3rd Line Engineer Jobs in the South East

Third Line Engineer
England > South East

The median Third Line Engineer salary in the South East is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 267 297 419
Rank change year-on-year +30 +122 -163
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Engineer 135 95 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.73% 0.71% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.79% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 133 85 100
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,400 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +18.75% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £47,625
90th Percentile £51,500 £55,000 £53,750
England median annual salary £42,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.58% +5.56% +8.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,348 12,023 20,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.71% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,223 7,828 12,399
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

3rd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the South East

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Engineer in the South East

3rd Line Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Engineer in the South East

3rd Line Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +23 64 £42,000 +5.00% 5
Oxfordshire +36 46 £42,000 +5.00% 3
Hampshire -44 34 £49,000 -1.26% 4
East Sussex - 12 £37,500 -
West Sussex +34 10 £35,000 -20.45%
Buckinghamshire -12 10 £45,000 +12.50% 1
Berkshire +4 8 £38,750 -21.72% 1
Kent -10 7 £42,500 +25.00% 3
Surrey -18 6 £47,500 +11.76% 1
Sussex - 2 £30,000 -
3rd Line Engineer
England

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 across the South East region featuring 3rd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 82 (60.74%) Windows
2 76 (56.30%) Microsoft 365
3 74 (54.81%) Firewall
4 70 (51.85%) Microsoft
5 57 (42.22%) Azure
6 56 (41.48%) VMware
7 54 (40.00%) Active Directory
8 46 (34.07%) VMware Infrastructure
9 42 (31.11%) Windows Server
10 41 (30.37%) Cisco
11 38 (28.15%) Citrix
11 38 (28.15%) Social Skills
12 37 (27.41%) SQL
13 36 (26.67%) SQL Server
13 36 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
13 36 (26.67%) Veeam
14 35 (25.93%) Hyper-V
15 34 (25.19%) SharePoint
16 32 (23.70%) Wi-Fi
17 30 (22.22%) Degree
18 29 (21.48%) Entra ID
19 28 (20.74%) Security Cleared
19 28 (20.74%) Cisco Certification
20 27 (20.00%) VPN
21 24 (17.78%) OneDrive
22 23 (17.04%) Microsoft Office
23 21 (15.56%) DNS
23 21 (15.56%) VLAN
23 21 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
24 20 (14.81%) Juniper

3rd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 36 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (25.19%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.44%) Exchange Server 2000
4 3 (2.22%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.74%) nginx
Applications
1 23 (17.04%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (12.59%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 76 (56.30%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (42.22%) Azure
3 29 (21.48%) Entra ID
4 24 (17.78%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.93%) AWS
6 3 (2.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (2.22%) Azure Stack
6 3 (2.22%) Azure Storage
6 3 (2.22%) Dropbox
6 3 (2.22%) Google Drive
6 3 (2.22%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.48%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.48%) SaaS
7 2 (1.48%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.74%) IaaS
8 1 (0.74%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (54.81%) Firewall
2 32 (23.70%) Wi-Fi
3 27 (20.00%) VPN
4 21 (15.56%) DNS
4 21 (15.56%) VLAN
5 19 (14.07%) BGP
6 17 (12.59%) TCP/IP
7 15 (11.11%) DHCP
8 14 (10.37%) LAN
9 12 (8.89%) Wireless
10 11 (8.15%) WAN
11 7 (5.19%) FTP
11 7 (5.19%) IPsec
11 7 (5.19%) OSPF
12 6 (4.44%) NAS
12 6 (4.44%) SAN
13 5 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (3.70%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (3.70%) HSRP
13 5 (3.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (26.67%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.63%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.48%) Hudson
General
1 38 (28.15%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 12 (8.89%) Games
4 11 (8.15%) Law
5 6 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.96%) Legal
6 4 (2.96%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.22%) Retail
8 2 (1.48%) Finance
8 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.48%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.74%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.70%) 802.1X
2 3 (2.22%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.59%) Replication
2 13 (9.63%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.93%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.93%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.19%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.96%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.96%) Smartphone
6 3 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.74%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 82 (60.74%) Windows
2 42 (31.11%) Windows Server
3 10 (7.41%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.19%) Apple iOS
5 6 (4.44%) Linux
6 5 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (2.96%) Android
7 4 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (2.22%) Mac OS
8 3 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (12.59%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 16 (11.85%) Project Delivery
5 15 (11.11%) Change Control
6 13 (9.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (9.63%) ITIL
7 10 (7.41%) Agile
7 10 (7.41%) Customer Service
7 10 (7.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 9 (6.67%) Logistics
8 9 (6.67%) Service Delivery
9 6 (4.44%) ERP
9 6 (4.44%) Escalation Management
9 6 (4.44%) Mentoring
9 6 (4.44%) Migration
9 6 (4.44%) Problem Management
9 6 (4.44%) Server Building
9 6 (4.44%) Time Management
9 6 (4.44%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 37 (27.41%) SQL
2 12 (8.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (22.22%) Degree
2 28 (20.74%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (20.74%) Security Cleared
3 19 (14.07%) CCNP
4 11 (8.15%) CCNA
4 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.19%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (4.44%) MCSE
7 4 (2.96%) DBS Check
8 3 (2.22%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.22%) MCP
8 3 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.48%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.74%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.48%) NIST
System Software
1 54 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 46 (34.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (25.93%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (2.96%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.48%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 19 (14.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.96%) Autotask
3 3 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.48%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (1.48%) SCCM
5 1 (0.74%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 70 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 56 (41.48%) VMware
3 41 (30.37%) Cisco
4 38 (28.15%) Citrix
5 36 (26.67%) Veeam
6 20 (14.81%) Juniper
7 9 (6.67%) Draytek
8 7 (5.19%) Datto
8 7 (5.19%) Meraki
9 5 (3.70%) Sophos
10 4 (2.96%) F5
11 3 (2.22%) Apple
11 3 (2.22%) ConnectWise
11 3 (2.22%) Google
11 3 (2.22%) WatchGuard
11 3 (2.22%) Webroot
12 2 (1.48%) Acronis
13 1 (0.74%) Dell
13 1 (0.74%) SolarWinds