2nd Line Engineer Jobs in Hampshire

Second Line Engineer
South East > Hampshire

The median Second Line Engineer salary in Hampshire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 173 125
Rank change year-on-year +69 -48 +92
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Engineer 18 26 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.97% 0.57% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.60% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 16 25 32
10th Percentile £37,500 £26,100 £26,865
25th Percentile £41,250 £26,750 £28,600
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -4.76% +14.55%
75th Percentile £43,750 £33,750 £35,400
90th Percentile - £40,000 £39,000
South East median annual salary £41,250 £30,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +37.50% -4.76% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,780 4,334 2,485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.70% 94.71% 94.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,052 3,334 1,899
10th Percentile £28,050 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £38,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

2nd Line Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Hampshire

2nd Line Engineer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Engineer in Hampshire

2nd Line Engineer
Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 27 June 2025. 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
Basingstoke +19 15 £42,500 +57.41% 1
Southampton +42 2 £40,000 +23.08% 2
Winchester +20 1 £30,000 +20.00%
2nd Line Engineer
South East

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 27 June 2025, 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 Hampshire region featuring 2nd Line Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (83.33%) DV Cleared
1 15 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 12 (66.67%) Cisco
2 12 (66.67%) Juniper
2 12 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (27.78%) Windows
4 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 3 (16.67%) VMware
5 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (16.67%) Security Patching
5 3 (16.67%) Server Building
5 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
5 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
5 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
6 2 (11.11%) Azure
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (11.11%) Internet
7 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
7 1 (5.56%) Mobile Device Management

2nd Line Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
1 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Internet
Operating Systems
1 5 (27.78%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (16.67%) Security Patching
1 3 (16.67%) Server Building
2 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile Device Management
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) DV Cleared
1 15 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 12 (66.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (66.67%) Cisco
1 12 (66.67%) Juniper
1 12 (66.67%) SolarWinds
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
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