Second Line Support
UK

The median Second Line Support salary in the UK is £30,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 379 532
Rank change year-on-year +23 +153 -59
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 785 832 1,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.85% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.93% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 720 753 934
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £24,250
25th Percentile £27,375 £27,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.17% +5.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
90th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +1.82%

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 97,260 88,990 160,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 91.41% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 69,382 56,369 85,188
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,663
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
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in the UK

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support in the UK

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support in the UK

2nd Line Support
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +23 708 £31,000 -3.13% 124
UK excluding London +33 649 £30,000 - 100
South East -25 171 £30,000 -1.64% 41
Work from Home +6 151 £31,250 -0.79% 44
North of England +47 131 £30,000 +5.26% 17
London +6 116 £35,000 +7.69% 28
East of England +51 107 £31,000 -4.62% 11
Midlands +24 101 £29,500 +6.31% 13
South West -6 84 £33,500 -4.29% 14
North West +11 64 £30,000 +5.26% 8
West Midlands +14 61 £29,500 +7.27% 7
Yorkshire +68 45 £31,500 +14.13% 7
Scotland -45 41 £29,000 +11.54% 5
East Midlands +11 40 £30,000 - 6
North East +1 22 £31,000 -4.62% 2
Wales +8 12 £27,500 +12.67% 1
Northern Ireland +20 2 £38,750 +21.09%

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 2nd Line 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 Support in the job title.

1 488 (62.17%) Windows
2 482 (61.40%) Microsoft
3 474 (60.38%) Microsoft 365
4 455 (57.96%) Active Directory
5 310 (39.49%) Social Skills
6 251 (31.97%) Azure
7 241 (30.70%) Windows Server
8 227 (28.92%) Customer Service
9 222 (28.28%) Problem-Solving
10 195 (24.84%) Windows 10
11 183 (23.31%) Microsoft Exchange
12 175 (22.29%) VMware
13 157 (20.00%) Firewall
14 151 (19.24%) Microsoft Office
15 148 (18.85%) ITIL
16 141 (17.96%) SharePoint
17 136 (17.32%) VMware Infrastructure
18 120 (15.29%) Microsoft Intune
19 110 (14.01%) Hyper-V
20 108 (13.76%) Entra ID
21 101 (12.87%) DNS
22 92 (11.72%) Citrix
23 83 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
24 82 (10.45%) DHCP
25 77 (9.81%) Microsoft Certification
26 75 (9.55%) SLA
27 72 (9.17%) WAN
28 70 (8.92%) LAN
29 68 (8.66%) Driving Licence
29 68 (8.66%) SQL

