First Line Support
UK

The median First Line Support salary in the UK is £25,000 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 419 573 679
Rank change year-on-year +154 +106 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 593 482 621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.47% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.51% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 564 358 565
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,250 £19,250
25th Percentile £22,500 £22,750 £20,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +7.26%
75th Percentile £28,063 £28,750 £27,500
90th Percentile £32,500 £33,400 £30,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,500 £25,000 £23,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Top 17 Job Locations

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 UK 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
England +123 533 £25,000 - 76
UK excluding London +75 517 £24,500 -2.00% 82
South East +12 149 £25,000 - 23
Midlands +75 119 £25,000 - 14
Work from Home +26 98 £26,568 +6.27% 22
North of England +57 97 £23,500 -4.08% 16
London +108 71 £32,500 +16.07% 8
West Midlands +52 61 £25,000 +4.17% 3
East Midlands +9 57 £25,000 - 11
South West -5 50 £24,000 -5.88% 5
North West +30 48 £24,000 +2.13% 11
East of England +12 47 £25,000 +4.17% 10
Yorkshire +98 43 £23,250 -10.58% 4
Scotland -51 28 £26,637 +6.55% 7
Northern Ireland +43 18 £35,000 +34.62% 3
Wales - 9 £22,000 - 6
North East -8 6 £22,000 -20.00% 1

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

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 featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 314 (52.95%) Windows
2 300 (50.59%) Microsoft
2 300 (50.59%) Microsoft 365
3 277 (46.71%) Customer Service
4 259 (43.68%) Active Directory
5 248 (41.82%) Social Skills
6 159 (26.81%) Microsoft Office
7 126 (21.25%) Windows 10
8 106 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
9 93 (15.68%) Windows Server
10 85 (14.33%) Microsoft Exchange
11 76 (12.82%) ITIL
12 68 (11.47%) Azure
13 63 (10.62%) SLA
14 62 (10.46%) SharePoint
15 59 (9.95%) Degree
15 59 (9.95%) Driving Licence
16 54 (9.11%) SQL
16 54 (9.11%) Firewall
17 49 (8.26%) Entra ID
18 48 (8.09%) Finance
19 47 (7.93%) DNS
20 46 (7.76%) LAN
20 46 (7.76%) ITSM
21 43 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
22 42 (7.08%) Mentoring
23 40 (6.75%) Wireless
23 40 (6.75%) Telecoms
24 39 (6.58%) Service Management
25 38 (6.41%) VMware

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 85 (14.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (10.46%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.69%) Confluence
4 5 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) JOnAS
Applications
1 159 (26.81%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.18%) Trello
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.34%) assyst
2 2 (0.34%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.34%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 300 (50.59%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (11.47%) Azure
3 49 (8.26%) Entra ID
4 13 (2.19%) Mimecast
5 9 (1.52%) AWS
6 8 (1.35%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.18%) SaaS
8 4 (0.67%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.34%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.34%) Google Drive
9 2 (0.34%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.17%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 54 (9.11%) Firewall
2 47 (7.93%) DNS
3 46 (7.76%) LAN
4 40 (6.75%) Wireless
5 37 (6.24%) DHCP
6 35 (5.90%) TCP/IP
7 28 (4.72%) VoIP
8 27 (4.55%) WAN
9 23 (3.88%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (2.36%) Internet
10 14 (2.36%) VPN
11 11 (1.85%) VLAN
12 8 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
13 7 (1.18%) Broadband
14 6 (1.01%) MPLS
14 6 (1.01%) SD-WAN
15 4 (0.67%) Network Security
16 2 (0.34%) ADSL
16 2 (0.34%) IPsec
16 2 (0.34%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.34%) MS Access
4 1 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.17%) MySQL
4 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (3.37%) JIRA
General
1 248 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 48 (8.09%) Finance
3 43 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
4 40 (6.75%) Telecoms
5 33 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 32 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (4.55%) Retail
8 23 (3.88%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (3.20%) Marketing
11 17 (2.87%) Law
12 16 (2.70%) Electronics
13 13 (2.19%) Advertising
14 12 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.85%) Games
16 9 (1.52%) Banking
17 8 (1.35%) French Language
17 8 (1.35%) Front Office
18 7 (1.18%) Legal
19 6 (1.01%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.52%) .NET
2 8 (1.35%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.95%) Driving Licence
2 29 (4.89%) Data Centre
3 27 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.04%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.70%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.02%) CCTV
7 9 (1.52%) iPad
8 6 (1.01%) iPhone
9 3 (0.51%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.51%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.34%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.34%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.34%) EPoS
10 2 (0.34%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.34%) Life Science
10 2 (0.34%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.34%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.17%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 314 (52.95%) Windows
2 126 (21.25%) Windows 10
3 93 (15.68%) Windows Server
4 30 (5.06%) Windows 7
5 24 (4.05%) Apple iOS
5 24 (4.05%) Linux
6 22 (3.71%) Windows 8
7 18 (3.04%) Android
8 15 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 15 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (2.02%) Mac OS
9 12 (2.02%) Windows Server 2008
10 11 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.67%) Debian
12 3 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (46.71%) Customer Service
2 106 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (12.82%) ITIL
4 46 (7.76%) ITSM
5 42 (7.08%) Mentoring
6 39 (6.58%) Service Management
7 37 (6.24%) Mathematics
8 33 (5.56%) Customer Experience
9 32 (5.40%) Incident Management
10 21 (3.54%) Coaching
11 19 (3.20%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (3.04%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (3.04%) Service Delivery
12 18 (3.04%) Time Management
13 16 (2.70%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (2.70%) Proactive Monitoring
13 16 (2.70%) Programme Management
14 14 (2.36%) Impact Assessments
15 13 (2.19%) Active Listening
15 13 (2.19%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 54 (9.11%) SQL
2 9 (1.52%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 59 (9.95%) Degree
2 25 (4.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (3.20%) DBS Check
4 18 (3.04%) A+ Certification
4 18 (3.04%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.70%) MCP
6 8 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (1.18%) MCDST
8 5 (0.84%) CCNA
8 5 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.67%) MCITP
10 3 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.34%) MCSE
12 1 (0.17%) MCSA
12 1 (0.17%) MOS
12 1 (0.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (10.62%) SLA
2 13 (2.19%) GDPR
3 6 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.67%) QA
5 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
System Software
1 259 (43.68%) Active Directory
2 34 (5.73%) Hyper-V
3 32 (5.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.70%) XenApp
5 15 (2.53%) VirtualBox
5 15 (2.53%) XenDesktop
6 6 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.51%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.34%) pfSense
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.35%) SCCM
3 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 300 (50.59%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.41%) VMware
3 29 (4.89%) ServiceNow
4 27 (4.55%) Apple
5 19 (3.20%) Google
6 18 (3.04%) Citrix
7 17 (2.87%) SAP
8 16 (2.70%) Cisco
9 12 (2.02%) WatchGuard
10 11 (1.85%) HP
11 10 (1.69%) Dell
11 10 (1.69%) NetApp
12 8 (1.35%) Veeam
13 7 (1.18%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.01%) ESET
14 6 (1.01%) Meraki
15 4 (0.67%) Samsung
15 4 (0.67%) SolarWinds
16 3 (0.51%) CrowdStrike
16 3 (0.51%) Cylance