1st Line Support Technician Jobs in England

First Line Support Technician
UK > England

The median First Line Support Technician salary in England is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 656 758 907
Rank change year-on-year +102 +149 +180
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Technician 15 73 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.031% 0.085% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.090% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 7 70 13
10th Percentile £25,650 £18,671 £20,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £21,813 £22,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £24,000 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +4.35% +6.98%
75th Percentile £28,250 £25,688 £24,001
90th Percentile £28,550 £28,750 £25,200
UK median annual salary £27,500 £24,000 £23,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% +4.35% +6.98%

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 43,417 81,048 82,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,595 60,528 52,373
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

1st Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Technician in England

1st Line Support Technician
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support Technician in England

1st Line Support Technician
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 Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
Midlands +50 5 £27,500 +10.00%
East Midlands +42 5 £27,500 +10.00%
South East +76 4 £28,000 +19.15% 1
East of England +26 4 £25,000 +4.17%
South West +111 2 - -
1st Line Support Technician
UK

1st Line Support Technician Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 1st Line Support Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 13 (86.67%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (73.33%) Customer Service
3 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
3 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
4 5 (33.33%) Asset Management
4 5 (33.33%) Time Management
5 4 (26.67%) Windows
6 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (20.00%) Digital Signage
6 3 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
7 2 (13.33%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (13.33%) Google
7 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (13.33%) Inventory Management
7 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (13.33%) Google Workspace
7 2 (13.33%) DHCP
7 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
7 2 (13.33%) VPN
7 2 (13.33%) DNS
7 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
8 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
8 1 (6.67%) German Language

1st Line Support Technician 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:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) DHCP
1 2 (13.33%) DNS
1 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
1 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (73.33%) Customer Service
3 5 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 5 (33.33%) Time Management
4 3 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (13.33%) Inventory Management
6 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Google