1st Line Support Engineer Job Trends in East Sussex

First Line Support Engineer
South East > East Sussex

The median First Line Support Engineer salary in East Sussex is £26,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - 68
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.25% - 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24,800
25th Percentile £25,500 - £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 - £30,000
75th Percentile £26,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £26,500 £27,500 £24,500
% change year-on-year -3.64% +12.24% +4.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 384 486 580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 95.29% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 188 357 476
10th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.84% -0.91% -

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

1st Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in East Sussex

1st Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support Engineer job vacancies in East Sussex

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 20 October 2025. 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
Hove - 1 £26,000 - 2
1st Line Support Engineer
South East

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, 1st Line Support Engineer 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 Sussex region featuring 1st Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

1st Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft