1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Jobs

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
UK

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 829 902 1155
Rank change year-on-year +73 +253 -263
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 73 70 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.069% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.076% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 72 66 73
10th Percentile £23,000 £23,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,375 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £28,250 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +0.89% +12.00%
75th Percentile £34,250 £33,625 £33,750
90th Percentile £37,950 £35,750 £52,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,000 £28,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year - +1.82% +10.66%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
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 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer.

Salary trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +98 68 £30,000 +5.26% 11
UK excluding London +9 51 £28,000 - 7
London +106 25 £33,500 +3.08% 2
North of England +69 19 £28,500 +4.59% 1
North West +32 19 £28,500 +3.64% 1
Work from Home +75 17 £32,500 +9.70% 2
East of England +25 10 £40,000 +40.35%
South East -17 10 £27,000 -2.70% 2
Midlands -8 5 £27,000 - 1
Scotland -62 4 £29,000 +3.57%
East Midlands - 4 £26,250 - 1
South West -28 2 £24,000 -30.43% 3
West Midlands +10 1 £27,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 -

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 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/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (79.45%) Active Directory
2 54 (73.97%) Windows
2 54 (73.97%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (64.38%) Microsoft
3 47 (64.38%) Social Skills
4 45 (61.64%) Windows 10
5 31 (42.47%) Microsoft Office
6 22 (30.14%) SharePoint
7 21 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (27.40%) EPoS
8 20 (27.40%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (27.40%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (26.03%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (20.55%) Customer Service
10 15 (20.55%) Microsoft Exchange
11 13 (17.81%) DNS
12 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (13.70%) Azure
13 9 (12.33%) Entra ID
13 9 (12.33%) Firewall
14 8 (10.96%) TCP/IP
14 8 (10.96%) Degree
14 8 (10.96%) VLAN
15 6 (8.22%) Incident Management
15 6 (8.22%) OneDrive
15 6 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (8.22%) DHCP
15 6 (8.22%) Finance
15 6 (8.22%) VMware
16 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 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 22 (30.14%) SharePoint
2 15 (20.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.37%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 31 (42.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (73.97%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (13.70%) Azure
3 9 (12.33%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (27.40%) Wi-Fi
2 13 (17.81%) DNS
3 9 (12.33%) Firewall
4 8 (10.96%) TCP/IP
4 8 (10.96%) VLAN
5 6 (8.22%) DHCP
6 5 (6.85%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (4.11%) Unified Communications
8 2 (2.74%) LAN
8 2 (2.74%) WAN
9 1 (1.37%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.37%) HTTP
9 1 (1.37%) Internet
9 1 (1.37%) NAS
9 1 (1.37%) SAN
9 1 (1.37%) Skype
9 1 (1.37%) SSL
9 1 (1.37%) Telepresence
9 1 (1.37%) VPN
9 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
General
1 47 (64.38%) Social Skills
2 20 (27.40%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (26.03%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (8.22%) Finance
5 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.74%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.37%) Automotive
6 1 (1.37%) Banking
6 1 (1.37%) Electronics
6 1 (1.37%) Legal
6 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.37%) Marketing
6 1 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.37%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) CSS
1 1 (1.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (27.40%) EPoS
2 5 (6.85%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.11%) Apple TV
4 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.37%) Tandem
4 1 (1.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 54 (73.97%) Windows
2 45 (61.64%) Windows 10
3 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.48%) Android
5 2 (2.74%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (20.55%) Customer Service
3 6 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (8.22%) Incident Management
4 5 (6.85%) Email Filtering
4 5 (6.85%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (6.85%) Time Management
5 4 (5.48%) ITIL
5 4 (5.48%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (5.48%) Proactive Maintenance
5 4 (5.48%) Service Delivery
6 3 (4.11%) Computer Science
7 2 (2.74%) IT Strategy
8 1 (1.37%) Antivirus Management
8 1 (1.37%) Customer-Centricity
8 1 (1.37%) Decision-Making
8 1 (1.37%) Fintech
8 1 (1.37%) Hardware Maintenance
8 1 (1.37%) Server Management
8 1 (1.37%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (10.96%) Degree
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.48%) A+ Certification
3 4 (5.48%) MCDST
4 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.37%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (79.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (13.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.74%) SCCM
3 1 (1.37%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 47 (64.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.22%) VMware
3 4 (5.48%) Apple
4 3 (4.11%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (2.74%) Cisco
5 2 (2.74%) Dell
6 1 (1.37%) ESET
6 1 (1.37%) Polycom
6 1 (1.37%) Remedy
6 1 (1.37%) SAP
6 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.37%) Sophos
6 1 (1.37%) Veritas