1st Line Support Technician Job Trends in England

First Line Support Technician
UK > England

The median First Line Support Technician salary in England is £25,634 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 653 660
Rank change year-on-year +74 +7 +280
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Technician 38 26 20
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.072% 0.054% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.058% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 38 9 19
10th Percentile £24,000 £24,400 £21,850
25th Percentile £24,531 £25,000 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,634 £26,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.41% +8.33% +2.13%
75th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £25,875
90th Percentile £28,750 - £27,700
UK median annual salary £25,768 £26,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year -0.89% +8.33% +2.13%

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 48,032 44,628 46,871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.90% 92.71% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 30,380 23,318 36,700
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

1st Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

1st Line Support Technician job vacancy trend in England

1st Line Support Technician
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support Technician job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support Technician job vacancies 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 14 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
Midlands +27 12 £25,500 - 1
South East +44 9 £26,000 -7.14% 3
East Midlands -6 8 £24,000 -
North of England +8 6 £24,750 - 3
North West - 6 £24,750 - 2
South West - 6 £25,384 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £25,500 - 1
London - 4 £27,500 - 2
East of England +14 1 £27,000 +3.85% 2
1st Line Support Technician
UK

1st Line Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, 1st Line Support Technician 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 1st Line Support Technician in the job title.

1 28 (73.68%) Customer Service
2 22 (57.89%) Microsoft
3 15 (39.47%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (31.58%) Windows
5 9 (23.68%) ITIL
5 9 (23.68%) Time Management
6 7 (18.42%) Customer-Centricity
6 7 (18.42%) Mathematics
7 6 (15.79%) DHCP
7 6 (15.79%) DNS
7 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (13.16%) CRM
8 5 (13.16%) Google
8 5 (13.16%) SaaS
8 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
8 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
9 4 (10.53%) A+ Certification
9 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
9 4 (10.53%) Apple
9 4 (10.53%) Google Workspace
9 4 (10.53%) Mac OS
9 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (7.89%) Data Cleansing
10 3 (7.89%) ECDL
10 3 (7.89%) Information Management

1st Line Support Technician 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:

Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (39.47%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (13.16%) SaaS
3 4 (10.53%) Google Workspace
4 1 (2.63%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) DHCP
1 6 (15.79%) DNS
2 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
3 4 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.63%) Firewall
General
1 25 (65.79%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (7.89%) Law
3 3 (7.89%) Legal
3 3 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 10 (26.32%) Onboarding
2 6 (15.79%) Driving Licence
3 5 (13.16%) EPoS
4 3 (7.89%) LIMS
4 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.89%) NHS
4 3 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (31.58%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Mac OS
3 3 (7.89%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (73.68%) Customer Service
2 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (23.68%) ITIL
3 9 (23.68%) Time Management
4 7 (18.42%) Customer-Centricity
4 7 (18.42%) Mathematics
5 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (13.16%) CRM
5 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
6 3 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (7.89%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (7.89%) Information Management
6 3 (7.89%) Process Improvement
7 2 (5.26%) Customer Experience
7 2 (5.26%) Customer-Centric Approach
7 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (2.63%) Change Control
8 1 (2.63%) ITSM
8 1 (2.63%) Scorecard
8 1 (2.63%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) A+ Certification
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (7.89%) ECDL
3 2 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) GDPR
1 2 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.63%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 22 (57.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) Google
3 4 (10.53%) Apple
4 1 (2.63%) Freshdesk
4 1 (2.63%) VMware