Third Line Engineer
UK

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the UK is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 498 597 720
Rank change year-on-year +99 +123 -271
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 454 417 596
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.42% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.46% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 398 369 576
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,250 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.33% +8.24% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the UK

3rd Line Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +121 427 £42,000 -8.70% 96
UK excluding London +41 414 £41,250 -10.33% 83
South East +43 140 £42,000 -6.67% 19
Work from Home +71 133 £38,500 -19.79% 31
North of England +48 79 £35,000 -23.08% 30
South West +28 72 £45,500 +7.06% 10
Midlands +9 56 £40,000 -19.19% 16
London +79 40 £55,000 +10.00% 15
East of England -30 40 £42,500 -15.00% 4
West Midlands +24 37 £37,500 -21.05% 11
Yorkshire +86 31 £37,500 -15.73% 13
North East +20 30 £32,500 -5.11% 5
East Midlands -2 19 £45,000 -18.18% 5
Wales +24 18 £40,500 +3.85% 1
North West -28 18 £40,000 -13.04% 12
Scotland -62 9 £43,500 +2.35% 4

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 3rd 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 featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 258 (56.83%) Microsoft
2 222 (48.90%) Azure
3 220 (48.46%) Windows
4 219 (48.24%) Microsoft 365
5 176 (38.77%) Active Directory
6 171 (37.67%) Firewall
7 161 (35.46%) VMware
8 157 (34.58%) Windows Server
9 122 (26.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 118 (25.99%) VMware Infrastructure
11 117 (25.77%) Hyper-V
12 113 (24.89%) Social Skills
13 104 (22.91%) Microsoft Exchange
14 92 (20.26%) Cisco
14 92 (20.26%) Security Cleared
15 90 (19.82%) DNS
16 88 (19.38%) ITIL
17 87 (19.16%) SharePoint
18 82 (18.06%) SQL Server
19 81 (17.84%) Citrix
19 81 (17.84%) Microsoft Intune
20 72 (15.86%) Veeam
21 66 (14.54%) SQL
22 64 (14.10%) SAN
23 61 (13.44%) Entra ID
24 59 (13.00%) WAN
24 59 (13.00%) DHCP
25 58 (12.78%) LAN
25 58 (12.78%) Wi-Fi
25 58 (12.78%) Problem-Solving

