First Line Help Desk Support Job Trends in England

First Line Help Desk Support
UK > England

The median First Line Help Desk Support salary in England is £29,270 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 January 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 602 658 686
Rank change year-on-year +56 +28 +251
Permanent jobs requiring a First Line Help Desk Support 12 21 37
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.022% 0.044% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.048% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 11 5 36
10th Percentile £24,500 £21,350 £21,125
25th Percentile £26,250 £21,500 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,270 £25,869 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.15% +10.08% -6.00%
75th Percentile - £27,250 £25,000
90th Percentile - £31,900 £27,000
UK median annual salary £27,500 £24,434 £23,500
% change year-on-year +12.55% +3.98% -4.08%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 50,021 44,012 55,228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 92.08% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 31,787 22,968 43,812
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +8.75% -11.72%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £75,419
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.41%

First Line Help Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'First Line Help Desk Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

First Line Help Desk Support job vacancy trend in England

First Line Help Desk Support
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for First Line Help Desk Support job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for First Line Help Desk Support job vacancies in England

First Line Help Desk Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing First Line Help Desk Support within the England region over the 6 months to 24 January 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
London +56 6 £29,270 -16.37% 2
South East +36 5 £27,500 +6.31% 2
North of England +3 1 - - 3
Yorkshire -26 1 - - 1
First Line Help Desk Support
UK

First Line Help Desk Support Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 January 2026, First Line Help Desk 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 England region featuring First Line Help Desk Support in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 10 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Android
2 6 (50.00%) Biometrics
2 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Dell KACE
2 6 (50.00%) Exchequer
2 6 (50.00%) LAN
2 6 (50.00%) PaperCut
2 6 (50.00%) Sophos
2 6 (50.00%) Time Management
2 6 (50.00%) VoIP
2 6 (50.00%) WAN
3 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (25.00%) DHCP
4 3 (25.00%) DNS
4 3 (25.00%) Firewall
4 3 (25.00%) Gamification
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 3 (25.00%) SLA
4 3 (25.00%) WatchGuard
4 3 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
5 2 (16.67%) Degree
5 2 (16.67%) GDPR

First Line Help Desk Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) LAN
1 6 (50.00%) VoIP
1 6 (50.00%) WAN
2 3 (25.00%) DHCP
2 3 (25.00%) DNS
2 3 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Social Housing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Android
2 3 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Biometrics
2 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Time Management
3 4 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 3 (25.00%) Gamification
5 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) Dell KACE
2 6 (50.00%) Sophos
3 3 (25.00%) WatchGuard