1st/2nd Line Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

1st/2nd Line Support
UK > Work from Home

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary in Work from Home is £29,350 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 621 757
Rank change year-on-year +71 +136 -211
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 33 41 87
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.097% 0.097% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.10% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 33 38 82
10th Percentile £22,200 £26,250 £21,650
25th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £25,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,350 £31,500 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.83% +10.53% +21.28%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,750 £33,750
90th Percentile £40,000 £35,675 £42,275
UK median annual salary £30,000 £29,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% +7.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,500 40,685 66,613
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 95.99% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,951 28,924 42,159
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,658 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,429 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

1st/2nd Line Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

1st/2nd Line Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 1st/2nd Line Support.

1st/2nd Line Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 1st/2nd Line Support over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

1st/2nd Line Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 jobs with remote work options featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 24 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 19 (57.58%) Windows
4 16 (48.48%) Active Directory
5 14 (42.42%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (42.42%) Windows 10
5 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
6 13 (39.39%) Customer Service
7 9 (27.27%) SharePoint
7 9 (27.27%) DNS
8 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (24.24%) TCP/IP
8 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (18.18%) VLAN
10 6 (18.18%) Time Management
10 6 (18.18%) LAN
10 6 (18.18%) SLA
11 5 (15.15%) DHCP
11 5 (15.15%) Incident Management
11 5 (15.15%) Finance
11 5 (15.15%) VMware
11 5 (15.15%) Driving Licence
11 5 (15.15%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (12.12%) User Experience
12 4 (12.12%) Android
12 4 (12.12%) Azure
12 4 (12.12%) Firewall
12 4 (12.12%) Wireless
12 4 (12.12%) Telecoms

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (27.27%) SharePoint
2 8 (24.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (42.42%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 24 (72.73%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.12%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
3 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) DNS
2 8 (24.24%) TCP/IP
3 6 (18.18%) LAN
3 6 (18.18%) VLAN
4 5 (15.15%) DHCP
5 4 (12.12%) Firewall
5 4 (12.12%) WAN
5 4 (12.12%) Wireless
6 3 (9.09%) ADSL
6 3 (9.09%) Broadband
6 3 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (9.09%) VPN
7 1 (3.03%) HTTP
7 1 (3.03%) Intranet
7 1 (3.03%) NAS
7 1 (3.03%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Finance
3 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.06%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Electronics
6 1 (3.03%) Law
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Marketing
6 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.03%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) CSS
1 1 (3.03%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Driving Licence
1 5 (15.15%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.09%) Apple TV
2 3 (9.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (3.03%) Fat Client
3 1 (3.03%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 19 (57.58%) Windows
2 14 (42.42%) Windows 10
3 4 (12.12%) Android
4 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Customer Service
2 8 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (18.18%) Time Management
4 5 (15.15%) Incident Management
5 4 (12.12%) User Experience
6 3 (9.09%) Fintech
6 3 (9.09%) Hardware Maintenance
6 3 (9.09%) Inventory Management
6 3 (9.09%) Service Delivery
6 3 (9.09%) Software Deployment
7 2 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (6.06%) Data Protection
7 2 (6.06%) Process Improvement
8 1 (3.03%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (3.03%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (3.03%) Email Filtering
8 1 (3.03%) Kalman Filter
8 1 (3.03%) Mentoring
8 1 (3.03%) Network Monitoring
8 1 (3.03%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (9.09%) CCNA
1 3 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (9.09%) MCITP
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (3.03%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (48.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) VMware
3 4 (12.12%) Apple
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco
4 3 (9.09%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (6.06%) Citrix
5 2 (6.06%) Google
6 1 (3.03%) Acronis
6 1 (3.03%) Dell
6 1 (3.03%) ESET
6 1 (3.03%) Qualys
6 1 (3.03%) SAP
6 1 (3.03%) Sophos