1st Line Support Jobs in the North West

First Line Support
England > North West

The median First Line Support salary in the North West is £24,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 272 274
Rank change year-on-year +30 +2 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 48 29 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.49% 0.37% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.41% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 45 27 48
10th Percentile - £20,300 £19,500
25th Percentile £21,000 £21,500 £20,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £23,500 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +2.17% +5.75%
75th Percentile £24,500 £25,350 £25,500
90th Percentile £27,000 £27,550 £30,250
England median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +7.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,209 7,066 9,058
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.06% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,068 4,119 5,473
10th Percentile £27,175 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,575 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the North West

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in the North West.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the North West

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in the North West over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in the North West

1st Line Support
Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 4 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
Cheshire -3 17 £25,000 +0.40% 3
Lancashire 0 10 £22,826 -17.00% 1
Merseyside +18 9 £24,000 +3.23%
Manchester +18 8 £23,000 -1.08% 4
Cumbria - 4 £21,000 - 1
1st Line Support
England

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 4 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 North West region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 29 (60.42%) Microsoft
2 28 (58.33%) Windows
3 24 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 22 (45.83%) Active Directory
5 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
6 17 (35.42%) Windows 10
7 16 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (27.08%) WAN
8 13 (27.08%) LAN
9 10 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
9 10 (20.83%) TCP/IP
10 9 (18.75%) Agile
10 9 (18.75%) Entra ID
11 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Exchange
13 6 (12.50%) Linux
13 6 (12.50%) B2B
14 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
15 4 (8.33%) Debian
15 4 (8.33%) Finance
15 4 (8.33%) VPN
15 4 (8.33%) SQL
15 4 (8.33%) VoIP
15 4 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
15 4 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 4 (8.33%) DBS Check
15 4 (8.33%) Retail
15 4 (8.33%) Software Testing
16 3 (6.25%) Driving Licence

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (18.75%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.17%) AWS
3 2 (4.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (27.08%) LAN
1 13 (27.08%) WAN
2 10 (20.83%) TCP/IP
3 4 (8.33%) VoIP
3 4 (8.33%) VPN
4 1 (2.08%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
General
1 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Manufacturing
3 4 (8.33%) Finance
3 4 (8.33%) Retail
4 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 28 (58.33%) Windows
2 17 (35.42%) Windows 10
3 6 (12.50%) Linux
4 4 (8.33%) Debian
5 1 (2.08%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (18.75%) Agile
3 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (12.50%) B2B
5 4 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (8.33%) Software Testing
6 3 (6.25%) ITIL
7 2 (4.17%) Business Continuity
7 2 (4.17%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (4.17%) IT Strategy
8 1 (2.08%) Break/Fix
8 1 (2.08%) Data Protection
8 1 (2.08%) ITSM
8 1 (2.08%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (45.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (60.42%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.17%) Veeam
3 1 (2.08%) Apple