1st Line Support Analyst Jobs in England

First Line Support Analyst
UK > England

The median First Line Support Analyst salary in England is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 723 808
Rank change year-on-year +158 +85 +154
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Analyst 98 111 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.13% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 77 107 93
10th Percentile £22,425 £21,000 £20,800
25th Percentile £24,125 £23,000 £22,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £25,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -1.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £28,750
90th Percentile £40,250 £36,000 £35,000
UK median annual salary £27,000 £25,500 £26,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -1.92% +4.00%

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 43,876 81,927 80,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.56% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 23,003 60,951 51,092
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,626
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,313
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

1st Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in England

1st Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst in England.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in England

1st Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support Analyst in England

1st Line Support Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England +44 29 £27,000 +12.50% 2
East of England +53 22 £26,250 +11.70% 1
Midlands +88 19 £29,000 +10.48% 2
South East +70 16 £25,000 -1.96% 4
North West +6 15 £22,850 +8.81% 1
Yorkshire +59 14 £28,000 +14.29% 1
East Midlands +44 10 £32,250 +24.04% 1
West Midlands +76 9 £29,000 +9.43% 1
London +86 8 £42,500 +30.77% 2
South West +107 4 £25,250 +7.45%
1st Line Support Analyst
UK

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, 1st Line Support Analyst 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 1st Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 69 (70.41%) Microsoft
2 63 (64.29%) Social Skills
3 61 (62.24%) Customer Service
4 58 (59.18%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (41.84%) Active Directory
6 38 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (36.73%) Windows
8 25 (25.51%) Microsoft Office
9 24 (24.49%) Azure
10 23 (23.47%) Firewall
10 23 (23.47%) VoIP
11 22 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
12 21 (21.43%) Service Delivery
13 18 (18.37%) Telecoms
14 17 (17.35%) Windows Server
15 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (15.31%) A+ Certification
16 15 (15.31%) Law
16 15 (15.31%) Microsoft Intune
16 15 (15.31%) Windows 10
16 15 (15.31%) Entra ID
17 13 (13.27%) Case Management
18 12 (12.24%) Customer-Centricity
18 12 (12.24%) Time Management
18 12 (12.24%) EPoS
18 12 (12.24%) Pharmaceutical
18 12 (12.24%) CRM
19 11 (11.22%) Service Management
19 11 (11.22%) Finance
20 10 (10.20%) Cybersecurity

1st Line Support Analyst 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 10 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (10.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (25.51%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 58 (59.18%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (24.49%) Azure
3 15 (15.31%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (5.10%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (23.47%) Firewall
1 23 (23.47%) VoIP
2 3 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.04%) LAN
3 2 (2.04%) WAN
4 1 (1.02%) Wireless
General
1 63 (64.29%) Social Skills
2 22 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (18.37%) Telecoms
4 15 (15.31%) Law
5 12 (12.24%) Pharmaceutical
6 11 (11.22%) Finance
7 8 (8.16%) Spanish Language
8 7 (7.14%) Legal
9 2 (2.04%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.24%) EPoS
2 6 (6.12%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (4.08%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 36 (36.73%) Windows
2 17 (17.35%) Windows Server
3 15 (15.31%) Windows 10
4 6 (6.12%) Mac OS
4 6 (6.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (62.24%) Customer Service
2 38 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (21.43%) Service Delivery
4 13 (13.27%) Case Management
5 12 (12.24%) CRM
5 12 (12.24%) Customer-Centricity
5 12 (12.24%) Time Management
6 11 (11.22%) Service Management
7 10 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (9.18%) ITIL
8 9 (9.18%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 8 (8.16%) ITSM
10 6 (6.12%) Preventative Maintenance
10 6 (6.12%) Server Management
11 5 (5.10%) Change Management
11 5 (5.10%) Logistics
11 5 (5.10%) Mentoring
12 3 (3.06%) Analytical Thinking
12 3 (3.06%) ERP
12 3 (3.06%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (15.31%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.08%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (41.84%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (15.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 69 (70.41%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.10%) Sage
3 2 (2.04%) ServiceNow