The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support
Rank 354 331 380
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 260 358 285
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.580% 0.674% 0.475%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.620% 0.716% 0.508%
Number of salaries quoted 218 286 253
Average salary £29,000 £30,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.33% +13.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,400 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41903 50015 56050
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.48% 94.20% 93.40%
Number of salaries quoted 35296 43493 47398
Average salary £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
2nd Line Support
England

2nd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London 2nd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the London region.

London 2nd Line Support Salary Trend

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London 2nd Line Support Salary Histogram

2nd Line Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -14 41 £30,000 - 9
Docklands, London +2 10 - -
Bromley -5 9 £23,000 +3.37% 2
Stanmore - 3 £25,500 -
Uxbridge -1 2 £40,000 +60.00%
Barnet - 2 £28,000 -
Canary Wharf - 2 £31,500 -
Kingston Upon Thames - 2 £27,500 -
Croydon +11 1 £34,000 +13.33%
Enfield - 1 £28,000 -
Harrow - 1 £40,000 -
Belvedere - 1 - -
2nd Line Support
England

2nd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited 2nd Line Support in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with 2nd Line Support in their job title.

1 370 (73.41%) Windows
2 265 (52.58%) Active Directory
3 231 (45.83%) Microsoft
4 200 (39.68%) MS Office
5 174 (34.52%) MS Excel
6 156 (30.95%) Windows 7
7 141 (27.98%) Blackberry
8 134 (26.59%) Windows XP
9 122 (24.21%) MS Exchange
10 114 (22.62%) TCP/IP
11 110 (21.83%) Citrix
12 108 (21.43%) ITIL
13 103 (20.44%) Windows Server 2008
14 98 (19.44%) Windows Server 2003
15 89 (17.66%) Microsoft Certification
16 86 (17.06%) Finance
17 83 (16.47%) VMware
18 75 (14.88%) Apple
19 72 (14.29%) Cisco
19 72 (14.29%) MCITP
20 69 (13.69%) Exchange Server 2010
21 68 (13.49%) DNS
22 62 (12.30%) LAN
22 62 (12.30%) MCP
23 59 (11.71%) MCSE
24 58 (11.51%) Exchange Server 2007
25 57 (11.31%) SLA
26 56 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
27 55 (10.91%) Exchange Server 2003
27 55 (10.91%) DHCP

