1st/2nd Line Support Technician Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

1st/2nd Line Support Technician
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Technician salary in Cambridgeshire is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Technician 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.095% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 - -
75th Percentile £29,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £28,500 - £31,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 961 549 1,273
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 92.42% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 647 314 992
10th Percentile £29,550 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,988 £81,600 £83,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +9.09% -10.00%

1st/2nd Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st/2nd Line Support Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

1st/2nd Line Support Technician job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

1st/2nd Line Support Technician
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Technician job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Technician job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

1st/2nd Line Support Technician
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Technician within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Peterborough - 1 £28,500 - 1
1st/2nd Line Support Technician
East of England

1st/2nd Line Support Technician Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, 1st/2nd Line Support Technician job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Acronis
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012

1st/2nd Line Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Acronis
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam