3rd Line Support Jobs in Bristol

Third Line Support
South West > Bristol

The median Third Line Support salary in Bristol is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 155 -
Rank change year-on-year +66 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 8 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.64% 0.12% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.12% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £43,225 £30,500 -
25th Percentile £46,750 £31,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £35,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +51.43% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 £37,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £43,750 £43,750 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +25.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,170 3,266 2,279
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.23% 97.09% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 857 2,376 1,510
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,000 £85,000 £86,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in Bristol

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support in Bristol.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support in Bristol

3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support in Bristol

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 10 July 2025, 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 across the Bristol region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) IIS
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) DHCP
1 8 (100.00%) DNS
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
1 8 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2019
2 7 (87.50%) WAN
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 10
2 7 (87.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (87.50%) Internet
2 7 (87.50%) PKI
2 7 (87.50%) WSUS
2 7 (87.50%) Law
2 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (87.50%) SLA
2 7 (87.50%) Kerberos
2 7 (87.50%) LDAP
2 7 (87.50%) LAN
2 7 (87.50%) VB
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 8 (100.00%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) DHCP
1 8 (100.00%) DNS
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Internet
2 7 (87.50%) Kerberos
2 7 (87.50%) LAN
2 7 (87.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (12.50%) IPsec
3 1 (12.50%) VLAN
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (87.50%) Law
3 1 (12.50%) Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (87.50%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 7 (87.50%) Windows 10
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (12.50%) Linux
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (87.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Coaching
2 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Migration
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
2 1 (12.50%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 1 (12.50%) Server Building
2 1 (12.50%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PowerShell
2 7 (87.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ACMT
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (87.50%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (87.50%) WSUS
2 1 (12.50%) Autotask
2 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Datto
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Sophos
2 1 (12.50%) Veeam
2 1 (12.50%) VMware