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited 2nd Line Support in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with 2nd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (1.786%) HTML
2 8 (1.587%) .NET
3 5 (0.992%) XML
3 5 (0.992%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.794%) ASP
4 4 (0.794%) Application Packaging
5 3 (0.595%) WinForms
6 2 (0.397%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.198%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.198%) jQuery
7 1 (0.198%) Regular Expression
7 1 (0.198%) XSL
7 1 (0.198%) EDI
7 1 (0.198%) COM
7 1 (0.198%) CSS
7 1 (0.198%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 122 (24.21%) MS Exchange
2 69 (13.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 58 (11.51%) Exchange Server 2007
4 55 (10.91%) Exchange Server 2003
5 37 (7.341%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 31 (6.151%) IBM Notes
7 22 (4.365%) SharePoint
8 16 (3.175%) WorkSite
9 6 (1.190%) CMS
9 6 (1.190%) Tomcat
9 6 (1.190%) IIS
10 5 (0.992%) Apache
11 4 (0.794%) Lync
12 2 (0.397%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.397%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.198%) GroupWise
13 1 (0.198%) Exchange Server 2000
13 1 (0.198%) Oracle Service Bus
13 1 (0.198%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 200 (39.68%) MS Office
2 174 (34.52%) MS Excel
3 18 (3.571%) MS PowerPoint
4 9 (1.786%) Office 365
5 7 (1.389%) Google Apps
6 3 (0.595%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.198%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.198%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.198%) Maya
7 1 (0.198%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.198%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.198%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.198%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 4 (0.794%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.595%) SAP CCM
3 1 (0.198%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.198%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.198%) ION MarketView
3 1 (0.198%) Agresso
3 1 (0.198%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.198%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.198%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.198%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.198%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.198%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.198%) Changepoint
Communications & Networking
1 114 (22.62%) TCP/IP
2 68 (13.49%) DNS
3 62 (12.30%) LAN
4 55 (10.91%) DHCP
4 55 (10.91%) Firewall
5 45 (8.929%) VPN
6 43 (8.532%) VoIP
7 42 (8.333%) WAN
8 39 (7.738%) Internet
9 30 (5.952%) MPLS
10 28 (5.556%) Unified Communications
11 17 (3.373%) SAN
12 16 (3.175%) Wireless
13 12 (2.381%) Intranet
14 10 (1.984%) Broadband
15 9 (1.786%) FTP
16 8 (1.587%) IP Telephony
17 6 (1.190%) 3G
17 6 (1.190%) Ethernet
17 6 (1.190%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.143%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.984%) MySQL
3 4 (0.794%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (0.595%) QlikView
5 2 (0.397%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.397%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.397%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (0.397%) Informix
6 1 (0.198%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.198%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.198%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.198%) IDOL
6 1 (0.198%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 1 (0.198%) MSI
General
1 86 (17.06%) Finance
2 52 (10.32%) Law
3 42 (8.333%) Legal
4 35 (6.944%) Banking
5 18 (3.571%) Retail
6 17 (3.373%) Advertising
7 10 (1.984%) Back Office
8 6 (1.190%) Publishing
9 5 (0.992%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.992%) Front Office
10 3 (0.595%) Marketing
10 3 (0.595%) French Language
10 3 (0.595%) Spanish Language
10 3 (0.595%) Billing
10 3 (0.595%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.397%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.198%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 141 (27.98%) Blackberry
2 22 (4.365%) iPhone
3 13 (2.579%) iPad
4 12 (2.381%) Hedge funds
4 12 (2.381%) Video Conferencing
5 11 (2.183%) EPoS
5 11 (2.183%) Grid Computing
6 9 (1.786%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (0.794%) Client/Server
7 4 (0.794%) Thin Client
7 4 (0.794%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.595%) Biotechnology
8 3 (0.595%) Statistics
8 3 (0.595%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.397%) Mathematics
9 2 (0.397%) Clustering
9 2 (0.397%) PKI
9 2 (0.397%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.397%) SaaS
9 2 (0.397%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 370 (73.41%) Windows
2 156 (30.95%) Windows 7
3 134 (26.59%) Windows XP
4 103 (20.44%) Windows Server 2008
5 98 (19.44%) Windows Server 2003
6 54 (10.71%) Linux
7 45 (8.929%) UNIX
8 39 (7.738%) Windows Vista
8 39 (7.738%) Mac OS
9 37 (7.341%) Mac OS X
10 21 (4.167%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (3.175%) Solaris
12 15 (2.976%) Windows 8
13 13 (2.579%) Android
14 7 (1.389%) Windows 2000 Server
14 7 (1.389%) SUSE
15 5 (0.992%) Windows 2000
16 4 (0.794%) Debian
16 4 (0.794%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 3 (0.595%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (21.43%) ITIL
2 39 (7.738%) Incident Management
3 24 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
4 20 (3.968%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (3.373%) Service Management
6 16 (3.175%) Time Management
7 14 (2.778%) CRM
8 12 (2.381%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (1.786%) Change Control
9 9 (1.786%) Systems Analysis
10 8 (1.587%) Migration
10 8 (1.587%) ITSM
11 7 (1.389%) E-Commerce
11 7 (1.389%) Analytics
12 6 (1.190%) Change Management
12 6 (1.190%) Data Security
12 6 (1.190%) Configuration Management
12 6 (1.190%) Asset Management
13 5 (0.992%) Problem Management
13 5 (0.992%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.722%) SQL
2 22 (4.365%) C
3 16 (3.175%) Perl
4 15 (2.976%) Java
5 10 (1.984%) PHP
5 10 (1.984%) VBA
6 8 (1.587%) Shell Script
6 8 (1.587%) C++
7 7 (1.389%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.190%) Python
8 6 (1.190%) JavaScript
9 5 (0.992%) C#
9 5 (0.992%) VB
10 4 (0.794%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.595%) AWK
11 3 (0.595%) VB6
12 2 (0.397%) VBScript
12 2 (0.397%) Korn
12 2 (0.397%) C-shell
12 2 (0.397%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 89 (17.66%) Microsoft Certification
2 72 (14.29%) MCITP
3 62 (12.30%) MCP
4 59 (11.71%) MCSE
5 44 (8.730%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (8.135%) MCSA
6 41 (8.135%) CCNA
7 34 (6.746%) Degree
8 25 (4.960%) JNCIA
9 19 (3.770%) CCNP
9 19 (3.770%) HP APS
10 18 (3.571%) ACSP
10 18 (3.571%) ACSA
11 15 (2.976%) CCIP
11 15 (2.976%) CCIE
11 15 (2.976%) CCSP
12 13 (2.579%) ACTC
13 12 (2.381%) JNCIS
14 11 (2.183%) JNCIP
14 11 (2.183%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (11.31%) SLA
2 1 (0.198%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.198%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 265 (52.58%) Active Directory
2 56 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (5.357%) XenApp
4 26 (5.159%) Terminal Services
5 20 (3.968%) Hyper-V
6 9 (1.786%) VMware Server
7 4 (0.794%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 4 (0.794%) MetaFrame
8 3 (0.595%) XenServer
8 3 (0.595%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 3 (0.595%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 3 (0.595%) vSphere
9 2 (0.397%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.397%) Terminal Server
9 2 (0.397%) VMware ESX
9 2 (0.397%) ProxySG
10 1 (0.198%) SpamAssassin
10 1 (0.198%) Xsan
Systems Management
1 13 (2.579%) SCCM
2 11 (2.183%) Backup Exec
3 6 (1.190%) ServiceCenter
3 6 (1.190%) Norton AntiVirus
4 5 (0.992%) WSUS
5 4 (0.794%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (0.595%) Tivoli
6 3 (0.595%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.397%) OpenView
7 2 (0.397%) CiscoWorks
7 2 (0.397%) Nagios
7 2 (0.397%) BMC Marimba
7 2 (0.397%) SCOM
8 1 (0.198%) Sysprep
8 1 (0.198%) Puppet
8 1 (0.198%) ZENworks
8 1 (0.198%) MIMEsweeper
8 1 (0.198%) DameWare
8 1 (0.198%) Unicenter
8 1 (0.198%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 231 (45.83%) Microsoft
2 110 (21.83%) Citrix
3 83 (16.47%) VMware
4 75 (14.88%) Apple
5 72 (14.29%) Cisco
6 46 (9.127%) HP
7 39 (7.738%) Bloomberg
8 34 (6.746%) Juniper
9 33 (6.548%) Symantec
9 33 (6.548%) Reuters
10 31 (6.151%) Lotus
11 29 (5.754%) Oracle
12 22 (4.365%) Avaya
13 17 (3.373%) Red Hat
13 17 (3.373%) CheckPoint
14 15 (2.976%) Adobe
15 14 (2.778%) Dell
16 12 (2.381%) Remedy
17 11 (2.183%) Google
18 8 (1.587%) Fidessa
London
Windows 7, Windows XP, MS Office, Active Directory, Exchange, Desktop, Support. My client requires a 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer with experience supporting Windows Desktops (XP and 7)...
iKonnect
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 29 May 2013
London
Windows 7, Windows XP, MS Office, Active Directory, Exchange, ITIL. My client requires a 1st / 2nd Line Support Engineer with experience supporting Windows Desktops (XP and 7) and...
iKas International
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Windows 7, Windows XP, MS Office, Active Directory, Exchange, ITIL. My client requires a 1st / 2nd Line Support Engineer with experience supporting Windows Desktops (XP and 7) and...
iKonnect
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
DESKTOP SUPPORT ENGINEER / IMAC. My client is currently recruiting for a 2 nd Line Desktop Support Engineer with IMAC Experience. This is a 1 month contract with a...
Roc Search
Salary: £100 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
2nd Line Support - Desktop Support - Boutique ConsultancyThis is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced 2nd Line Support Engineer to join a Boutique Consultancy based in central London.The...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bens + bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Salary: £28000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
London
Allied Worldwide Limited
Salary: Highly competitive
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
KPRS
Salary: From £41,000 to £41,000 per annum £41k + great benefits package
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Real Staffing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
West London
OpenBet Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Creative Personnel
Salary: £20000 to £25000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Computer People
Salary: £25000.00 - £27000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Central London / West End
Slater Gordon
Salary: From £22,000 to £26,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom
OpenBet
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
South West London
Reed Business Information Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £28,000 per annum + 29 days holiday + pension + share
Posted: 28 May 2013
City of London
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 29 May 2013
London
Experis IT
Salary: £26000 - £33000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
South West London
South West London & St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
Salary: From £39,239 to £47,088 per annum plus Inner London allowances
Posted: 7 June 2013
City, London
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bromley, South East
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bromley, Kent
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £18000 - £24000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
South West London
E-Resourcing
Salary: £53000 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
City of London
Salary: Market rate
Posted: 24 May 2013
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