1st Line Support Job Trends in the East Midlands

First Line Support
England > East Midlands

The median First Line Support salary in the East Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 84 149
Rank change year-on-year -66 +65 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 25 58 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.39% 2.52% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 2.70% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 17 53 12
10th Percentile £27,050 £15,704 -
25th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £27,000 £25,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +6.93% -8.18%
75th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £26,625
90th Percentile - £29,250 £27,000
England median annual salary £28,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year +1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 5,931 2,151 3,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.70% 93.44% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,832 1,243 2,115
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.35% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £58,015 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.48% - -8.33%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st Line Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

1st Line Support job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support job vacancies in the East Midlands

1st Line Support
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Northamptonshire -6 10 £28,000 +1.82% 1
Nottinghamshire -23 8 £30,500 +11.93%
Derbyshire -10 5 £28,500 +5.56% 1
Lincolnshire -21 1 - -
Leicestershire -48 1 £34,010 +19.33%
1st Line Support
England

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, 1st Line Support 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 East Midlands region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 10 (40.00%) SLA
2 9 (36.00%) ITIL
3 8 (32.00%) Customer Service
3 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (32.00%) Windows
4 6 (24.00%) Firewall
4 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 5 (20.00%) ITSM
5 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (12.00%) Asset Management
6 3 (12.00%) AWS
6 3 (12.00%) Azure
6 3 (12.00%) CCNA
6 3 (12.00%) CCNP
6 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (12.00%) Draytek
6 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
6 3 (12.00%) ESET
6 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
6 3 (12.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (12.00%) Internet
6 3 (12.00%) IP Telephony
6 3 (12.00%) Linux
6 3 (12.00%) Mac OS
6 3 (12.00%) Mathematics
6 3 (12.00%) MCSA

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (12.00%) AWS
2 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Firewall
2 3 (12.00%) Internet
2 3 (12.00%) IP Telephony
2 3 (12.00%) Network Security
2 3 (12.00%) VLAN
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.00%) Aviation
2 3 (12.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (12.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (32.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.00%) Mac OS
2 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) ITIL
2 8 (32.00%) Customer Service
3 5 (20.00%) ITSM
3 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.00%) Asset Management
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (12.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (12.00%) Mathematics
4 3 (12.00%) Migration
5 2 (8.00%) Patch Management
5 2 (8.00%) Service Management
6 1 (4.00%) Change Control
6 1 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.00%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (12.00%) CCNA
2 3 (12.00%) CCNP
2 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (12.00%) MCSA
2 3 (12.00%) MCSE
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (8.00%) A+ Certification
4 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (40.00%) SLA
2 3 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Draytek
2 3 (12.00%) ESET
2 3 (12.00%) Mitel
2 3 (12.00%) Ubiquiti
2 3 (12.00%) VMware
2 3 (12.00%) WatchGuard
3 1 (4.00%) Computacenter