First Line Help Desk Support Jobs in England

First Line Help Desk Support
UK > England

The median First Line Help Desk Support salary in England is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.

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

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 647 778 917
Rank change year-on-year +131 +139 +214
Permanent jobs requiring a First Line Help Desk Support 29 63 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.059% 0.073% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.077% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 23 63 10
10th Percentile £24,125 £21,000 £20,975
25th Percentile £24,250 £22,300 £22,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £24,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -1.60%
75th Percentile £28,750 £25,000 £26,125
90th Percentile £28,950 £25,800 £27,625
UK median annual salary £27,000 £23,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year +14.89% -6.00% -1.60%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 45,035 81,793 81,009
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 94.57% 91.56%
Number of salaries quoted 24,190 60,845 51,652
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

First Line Help Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured First Line Help Desk Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for First Line Help Desk Support in England

First Line Help Desk Support
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing First Line Help Desk Support in England.

Salary trend for First Line Help Desk Support 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 21 May 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
South East +76 10 £28,000 +16.67%
North of England +36 9 £27,000 +28.57% 1
North West -2 8 £27,000 +28.57%
Midlands +53 5 £27,500 +14.58%
East Midlands +40 5 £27,500 +17.02%
South West +116 4 £25,250 +7.10%
Yorkshire +58 1 £27,500 +21.15% 1
East of England +41 1 £23,000 -8.00%
First Line Help Desk Support
UK

First Line Help Desk Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, First Line Help Desk 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 England region featuring First Line Help Desk Support in the job title.

1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 19 (65.52%) Social Skills
3 18 (62.07%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (62.07%) Windows
4 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
5 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (37.93%) Azure
6 10 (34.48%) SLA
7 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
7 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
8 6 (20.69%) Driving Licence
8 6 (20.69%) Windows Server
8 6 (20.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
8 6 (20.69%) Firewall
9 5 (17.24%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (17.24%) Data Protection
9 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (17.24%) LAN
9 5 (17.24%) Ethernet
9 5 (17.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (17.24%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
9 5 (17.24%) Meraki
9 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
10 4 (13.79%) A+ Certification
11 3 (10.34%) Retail
11 3 (10.34%) SaaS
11 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience

First Line Help Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 18 (62.07%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (37.93%) Azure
3 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.34%) SaaS
5 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Firewall
2 5 (17.24%) Ethernet
2 5 (17.24%) LAN
2 5 (17.24%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (17.24%) Wi-Fi
General
1 19 (65.52%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Retail
3 1 (3.45%) Advertising
3 1 (3.45%) Marketing
3 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (62.07%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
2 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
4 5 (17.24%) Data Protection
5 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.45%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) A+ Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (34.48%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
2 5 (17.24%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Meraki
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow