3rd Line Support Jobs in Oxfordshire

Third Line Support
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Third Line Support salary in Oxfordshire is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 120 107
Rank change year-on-year +56 -13 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 51 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 3.02% 0.62% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.15% 0.73% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 51 10 9
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,375 -
25th Percentile £37,125 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% +37.10%
75th Percentile £43,250 £42,688 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £44,750
South East median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 1,618 1,365 1,463
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 85.10% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 823 952
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,293 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £60,750 £65,000 £74,426
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in Oxfordshire

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support in Oxfordshire.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support in Oxfordshire

3rd Line Support
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Oxford +3 19 £38,500 -3.75%
Witney -7 18 £42,000 +8.39% 5
Eynsham - 5 £42,000 -
Abingdon +56 4 £40,000 +23.08%
3rd Line Support
South East

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 3rd 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 Oxfordshire region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 43 (84.31%) VMware
1 43 (84.31%) Windows
2 42 (82.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (78.43%) Microsoft 365
3 40 (78.43%) Firewall
4 39 (76.47%) Microsoft
5 35 (68.63%) Citrix
6 31 (60.78%) SQL
6 31 (60.78%) SQL Server
7 30 (58.82%) Veeam
8 23 (45.10%) Social Skills
9 21 (41.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 20 (39.22%) Active Directory
10 20 (39.22%) Degree
11 17 (33.33%) Replication
11 17 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
12 16 (31.37%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (31.37%) Windows Server
13 15 (29.41%) OneDrive
13 15 (29.41%) Azure
13 15 (29.41%) SharePoint
13 15 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (27.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 13 (25.49%) Documentation Skills
15 13 (25.49%) Change Control
16 11 (21.57%) Law
16 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Office
17 10 (19.61%) DHCP
17 10 (19.61%) DNS
17 10 (19.61%) Hyper-V

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 21 (41.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (29.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (21.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (78.43%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (29.41%) Azure
2 15 (29.41%) OneDrive
3 6 (11.76%) AWS
4 4 (7.84%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.96%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 40 (78.43%) Firewall
2 15 (29.41%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (19.61%) DHCP
3 10 (19.61%) DNS
4 7 (13.73%) TCP/IP
5 6 (11.76%) NAS
5 6 (11.76%) SAN
5 6 (11.76%) VLAN
6 5 (9.80%) WAN
7 4 (7.84%) LAN
8 1 (1.96%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (60.78%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Documentation Skills
3 11 (21.57%) Law
4 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Games
5 3 (5.88%) Retail
6 2 (3.92%) Finance
6 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.96%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 17 (33.33%) Replication
2 2 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 43 (84.31%) Windows
2 16 (31.37%) Windows Server
3 7 (13.73%) Linux
4 5 (9.80%) Windows 10
5 4 (7.84%) Android
5 4 (7.84%) Apple iOS
5 4 (7.84%) Mac OS X
5 4 (7.84%) Windows 8
5 4 (7.84%) Windows XP
6 2 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (31.37%) Cybersecurity
2 14 (27.45%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 13 (25.49%) Change Control
4 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (7.84%) Email Migration
5 4 (7.84%) Migration
6 3 (5.88%) Customer Service
6 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (5.88%) IT Strategy
7 2 (3.92%) Wealth Management
8 1 (1.96%) Mentoring
8 1 (1.96%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 31 (60.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (39.22%) Degree
2 7 (13.73%) MCP
3 6 (11.76%) CCNA
3 6 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (11.76%) MCSE
3 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 42 (82.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (39.22%) Active Directory
3 10 (19.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (7.84%) SCCM
2 1 (1.96%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 43 (84.31%) VMware
2 39 (76.47%) Microsoft
3 35 (68.63%) Citrix
4 30 (58.82%) Veeam
5 4 (7.84%) Dell
5 4 (7.84%) HP
6 3 (5.88%) Datto
6 3 (5.88%) Sophos
6 3 (5.88%) WatchGuard