1st/2nd Line Technical Support Jobs

1st/2nd Line Technical Support
UK

The median 1st/2nd Line Technical Support salary in the UK is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 887 988 1173
Rank change year-on-year +101 +185 -294
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Technical Support 7 1 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.001% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.001% 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 23
10th Percentile £36,150 - £23,025
25th Percentile £36,250 £24,750 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £25,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -1.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £26,250 £28,125
90th Percentile - - £36,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - £25,500 £25,500
% change year-on-year - - +2.00%

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

1st/2nd Line Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

1st/2nd Line Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

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

1st/2nd Line Technical Support
Top 3 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 Technical Support within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 +116 7 £37,500 +47.06%
London - 7 £37,500 -
Work from Home +100 1 £36,000 +41.18%

1st/2nd Line Technical Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 1st/2nd Line Technical 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 Technical Support in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
1 6 (85.71%) Android
1 6 (85.71%) Apple iOS
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
1 6 (85.71%) Internet
1 6 (85.71%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) Software Asset Management

1st/2nd Line Technical 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Internet
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless
General
1 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Android
1 6 (85.71%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Software Asset Management
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft