 (14.51%) Wi-Fi
3 61 (13.62%) WAN
4 59 (13.17%) LAN
5 57 (12.72%) DNS
6 48 (10.71%) DHCP
7 38 (8.48%) VPN
8 29 (6.47%) TCP/IP
9 28 (6.25%) VLAN
10 27 (6.03%) Network Security
11 21 (4.69%) VoIP
12 20 (4.46%) SAN
13 15 (3.35%) IPsec
14 12 (2.68%) BGP
15 11 (2.46%) MPLS
15 11 (2.46%) Wireless
16 10 (2.23%) Internet
16 10 (2.23%) PBX
16 10 (2.23%) Remote Desktop
17 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
1 173 (38.62%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (8.71%) Organisational Skills
4 36 (8.04%) Finance
5 24 (5.36%) Law
6 19 (4.24%) Legal
7 17 (3.79%) Manufacturing
8 15 (3.35%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.79%) Retail
11 2 (0.45%) Banking
11 2 (0.45%) Games
11 2 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.45%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.22%) Advertising
12 1 (0.22%) Automotive
12 1 (0.22%) Marketing
12 1 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
12 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 33 (7.37%) 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 10 (2.23%) iPad
7 8 (1.79%) Clustering
7 8 (1.79%) PKI
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%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.22%) iPhone
10 1 (0.22%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.22%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 315 (70.31%) Windows
2 150 (33.48%) Windows Server
3 134 (29.91%) Windows 10
4 44 (9.82%) Mac OS
5 32 (7.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 25 (5.58%) Linux
7 24 (5.36%) Apple iOS
8 19 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (3.79%) Android
10 14 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (1.12%) CentOS
11 5 (1.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.67%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.45%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.45%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.22%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (29.91%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (24.11%) Customer Service
3 71 (15.85%) 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
8 16 (3.57%) Incident Management
8 16 (3.57%) Mentoring
8 16 (3.57%) Server Virtualisation
9 13 (2.90%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (2.68%) Server Management
11 11 (2.46%) Antivirus Management
11 11 (2.46%) Desktop Virtualisation
11 11 (2.46%) ITSM
11 11 (2.46%) Kalman Filter
11 11 (2.46%) Logistics
11 11 (2.46%) Remote Monitoring and Management
11 11 (2.46%) Time Management
12 10 (2.23%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (6.03%) PowerShell
2 10 (2.23%) SQL
3 8 (1.79%) Python
4 2 (0.45%) Bash
5 1 (0.22%) C++
5 1 (0.22%) Perl
Qualifications
1 61 (13.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 53 (11.83%) Degree
3 38 (8.48%) Security Cleared
4 37 (8.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (8.04%) DBS Check
6 30 (6.70%) A+ Certification
7 29 (6.47%) SC Cleared
8 27 (6.03%) MCP
9 21 (4.69%) CCNA
9 21 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (3.35%) CCNP
11 13 (2.90%) Azure Certification
12 12 (2.68%) MCITP
12 12 (2.68%) MCSE
13 8 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
13 8 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.34%) HND
15 3 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
16 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 1 (0.22%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.80%) SLA
2 3 (0.67%) GDPR
3 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 294 (65.63%) Active Directory
2 78 (17.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (16.96%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.79%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (2.68%) XenApp
6 12 (2.68%) XenDesktop
7 8 (1.79%) vSphere
8 6 (1.34%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (0.67%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.22%) Firmware
10 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
10 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 5 (1.12%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.67%) NetBackup
7 3 (0.67%) SCOM
8 2 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.22%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.22%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.22%) Opsgenie
9 1 (0.22%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 283 (63.17%) Microsoft
2 109 (24.33%) VMware
3 51 (11.38%) Cisco
4 49 (10.94%) Citrix
5 27 (6.03%) Apple
6 25 (5.58%) HP
7 23 (5.13%) Google
7 23 (5.13%) Veeam
8 20 (4.46%) Dell
9 19 (4.24%) Sophos
10 15 (3.35%) Juniper
11 12 (2.68%) Bloomberg
11 12 (2.68%) Symantec
12 9 (2.01%) Datto
13 6 (1.34%) ESET
13 6 (1.34%) Meraki
14 5 (1.12%) Remedy
14 5 (1.12%) Ubiquiti
15 4 (0.89%) Draytek
15 4 (0.89%) Salesforce