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 104 (22.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 87 (19.16%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.30%) IIS
4 14 (3.08%) Skype for Business
5 10 (2.20%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (1.32%) Exchange Server 2000
7 5 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2007
8 4 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.44%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.44%) WordPress
10 1 (0.22%) Confluence
10 1 (0.22%) Site Server
Applications
1 43 (9.47%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.44%) Abaqus
3 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 222 (48.90%) Azure
2 219 (48.24%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (13.44%) Entra ID
4 36 (7.93%) OneDrive
5 31 (6.83%) AWS
6 20 (4.41%) IaaS
7 18 (3.96%) PaaS
8 14 (3.08%) SaaS
9 10 (2.20%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.98%) Nutanix
11 8 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (1.54%) Mimecast
13 6 (1.32%) Google Workspace
14 5 (1.10%) Azure AKS
14 5 (1.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.10%) OpenShift
15 4 (0.88%) Dropbox
15 4 (0.88%) Google Drive
15 4 (0.88%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 171 (37.67%) Firewall
2 90 (19.82%) DNS
3 64 (14.10%) SAN
4 59 (13.00%) DHCP
4 59 (13.00%) WAN
5 58 (12.78%) LAN
5 58 (12.78%) Wi-Fi
6 54 (11.89%) VPN
7 42 (9.25%) Wireless
8 40 (8.81%) VLAN
9 35 (7.71%) TCP/IP
10 22 (4.85%) VoIP
11 21 (4.63%) BGP
12 20 (4.41%) WLAN
13 17 (3.74%) IP Telephony
14 15 (3.30%) IPsec
14 15 (3.30%) Remote Desktop
15 12 (2.64%) SD-WAN
16 11 (2.42%) OSPF
17 7 (1.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (18.06%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.71%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.54%) MySQL
4 3 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.44%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.44%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.66%) JIRA
2 2 (0.44%) Hudson
3 1 (0.22%) MSI
General
1 113 (24.89%) Social Skills
2 24 (5.29%) Law
3 22 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (4.19%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (3.52%) Telecoms
7 15 (3.30%) Finance
7 15 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.08%) Games
9 11 (2.42%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.76%) Legal
11 7 (1.54%) Public Sector
12 6 (1.32%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.10%) Banking
14 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.66%) Retail
16 1 (0.22%) Advertising
16 1 (0.22%) Electronics
16 1 (0.22%) Marketing
16 1 (0.22%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.86%) JSON
1 13 (2.86%) JSON Schema
1 13 (2.86%) KML
1 13 (2.86%) Regular Expression
1 13 (2.86%) XML
2 8 (1.76%) XML Schema
3 6 (1.32%) Software Packaging
4 5 (1.10%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.66%) Azure Blueprints
6 2 (0.44%) LAMP
6 2 (0.44%) OpenMP
6 2 (0.44%) V-Ray
7 1 (0.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.13%) Driving Licence
2 36 (7.93%) Data Centre
3 27 (5.95%) Replication
4 25 (5.51%) Enterprise Storage
5 24 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (3.30%) Management Information System
7 11 (2.42%) Clustering
8 7 (1.54%) Client/Server
8 7 (1.54%) iPad
8 7 (1.54%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.32%) Blockchain
9 6 (1.32%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.10%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.10%) EMC VNX
10 5 (1.10%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.66%) Smartphone
12 2 (0.44%) Beowulf
12 2 (0.44%) Life Science
12 2 (0.44%) PKI
12 2 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 220 (48.46%) Windows
2 157 (34.58%) Windows Server
3 50 (11.01%) Linux
3 50 (11.01%) Windows Server 2016
4 35 (7.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 32 (7.05%) Windows 10
6 29 (6.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (3.52%) Mac OS
8 11 (2.42%) Windows Server 2008
9 8 (1.76%) Apple iOS
10 5 (1.10%) Android
10 5 (1.10%) Debian
11 4 (0.88%) CentOS
11 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.66%) Unix
13 2 (0.44%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.44%) SUSE
13 2 (0.44%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.44%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (26.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 88 (19.38%) ITIL
3 58 (12.78%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (9.03%) Customer Service
4 41 (9.03%) Incident Management
5 36 (7.93%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (5.73%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 24 (5.29%) Migration
7 24 (5.29%) Project Delivery
8 23 (5.07%) Service Delivery
9 18 (3.96%) Business Continuity
10 17 (3.74%) Desktop Virtualisation
10 17 (3.74%) Multi-Factor Authentication
10 17 (3.74%) Network Management
10 17 (3.74%) Root Cause Analysis
11 16 (3.52%) Agile
11 16 (3.52%) Change Control
11 16 (3.52%) Mentoring
11 16 (3.52%) Patch Management
12 14 (3.08%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (14.54%) SQL
2 55 (12.11%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.44%) Bash
3 2 (0.44%) C#
3 2 (0.44%) Perl
3 2 (0.44%) Python
3 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (20.26%) Security Cleared
2 53 (11.67%) Degree
3 50 (11.01%) Cisco Certification
4 49 (10.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 39 (8.59%) SC Cleared
6 31 (6.83%) Azure Certification
7 28 (6.17%) CCNA
8 26 (5.73%) CCNP
9 24 (5.29%) DV Cleared
10 13 (2.86%) MCSE
11 10 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (1.76%) A+ Certification
13 6 (1.32%) MCSA
14 5 (1.10%) DBS Check
14 5 (1.10%) MCP
14 5 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.66%) JNCIA
15 3 (0.66%) RHCT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.86%) SLA
2 10 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.10%) NCSC
4 4 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.66%) NIST
6 2 (0.44%) GDPR
7 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.22%) GxP
System Software
1 176 (38.77%) Active Directory
2 118 (25.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (25.77%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.17%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (2.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (2.42%) vSphere
8 7 (1.54%) Docker
8 7 (1.54%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.10%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.10%) XenApp
11 4 (0.88%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.66%) KVM
12 3 (0.66%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.44%) Lustre
13 2 (0.44%) pfSense
13 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 2 (0.44%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 81 (17.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (7.49%) SCCM
3 18 (3.96%) Ansible
4 10 (2.20%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.20%) Terraform
5 9 (1.98%) vCenter Server
6 8 (1.76%) Jamf Pro
7 7 (1.54%) Autotask
7 7 (1.54%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (1.10%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (1.10%) Nagios
8 5 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.88%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.66%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 3 (0.66%) SCDPM
10 3 (0.66%) SCOM
11 2 (0.44%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.44%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.44%) vRealize
11 2 (0.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 258 (56.83%) Microsoft
2 161 (35.46%) VMware
3 92 (20.26%) Cisco
4 81 (17.84%) Citrix
5 72 (15.86%) Veeam
6 30 (6.61%) Sophos
7 25 (5.51%) HP
8 24 (5.29%) Juniper
9 21 (4.63%) Meraki
10 18 (3.96%) Datto
10 18 (3.96%) Mitel
11 15 (3.30%) Aruba
11 15 (3.30%) WatchGuard
12 14 (3.08%) Avaya
12 14 (3.08%) Draytek
13 12 (2.64%) SolarWinds
14 11 (2.42%) Acronis
14 11 (2.42%) Google
14 11 (2.42%) Red Hat
15 10 (2.20%) Dell