1st/2nd Line Support
UK

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary in the UK is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 715 816 930
Rank change year-on-year +101 +114 -207
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 179 177 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.18% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 166 165 272
10th Percentile £23,875 £22,700 £21,275
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £24,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £34,250 £33,750 £32,500
90th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £37,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £28,500 £27,500 £26,000
% change year-on-year +3.64% +5.77% +5.69%

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 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

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

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

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

1st/2nd Line Support
Top 15 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +113 162 £30,000 +1.69% 21
UK excluding London -3 108 £28,500 +3.64% 18
London +138 64 £34,000 +4.62% 3
South East +15 40 £28,000 +1.82% 9
Work from Home +73 36 £28,925 -8.17% 2
East of England +31 24 £31,000 +8.77% 3
North of England +58 23 £30,000 +9.09% 2
North West +24 21 £29,000 +5.45% 1
Midlands +10 12 £27,000 - 2
East Midlands -12 7 £28,500 +10.68% 1
Scotland -57 6 £29,000 -36.96%
West Midlands +25 5 £27,000 - 1
Yorkshire +93 2 £30,000 +9.09% 1
South West -34 2 £24,000 -34.25% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 129 (72.07%) Microsoft 365
2 125 (69.83%) Windows
3 122 (68.16%) Active Directory
4 109 (60.89%) Microsoft
5 101 (56.42%) Social Skills
6 76 (42.46%) Customer Service
7 71 (39.66%) Windows 10
8 57 (31.84%) Microsoft Office
9 45 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
10 41 (22.91%) DNS
11 38 (21.23%) Microsoft Exchange
12 35 (19.55%) SharePoint
13 33 (18.44%) Azure
14 32 (17.88%) DHCP
15 31 (17.32%) Windows Server
16 29 (16.20%) Firewall
17 26 (14.53%) Entra ID
18 25 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
19 24 (13.41%) Finance
19 24 (13.41%) VMware
20 23 (12.85%) VLAN
21 20 (11.17%) Wi-Fi
21 20 (11.17%) TCP/IP
22 19 (10.61%) EPoS
22 19 (10.61%) Service Delivery
22 19 (10.61%) OneDrive
22 19 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
23 18 (10.06%) Microsoft Intune
23 18 (10.06%) Apple iOS
23 18 (10.06%) ITIL

1st/2nd 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 38 (21.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 35 (19.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 57 (31.84%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.68%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (1.68%) Shopify
2 2 (1.12%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 129 (72.07%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (18.44%) Azure
3 26 (14.53%) Entra ID
4 19 (10.61%) OneDrive
5 11 (6.15%) AWS
6 6 (3.35%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.23%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 41 (22.91%) DNS
2 32 (17.88%) DHCP
3 29 (16.20%) Firewall
4 23 (12.85%) VLAN
5 20 (11.17%) TCP/IP
5 20 (11.17%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (7.82%) Wireless
7 12 (6.70%) Remote Desktop
8 11 (6.15%) VPN
9 9 (5.03%) LAN
9 9 (5.03%) Structured Cabling
10 7 (3.91%) Internet
10 7 (3.91%) WAN
11 6 (3.35%) Unified Communications
12 4 (2.23%) ADSL
12 4 (2.23%) Broadband
12 4 (2.23%) Intranet
12 4 (2.23%) VoIP
13 1 (0.56%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.56%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) Power BI
2 3 (1.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.68%) JIRA
General
1 101 (56.42%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.97%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (13.41%) Finance
4 19 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (4.47%) Law
6 7 (3.91%) Legal
7 6 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.35%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.79%) Publishing
9 4 (2.23%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.12%) Marketing
11 1 (0.56%) Automotive
11 1 (0.56%) Back Office
11 1 (0.56%) Banking
11 1 (0.56%) Electronics
11 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.56%) .NET
1 1 (0.56%) CSS
1 1 (0.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.61%) EPoS
2 17 (9.50%) Driving Licence
3 8 (4.47%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (3.91%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.79%) Apple TV
6 4 (2.23%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.23%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.68%) iPhone
7 3 (1.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.56%) CCTV
8 1 (0.56%) CMDB
8 1 (0.56%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.56%) iPad
8 1 (0.56%) Replication
8 1 (0.56%) Tandem
8 1 (0.56%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 125 (69.83%) Windows
2 71 (39.66%) Windows 10
3 31 (17.32%) Windows Server
4 18 (10.06%) Apple iOS
5 16 (8.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 15 (8.38%) Android
7 10 (5.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (3.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.79%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (2.23%) Windows 7
11 2 (1.12%) Linux
11 2 (1.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (42.46%) Customer Service
2 45 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (10.61%) Service Delivery
4 18 (10.06%) ITIL
5 17 (9.50%) Mobile Device Management
6 15 (8.38%) ITSM
7 12 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (6.15%) Change Management
8 11 (6.15%) Incident Management
9 10 (5.59%) Customer Experience
10 9 (5.03%) Data Loss Prevention
11 8 (4.47%) ERP
11 8 (4.47%) Software Deployment
12 7 (3.91%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (3.91%) Kalman Filter
13 6 (3.35%) Email Filtering
13 6 (3.35%) Time Management
13 6 (3.35%) User Experience
14 5 (2.79%) Performance Management
14 5 (2.79%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.82%) PowerShell
2 5 (2.79%) SQL
3 1 (0.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (8.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (8.38%) Degree
3 10 (5.59%) A+ Certification
4 9 (5.03%) AWS Certification
5 8 (4.47%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (2.79%) MCDST
7 4 (2.23%) CCNA
7 4 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.23%) MCITP
7 4 (2.23%) Security Cleared
8 3 (1.68%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
9 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.56%) MBA
10 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.94%) SLA
2 4 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 122 (68.16%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.03%) Virtual Desktop
2 9 (5.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.23%) Terminal Services
4 3 (1.68%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.12%) XenApp
6 1 (0.56%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (10.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.23%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (2.23%) SCCM
3 3 (1.68%) WSUS
4 1 (0.56%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.56%) cPanel
Vendors
1 109 (60.89%) Microsoft
2 24 (13.41%) VMware
3 15 (8.38%) Citrix
4 9 (5.03%) Adobe
4 9 (5.03%) Avaya
4 9 (5.03%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.47%) Apple
6 7 (3.91%) Cisco
7 5 (2.79%) Barracuda Networks
8 4 (2.23%) NEC
9 3 (1.68%) Google
9 3 (1.68%) HP
9 3 (1.68%) JD Edwards
9 3 (1.68%) NETGEAR
9 3 (1.68%) Oracle
9 3 (1.68%) WatchGuard
10 2 (1.12%) Dell
10 2 (1.12%) Remedy
10 2 (1.12%) Sophos
10 2 (1.12%) Veeam