2nd Line Desktop Support Jobs

Second Line Desktop Support
UK

The median Second Line Desktop Support salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 921 1172
Rank change year-on-year +56 +251 -277
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Desktop Support 46 40 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.041% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.045% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 38 35 62
10th Percentile - £25,800 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year - +0.78% +11.69%
75th Percentile £37,500 £38,375 £38,563
90th Percentile £42,700 £49,000 £48,575
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £30,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% +10.91% -2.65%

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 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

2nd Line Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support in the UK

2nd Line Desktop Support
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Desktop Support.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support in the UK

2nd Line Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Desktop Support over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Desktop Support in the UK

2nd Line Desktop Support
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Desktop Support within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +56 41 £32,500 -
UK excluding London +3 38 £32,500 +6.56%
South West -7 14 £29,000 -3.33%
London +87 8 £41,500 +9.21%
Midlands -11 8 £32,500 +8.33%
North of England +35 7 £32,500 -3.70%
East Midlands -20 6 £32,500 +8.33%
Work from Home +56 5 £28,000 -20.00%
Yorkshire - 5 £32,500 -
Scotland - 4 - -
South East -9 3 £35,500 +12.70%
West Midlands -1 2 £27,000 -10.00%
North West - 2 £28,000 -
East of England -1 1 £35,000 +4.65%
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 -

2nd Line Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, 2nd Line Desktop Support 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 2nd Line Desktop Support in the job title.

1 38 (82.61%) Active Directory
2 37 (80.43%) Windows
3 32 (69.57%) Microsoft
4 29 (63.04%) Social Skills
5 26 (56.52%) Microsoft Office
6 24 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (52.17%) Degree
6 24 (52.17%) Customer Service
7 22 (47.83%) A+ Certification
8 21 (45.65%) MCP
8 21 (45.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (45.65%) Computer Science
8 21 (45.65%) Network Security
8 21 (45.65%) Mac OS
8 21 (45.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (45.65%) DBS Check
8 21 (45.65%) Onboarding
9 14 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (30.43%) ITIL
10 13 (28.26%) Windows 10
11 10 (21.74%) Finance
12 8 (17.39%) Entra ID
12 8 (17.39%) Azure
13 7 (15.22%) PowerShell
14 6 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
14 6 (13.04%) Legal
14 6 (13.04%) VMware
14 6 (13.04%) Firewall
14 6 (13.04%) DNS
15 5 (10.87%) Windows Server

2nd Line Desktop Support 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 4 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.17%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 26 (56.52%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (17.39%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.17%) AWS
3 1 (2.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (45.65%) Network Security
2 6 (13.04%) DNS
2 6 (13.04%) Firewall
3 4 (8.70%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (6.52%) DHCP
4 3 (6.52%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.35%) LAN
6 1 (2.17%) HTTP
6 1 (2.17%) VPN
6 1 (2.17%) WAN
6 1 (2.17%) Wireless
General
1 29 (63.04%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Finance
3 6 (13.04%) Legal
4 3 (6.52%) Law
5 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.35%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.17%) Electronics
6 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.17%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) CSS
1 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (45.65%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 37 (80.43%) Windows
2 21 (45.65%) Mac OS
3 13 (28.26%) Windows 10
4 5 (10.87%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.17%) Android
5 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (52.17%) Customer Service
1 24 (52.17%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (45.65%) Computer Science
3 14 (30.43%) ITIL
4 5 (10.87%) Software Deployment
5 4 (8.70%) Customer Experience
5 4 (8.70%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.52%) Asset Management
6 3 (6.52%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (6.52%) Software Asset Management
7 2 (4.35%) Customer-Centric Approach
7 2 (4.35%) Data Protection
7 2 (4.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (4.35%) Fintech
7 2 (4.35%) Hardware Maintenance
7 2 (4.35%) ITSM
8 1 (2.17%) Budgeting
8 1 (2.17%) Inventory Management
8 1 (2.17%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.22%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.17%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (52.17%) Degree
2 22 (47.83%) A+ Certification
3 21 (45.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (45.65%) DBS Check
3 21 (45.65%) MCP
3 21 (45.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (8.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.17%) CCNA
5 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 38 (82.61%) Active Directory
2 6 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (8.70%) vSphere
4 1 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) VMware
3 4 (8.70%) McAfee
4 3 (6.52%) Citrix
4 3 (6.52%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.17%) Aruba
5 1 (2.17%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.17%) Lotus
5 1 (2.17%) SAP