1st Line Support Jobs in England

First Line Support
UK > England

The median First Line Support salary in England is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 525 649
Rank change year-on-year +123 +124 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 526 453 561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.51% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.56% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 502 327 510
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,000 £19,500
25th Percentile £22,500 £22,750 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £27,500
90th Percentile £29,500 £32,000 £30,250
UK median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,581 81,069 129,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.49% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 60,773 51,486 74,695
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in England.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East +6 143 £25,000 - 31
Midlands +50 117 £25,000 - 19
North of England +64 96 £23,500 -4.08% 21
London +117 75 £32,500 +16.07% 10
West Midlands +46 59 £25,000 +6.38% 6
East Midlands +11 57 £25,000 - 13
North West +23 49 £23,750 +1.06% 13
South West -11 49 £24,000 -4.00% 3
East of England -6 46 £25,000 +4.17% 6
Yorkshire +83 41 £23,500 -7.84% 6
North East -12 6 £22,000 -20.00% 2
1st Line Support
UK

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, 1st 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 across the England region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 289 (54.94%) Windows
2 266 (50.57%) Microsoft 365
3 259 (49.24%) Microsoft
4 246 (46.77%) Active Directory
5 245 (46.58%) Customer Service
6 226 (42.97%) Social Skills
7 149 (28.33%) Microsoft Office
8 119 (22.62%) Windows 10
9 94 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
10 88 (16.73%) Windows Server
11 79 (15.02%) Microsoft Exchange
12 78 (14.83%) ITIL
13 61 (11.60%) SLA
14 59 (11.22%) Degree
15 55 (10.46%) SQL
16 54 (10.27%) Driving Licence
16 54 (10.27%) Azure
17 52 (9.89%) Firewall
18 47 (8.94%) ITSM
19 45 (8.56%) DNS
20 44 (8.37%) LAN
21 42 (7.98%) Entra ID
22 40 (7.60%) Service Management
23 39 (7.41%) SharePoint
24 37 (7.03%) Wireless
24 37 (7.03%) Mathematics
25 35 (6.65%) VMware
26 34 (6.46%) DHCP
26 34 (6.46%) Finance
26 34 (6.46%) Hyper-V

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 79 (15.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (7.41%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.90%) Confluence
4 4 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) JOnAS
Applications
1 149 (28.33%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.33%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.38%) assyst
2 2 (0.38%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.38%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 266 (50.57%) Microsoft 365
2 54 (10.27%) Azure
3 42 (7.98%) Entra ID
4 11 (2.09%) Mimecast
5 8 (1.52%) SaaS
6 7 (1.33%) AWS
6 7 (1.33%) OneDrive
7 4 (0.76%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (0.76%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.38%) ChatGPT
8 2 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (0.38%) Google Drive
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.19%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.19%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 52 (9.89%) Firewall
2 45 (8.56%) DNS
3 44 (8.37%) LAN
4 37 (7.03%) Wireless
5 34 (6.46%) DHCP
6 29 (5.51%) TCP/IP
7 25 (4.75%) WAN
8 23 (4.37%) VoIP
9 21 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (2.85%) Internet
10 15 (2.85%) VPN
11 10 (1.90%) VLAN
12 6 (1.14%) Broadband
12 6 (1.14%) MPLS
12 6 (1.14%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.76%) Network Security
14 3 (0.57%) Remote Desktop
15 2 (0.38%) IPsec
15 2 (0.38%) Softphone
16 1 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.38%) MS Access
4 1 (0.19%) MySQL
4 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (3.61%) JIRA
General
1 226 (42.97%) Social Skills
2 34 (6.46%) Finance
3 33 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
4 31 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.13%) Retail
6 22 (4.18%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.42%) Manufacturing
8 16 (3.04%) Law
9 13 (2.47%) Advertising
10 11 (2.09%) Banking
11 10 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (1.90%) Front Office
12 7 (1.33%) French Language
12 7 (1.33%) Legal
12 7 (1.33%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.14%) Billing
13 6 (1.14%) Games
13 6 (1.14%) Local Government
14 5 (0.95%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.90%) FIX Protocol
2 9 (1.71%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.27%) Driving Licence
2 29 (5.51%) Data Centre
3 27 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.42%) Management Information System
5 16 (3.04%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.28%) CCTV
7 9 (1.71%) iPad
8 6 (1.14%) iPhone
9 3 (0.57%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.57%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.57%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.38%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.38%) EPoS
10 2 (0.38%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.38%) Life Science
10 2 (0.38%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.19%) CMDB
11 1 (0.19%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 289 (54.94%) Windows
2 119 (22.62%) Windows 10
3 88 (16.73%) Windows Server
4 29 (5.51%) Windows 7
5 26 (4.94%) Linux
6 25 (4.75%) Apple iOS
7 19 (3.61%) Windows 8
8 18 (3.42%) Android
9 14 (2.66%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (2.47%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (2.09%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.71%) Windows Server 2008
12 9 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (0.76%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (46.58%) Customer Service
2 94 (17.87%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (14.83%) ITIL
4 47 (8.94%) ITSM
5 40 (7.60%) Service Management
6 37 (7.03%) Mathematics
7 24 (4.56%) Mentoring
8 19 (3.61%) Time Management
9 18 (3.42%) Collaborative Working
10 17 (3.23%) Service Delivery
11 15 (2.85%) Customer Experience
11 15 (2.85%) Incident Management
12 14 (2.66%) Impact Assessments
13 13 (2.47%) Active Listening
14 12 (2.28%) Agile
14 12 (2.28%) CRM
15 11 (2.09%) Change Control
15 11 (2.09%) Cybersecurity
15 11 (2.09%) Proactive Monitoring
16 9 (1.71%) Gamification
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.46%) SQL
2 9 (1.71%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (11.22%) Degree
2 22 (4.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (3.61%) DBS Check
4 18 (3.42%) A+ Certification
5 17 (3.23%) Security Cleared
6 16 (3.04%) MCP
7 7 (1.33%) MCDST
8 6 (1.14%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (0.95%) CCNA
9 5 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.38%) MCSE
12 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.19%) CCNP
12 1 (0.19%) MCITP
12 1 (0.19%) MCSA
12 1 (0.19%) MOS
12 1 (0.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (11.60%) SLA
2 13 (2.47%) GDPR
3 6 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.76%) QA
5 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 246 (46.77%) Active Directory
2 34 (6.46%) Hyper-V
3 30 (5.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.04%) XenApp
5 15 (2.85%) VirtualBox
5 15 (2.85%) XenDesktop
6 6 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.57%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.57%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.90%) SCCM
3 3 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 259 (49.24%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.65%) VMware
3 30 (5.70%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.37%) Apple
5 18 (3.42%) Citrix
5 18 (3.42%) Google
6 16 (3.04%) Cisco
7 12 (2.28%) WatchGuard
8 11 (2.09%) HP
9 10 (1.90%) Dell
9 10 (1.90%) NetApp
10 8 (1.52%) Veeam
11 7 (1.33%) Ubiquiti
12 6 (1.14%) ESET
12 6 (1.14%) Meraki
13 4 (0.76%) Samsung
14 3 (0.57%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (0.57%) Cylance
14 3 (0.57%) HubSpot
15 2 (0.38%) Xero