2nd Line 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
1 183 (23.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 141 (17.96%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.66%) SharePoint 2010
3 13 (1.66%) SharePoint 2013
4 11 (1.40%) IIS
5 6 (0.76%) Confluence
6 4 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.38%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Domino
9 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 151 (19.24%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.13%) InCopy
4 1 (0.13%) InDesign
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.38%) Shopify
4 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 474 (60.38%) Microsoft 365
2 251 (31.97%) Azure
3 108 (13.76%) Entra ID
4 52 (6.62%) OneDrive
5 50 (6.37%) AWS
6 31 (3.95%) GCP
7 16 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (1.78%) Google Workspace
9 11 (1.40%) Mimecast
9 11 (1.40%) Power Platform
10 9 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
11 8 (1.02%) SaaS
12 2 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.13%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.13%) IaaS
13 1 (0.13%) OpenDNS
13 1 (0.13%) Serverless
13 1 (0.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 157 (20.00%) Firewall
2 101 (12.87%) DNS
3 82 (10.45%) DHCP
4 72 (9.17%) WAN
5 70 (8.92%) LAN
6 61 (7.77%) Wi-Fi
7 52 (6.62%) TCP/IP
8 38 (4.84%) VPN
9 36 (4.59%) Internet
9 36 (4.59%) VLAN
10 31 (3.95%) VoIP
11 23 (2.93%) Remote Desktop
12 22 (2.80%) Network Security
13 20 (2.55%) SAN
14 16 (2.04%) Intranet
15 15 (1.91%) Wireless
15 15 (1.91%) WLAN
16 9 (1.15%) NAS
16 9 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
17 6 (0.76%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.86%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.02%) MariaDB
3 8 (1.02%) MySQL
4 6 (0.76%) Power BI
5 4 (0.51%) Metabase
6 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (1.91%) JIRA
2 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.25%) Hudson
General
1 310 (39.49%) Social Skills
2 83 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (7.64%) Organisational Skills
4 56 (7.13%) Finance
5 35 (4.46%) Law
6 32 (4.08%) Manufacturing
7 26 (3.31%) Legal
8 22 (2.80%) Telecoms
9 19 (2.42%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.15%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.02%) Marketing
12 8 (1.02%) Retail
13 6 (0.76%) French Language
14 5 (0.64%) Banking
14 5 (0.64%) German Language
14 5 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.64%) Publishing
15 4 (0.51%) Advertising
16 2 (0.25%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.40%) .NET
2 4 (0.51%) Cocoa
3 3 (0.38%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.38%) XML
4 2 (0.25%) CSS
4 2 (0.25%) JSON
5 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.13%) EDI
5 1 (0.13%) HTML
5 1 (0.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.66%) Driving Licence
2 28 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (3.18%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.55%) EPoS
5 17 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
6 16 (2.04%) Smartphone
7 15 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.78%) iPad
9 11 (1.40%) iPhone
10 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
11 8 (1.02%) Clustering
12 6 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (0.64%) BYOD
13 5 (0.64%) Replication
13 5 (0.64%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.51%) Raspberry Pi
15 3 (0.38%) Apple TV
15 3 (0.38%) CMDB
15 3 (0.38%) Handset
15 3 (0.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 488 (62.17%) Windows
2 241 (30.70%) Windows Server
3 195 (24.84%) Windows 10
4 49 (6.24%) Apple iOS
5 44 (5.61%) Linux
6 40 (5.10%) Mac OS
7 38 (4.84%) Android
8 37 (4.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 37 (4.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 32 (4.08%) Windows 7
10 30 (3.82%) Windows Server 2016
11 18 (2.29%) Windows 8
12 12 (1.53%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (0.89%) Unix
14 6 (0.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 5 (0.64%) CentOS
16 4 (0.51%) VMS
17 3 (0.38%) Mac OS X
18 2 (0.25%) AIX
19 1 (0.13%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (28.92%) Customer Service
2 222 (28.28%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (18.85%) ITIL
4 46 (5.86%) Mobile Device Management
5 42 (5.35%) Service Delivery
6 39 (4.97%) ITSM
7 31 (3.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (3.69%) Incident Management
9 27 (3.44%) Computer Science
10 25 (3.18%) Mentoring
11 23 (2.93%) Service Management
12 22 (2.80%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (2.80%) CRM
13 21 (2.68%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (2.55%) Line Management
14 20 (2.55%) Server Virtualisation
15 19 (2.42%) Server Management
16 18 (2.29%) Antivirus Management
17 17 (2.17%) Software Deployment
18 16 (2.04%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 68 (8.66%) SQL
2 33 (4.20%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.51%) Python
4 3 (0.38%) C#
5 2 (0.25%) Bash
6 1 (0.13%) Bicep
6 1 (0.13%) C++
6 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 77 (9.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 63 (8.03%) Degree
3 57 (7.26%) Security Cleared
4 34 (4.33%) DBS Check
5 33 (4.20%) A+ Certification
6 29 (3.69%) SC Cleared
7 27 (3.44%) MCP
8 25 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.29%) DV Cleared
9 18 (2.29%) MCSE
10 16 (2.04%) Azure Certification
11 14 (1.78%) MCITP
12 13 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
13 10 (1.27%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.02%) CCNA
14 8 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (1.02%) CompTIA Security+
15 6 (0.76%) HND
16 5 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
17 3 (0.38%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (9.55%) SLA
2 14 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (0.89%) GDPR
4 6 (0.76%) QA
5 4 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 455 (57.96%) Active Directory
2 136 (17.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 110 (14.01%) Hyper-V
4 31 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
4 31 (3.95%) XenApp
5 30 (3.82%) XenDesktop
6 21 (2.68%) vSphere
7 16 (2.04%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (1.53%) VirtualBox
9 10 (1.27%) VMware Workstation
10 8 (1.02%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.13%) Firmware
12 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 120 (15.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (6.62%) SCCM
3 19 (2.42%) WSUS
4 13 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.02%) Autotask
5 8 (1.02%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (0.89%) McAfee ePO
7 6 (0.76%) SmoothWall
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 3 (0.38%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.38%) SCDPM
9 2 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.25%) Nessus
9 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.13%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
10 1 (0.13%) SCOM
10 1 (0.13%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 482 (61.40%) Microsoft
2 175 (22.29%) VMware
3 92 (11.72%) Citrix
4 49 (6.24%) Cisco
5 39 (4.97%) Google
6 35 (4.46%) Apple
7 34 (4.33%) HP
8 29 (3.69%) Veeam
9 28 (3.57%) Sophos
10 25 (3.18%) Dell
11 19 (2.42%) Symantec
12 17 (2.17%) ServiceNow
13 11 (1.40%) Avaya
14 10 (1.27%) Adobe
14 10 (1.27%) Datto
15 7 (0.89%) Acronis
15 7 (0.89%) ESET
15 7 (0.89%) McAfee
15 7 (0.89%) Oracle
15 7 (0.89%) Ubiquiti