2nd Line Support Technician Jobs in England

Second Line Support Technician
UK > England

The median Second Line Support Technician salary in England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 798 878 1090
Rank change year-on-year +80 +212 -247
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Technician 46 69 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.054% 0.075% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.082% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 33 64 57
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,196 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £28,000 £24,898
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.21% +2.91%
75th Percentile £33,000 £32,250 £31,000
90th Percentile £34,150 £33,750 £36,000
UK median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year - +13.21% +0.95%

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 80,507 84,319 127,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,203 53,445 75,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,761 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

2nd Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Technician in England

2nd Line Support Technician
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support Technician in England

2nd Line Support Technician
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 5 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
East of England +30 14 £31,000 -4.62% 3
Midlands - 14 £27,500 - 3
East Midlands - 12 £27,000 - 1
North of England +45 8 £30,000 +11.11%
North West +18 6 £31,750 -
South East +3 4 £26,750 -15.08% 2
London +101 3 £31,000 +6.90% 3
South West -25 3 £28,500 -12.31% 1
Yorkshire +80 2 £27,337 +1.25%
West Midlands - 2 £30,500 - 2
2nd Line Support Technician
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 2nd Line Support Technician 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 2nd Line Support Technician in the job title.

1 33 (71.74%) Microsoft
2 32 (69.57%) Windows
3 24 (52.17%) Active Directory
3 24 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 20 (43.48%) Windows Server
6 18 (39.13%) Customer Service
7 15 (32.61%) Driving Licence
8 14 (30.43%) VMware
9 13 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (26.09%) Windows 10
11 11 (23.91%) ITIL
12 9 (19.57%) CRM
13 8 (17.39%) TCP/IP
13 8 (17.39%) Firewall
14 7 (15.22%) ITSM
14 7 (15.22%) Agile
14 7 (15.22%) DNS
14 7 (15.22%) DHCP
15 6 (13.04%) Finance
15 6 (13.04%) Veeam
16 5 (10.87%) Azure
16 5 (10.87%) Wireless
16 5 (10.87%) Publishing
16 5 (10.87%) Software Testing
16 5 (10.87%) Web Development
16 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
16 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
17 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
17 4 (8.70%) SLA

2nd Line Support Technician 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 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (6.52%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 24 (52.17%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.87%) Azure
3 2 (4.35%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.17%) GCP
4 1 (2.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) Firewall
1 8 (17.39%) TCP/IP
2 7 (15.22%) DHCP
2 7 (15.22%) DNS
3 5 (10.87%) Wireless
4 4 (8.70%) Internet
5 3 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (4.35%) VoIP
6 2 (4.35%) WAN
7 1 (2.17%) ADSL
7 1 (2.17%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.17%) LAN
7 1 (2.17%) MPLS
7 1 (2.17%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.17%) VLAN
7 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Finance
3 5 (10.87%) Publishing
4 3 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.52%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 15 (32.61%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.17%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (69.57%) Windows
2 20 (43.48%) Windows Server
3 12 (26.09%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (39.13%) Customer Service
2 13 (28.26%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (23.91%) ITIL
4 9 (19.57%) CRM
5 7 (15.22%) Agile
5 7 (15.22%) ITSM
6 5 (10.87%) Software Testing
6 5 (10.87%) Web Development
7 4 (8.70%) Mentoring
8 3 (6.52%) Server Management
9 2 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.35%) ERP
9 2 (4.35%) IT Strategy
9 2 (4.35%) Mobile Device Management
9 2 (4.35%) Software Deployment
9 2 (4.35%) Time Management
10 1 (2.17%) Biotechnology
10 1 (2.17%) Cybersecurity
10 1 (2.17%) Disaster Recovery
10 1 (2.17%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) CCNA
1 4 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.17%) Degree
3 1 (2.17%) MCP
3 1 (2.17%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) SLA
2 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (2.17%) GDPR
2 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.52%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.52%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 3 (6.52%) SCDPM
3 1 (2.17%) Autotask
3 1 (2.17%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (71.74%) Microsoft
2 14 (30.43%) VMware
3 6 (13.04%) Veeam
4 4 (8.70%) Cisco
5 3 (6.52%) Citrix
6 2 (4.35%) ConnectWise
6 2 (4.35%) Draytek
6 2 (4.35%) SAP
7 1 (2.17%) Aruba
7 1 (2.17%) Datto
7 1 (2.17%) HP
7 1 (2.17%) Kaseya
7 1 (2.17%) Sophos
7 1 (2.17%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (2.17%) WatchGuard