2nd/3rd Line Support
UK

The median 2nd/3rd Line Support salary in the UK is £33,000 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 799 915 1139
Rank change year-on-year +116 +224 -292
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Support 103 57 90
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.056% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.062% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 93 57 82
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,800 £30,575
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +3.45% +6.62%
75th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £51,750 £85,000 £57,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £35,000 £32,250
% change year-on-year -5.71% +8.53% +2.38%

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%

2nd/3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 2nd/3rd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd/3rd Line Support in the UK

2nd/3rd 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 2nd/3rd Line Support 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 +142 96 £33,000 -12.00% 15
UK excluding London +60 76 £33,000 -5.71% 11
Work from Home +89 41 £32,500 -13.33% 5
North of England +82 31 £32,500 +18.18% 4
London +93 22 £54,296 +20.66% 4
North East +15 20 £32,500 - 2
South East +12 19 £33,000 -8.97% 3
West Midlands +21 11 £30,000 - 2
Midlands -5 11 £30,000 -17.81% 2
South West -13 10 £50,500 +53.03%
Yorkshire +95 6 £37,000 +34.55% 1
North West +18 5 £32,000 +20.75% 1
East of England - 3 £45,000 - 1
Scotland -65 1 £35,000 +7.69% 1
Wales - 1 £30,000 -

2nd/3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, 2nd/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 featuring 2nd/3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 66 (64.08%) Microsoft
2 64 (62.14%) Windows
2 64 (62.14%) Active Directory
3 60 (58.25%) Azure
4 48 (46.60%) ITIL
5 47 (45.63%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (35.92%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (34.95%) Social Skills
8 35 (33.98%) Firewall
9 32 (31.07%) Incident Management
10 28 (27.18%) Windows Server
11 27 (26.21%) Driving Licence
12 26 (25.24%) Hyper-V
12 26 (25.24%) Microsoft Intune
13 24 (23.30%) Microsoft Exchange
14 23 (22.33%) SQL Server
14 23 (22.33%) SharePoint
15 22 (21.36%) DNS
15 22 (21.36%) VMware
15 22 (21.36%) PowerShell
16 20 (19.42%) SAN
17 19 (18.45%) Enterprise Storage
18 18 (17.48%) Cisco
19 17 (16.50%) Cisco Certification
19 17 (16.50%) VMware Infrastructure
19 17 (16.50%) Organisational Skills
20 16 (15.53%) Azure Certification
20 16 (15.53%) Desktop Virtualisation
20 16 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
20 16 (15.53%) TCP/IP

2nd/3rd 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 24 (23.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (22.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.91%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (6.80%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 60 (58.25%) Azure
2 47 (45.63%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (14.56%) Entra ID
4 10 (9.71%) Google Workspace
4 10 (9.71%) IaaS
5 9 (8.74%) Azure Sentinel
5 9 (8.74%) PaaS
5 9 (8.74%) Power Platform
5 9 (8.74%) SaaS
6 5 (4.85%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.88%) AWS
7 4 (3.88%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.97%) GCP
8 1 (0.97%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 35 (33.98%) Firewall
2 22 (21.36%) DNS
3 20 (19.42%) SAN
4 16 (15.53%) TCP/IP
5 13 (12.62%) DHCP
5 13 (12.62%) WAN
6 10 (9.71%) SD-WAN
7 9 (8.74%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (7.77%) Wireless
9 7 (6.80%) FIX Connectivity
10 6 (5.83%) LAN
10 6 (5.83%) VLAN
10 6 (5.83%) VoIP
11 4 (3.88%) WLAN
12 3 (2.91%) Internet
12 3 (2.91%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (2.91%) VPN
13 2 (1.94%) Ethernet
13 2 (1.94%) SMTP
14 1 (0.97%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (22.33%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.74%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) JIRA
2 1 (0.97%) MSI
General
1 36 (34.95%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.50%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (12.62%) Finance
4 12 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (10.68%) Banking
6 5 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.91%) Games
8 3 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.91%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.94%) Legal
10 1 (0.97%) Law
10 1 (0.97%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.97%) Retail
10 1 (0.97%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.80%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 27 (26.21%) Driving Licence
2 19 (18.45%) Enterprise Storage
3 7 (6.80%) Eurex
4 6 (5.83%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (4.85%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.85%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.88%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.94%) Replication
9 1 (0.97%) Clustering
9 1 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.97%) iPad
9 1 (0.97%) iPhone
9 1 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.97%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 64 (62.14%) Windows
2 28 (27.18%) Windows Server
3 12 (11.65%) Linux
3 12 (11.65%) Windows 10
4 7 (6.80%) CentOS
4 7 (6.80%) Solaris
4 7 (6.80%) Ubuntu
4 7 (6.80%) Unix
4 7 (6.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (5.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (4.85%) Android
6 5 (4.85%) Apple iOS
6 5 (4.85%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.94%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.94%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (46.60%) ITIL
2 32 (31.07%) Incident Management
3 16 (15.53%) Desktop Virtualisation
3 16 (15.53%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (14.56%) Mentoring
5 13 (12.62%) Proactive Maintenance
6 12 (11.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 12 (11.65%) Performance Optimisation
6 12 (11.65%) Process Improvement
6 12 (11.65%) Project Management
6 12 (11.65%) Strategic Planning
7 9 (8.74%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 8 (7.77%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (7.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (6.80%) Client Onboarding
9 7 (6.80%) ERP
10 6 (5.83%) Security Operations
11 5 (4.85%) Customer Service
11 5 (4.85%) Migration
11 5 (4.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.36%) PowerShell
2 13 (12.62%) SQL
3 7 (6.80%) Bash
3 7 (6.80%) JavaScript
3 7 (6.80%) Perl
3 7 (6.80%) Python
3 7 (6.80%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (35.92%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (16.50%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (15.53%) Azure Certification
4 12 (11.65%) CCNP
4 12 (11.65%) MCSE
5 10 (9.71%) SC Cleared
5 10 (9.71%) Security Cleared
6 7 (6.80%) Degree
7 5 (4.85%) CCNA
8 4 (3.88%) MCSA
8 4 (3.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.91%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.94%) GDPR
1 2 (1.94%) PCI DSS
1 2 (1.94%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (62.14%) Active Directory
2 26 (25.24%) Hyper-V
3 17 (16.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.97%) NFS
4 1 (0.97%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.97%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 26 (25.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.88%) Autotask
3 3 (2.91%) SCCM
4 1 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.97%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 66 (64.08%) Microsoft
2 22 (21.36%) VMware
3 18 (17.48%) Cisco
4 8 (7.77%) Datto
4 8 (7.77%) Draytek
5 7 (6.80%) Bloomberg
5 7 (6.80%) CQG
5 7 (6.80%) ION Trading
5 7 (6.80%) Oracle
5 7 (6.80%) Patsystems
5 7 (6.80%) Red Hat
5 7 (6.80%) Reuters
5 7 (6.80%) Trayport
6 6 (5.83%) Google
6 6 (5.83%) Sophos
7 4 (3.88%) CheckPoint
7 4 (3.88%) ESET
7 4 (3.88%) LogicMonitor
7 4 (3.88%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.88%) SolarWinds