2nd Line Support Analyst Jobs

Second Line Support Analyst
UK

The median Second Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £33,000 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 798 801 925
Rank change year-on-year +3 +124 -179
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 113 160 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 98 149 286
10th Percentile £26,425 £26,150 £22,999
25th Percentile £29,250 £27,000 £25,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.45% +3.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £39,688 £34,915 £35,000
90th Percentile £46,250 £42,100 £38,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £30,500 £26,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% +15.09% -3.64%

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 Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst 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 +3 99 £33,500 +8.06% 21
UK excluding London -44 75 £32,500 +6.56% 14
Work from Home +28 26 £30,500 -1.61% 4
London +69 25 £36,000 +10.77% 7
North of England +38 21 £30,500 -6.15% 5
South East -22 17 £30,250 -2.42% 6
Midlands -24 15 £29,500 +6.31% 1
South West -15 12 £43,000 +43.33% 2
North West +6 11 £31,250 -6.72% 3
Yorkshire +81 10 £30,500 -6.15% 1
West Midlands -9 9 £34,500 +23.21%
East of England -7 7 £35,000 +25.00% 2
East Midlands -25 6 £28,750 +4.55% 1
Scotland -62 3 £40,000 +53.85%

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

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

1 70 (61.95%) Windows
2 68 (60.18%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (59.29%) Microsoft
4 54 (47.79%) Active Directory
5 49 (43.36%) Customer Service
6 41 (36.28%) Social Skills
7 38 (33.63%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (29.20%) Windows Server
9 31 (27.43%) Citrix
10 28 (24.78%) Microsoft Exchange
11 27 (23.89%) ITIL
11 27 (23.89%) Windows 10
11 27 (23.89%) Azure
12 25 (22.12%) Microsoft Office
12 25 (22.12%) DNS
13 22 (19.47%) DHCP
13 22 (19.47%) Firewall
13 22 (19.47%) ITSM
14 21 (18.58%) SLA
15 20 (17.70%) VMware
15 20 (17.70%) Apple iOS
16 19 (16.81%) VMware Infrastructure
17 18 (15.93%) Service Delivery
18 16 (14.16%) Windows Server 2019
19 15 (13.27%) AWS
19 15 (13.27%) SQL
20 13 (11.50%) SCCM
20 13 (11.50%) Law
20 13 (11.50%) Manufacturing
20 13 (11.50%) Mobile Device Management

2nd Line Support Analyst 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 28 (24.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (6.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (22.12%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.54%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 68 (60.18%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (23.89%) Azure
3 15 (13.27%) AWS
4 13 (11.50%) Entra ID
5 12 (10.62%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.42%) GCP
6 5 (4.42%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.88%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 25 (22.12%) DNS
2 22 (19.47%) DHCP
2 22 (19.47%) Firewall
3 12 (10.62%) LAN
3 12 (10.62%) TCP/IP
3 12 (10.62%) WAN
4 9 (7.96%) Structured Cabling
4 9 (7.96%) VLAN
5 7 (6.19%) VPN
5 7 (6.19%) WLAN
6 6 (5.31%) Internet
7 5 (4.42%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.77%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (1.77%) Intranet
8 2 (1.77%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.88%) NAS
9 1 (0.88%) SAN
9 1 (0.88%) VoIP
9 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.77%) JIRA
General
1 41 (36.28%) Social Skills
2 13 (11.50%) Law
2 13 (11.50%) Manufacturing
3 11 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.96%) Finance
4 9 (7.96%) Legal
5 6 (5.31%) Marketing
6 5 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.77%) Banking
9 2 (1.77%) Billing
9 2 (1.77%) Digital Healthcare
9 2 (1.77%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.77%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.88%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.65%) .NET
1 3 (2.65%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.31%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (3.54%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.54%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.54%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.65%) CMDB
4 3 (2.65%) iPhone
5 2 (1.77%) BYOD
5 2 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.77%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.77%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.77%) IoT
5 2 (1.77%) Smartphone
5 2 (1.77%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.88%) iPad
6 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 70 (61.95%) Windows
2 33 (29.20%) Windows Server
3 27 (23.89%) Windows 10
4 20 (17.70%) Apple iOS
5 16 (14.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (10.62%) Android
7 7 (6.19%) Windows 7
7 7 (6.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (5.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (3.54%) Linux
9 4 (3.54%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (43.36%) Customer Service
2 38 (33.63%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (23.89%) ITIL
4 22 (19.47%) ITSM
5 18 (15.93%) Service Delivery
6 13 (11.50%) Mobile Device Management
7 11 (9.73%) Service Management
8 10 (8.85%) CRM
9 9 (7.96%) Change Management
9 9 (7.96%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (7.96%) Incident Management
10 7 (6.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (4.42%) ERP
12 4 (3.54%) Server Virtualisation
12 4 (3.54%) Service Desk Management
12 4 (3.54%) User Experience
13 3 (2.65%) Asset Management
13 3 (2.65%) Proactive Monitoring
13 3 (2.65%) Software Asset Management
13 3 (2.65%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.27%) SQL
2 3 (2.65%) C#
3 2 (1.77%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (7.96%) AWS Certification
1 9 (7.96%) Degree
2 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (5.31%) A+ Certification
4 5 (4.42%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.65%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.77%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.58%) SLA
2 6 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.54%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.77%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 54 (47.79%) Active Directory
2 19 (16.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (9.73%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (6.19%) Hyper-V
5 6 (5.31%) Terminal Services
6 5 (4.42%) XenApp
6 5 (4.42%) XenDesktop
7 4 (3.54%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (11.50%) SCCM
2 11 (9.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.42%) WSUS
4 4 (3.54%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.77%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.77%) Nessus
Vendors
1 67 (59.29%) Microsoft
2 31 (27.43%) Citrix
3 20 (17.70%) VMware
4 11 (9.73%) Avaya
4 11 (9.73%) ServiceNow
5 9 (7.96%) Adobe
6 7 (6.19%) HP
7 6 (5.31%) Cisco
7 6 (5.31%) Google
8 4 (3.54%) Dell
8 4 (3.54%) NEC
8 4 (3.54%) Symantec
9 3 (2.65%) Apple
10 2 (1.77%) arcserve
10 2 (1.77%) F5
10 2 (1.77%) IBM
10 2 (1.77%) McAfee
10 2 (1.77%) Oracle
10 2 (1.77%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.77%) Veritas