1st Line Support Jobs in England

First Line Support
UK > England

The median First Line Support salary in England is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 416 409 517
Rank change year-on-year -7 +108 +141
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 293 528 452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.60% 0.61% 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.65% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 229 503 326
10th Percentile £22,750 £21,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £22,500 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,750
90th Percentile £37,500 £29,500 £32,000
UK median annual salary £27,000 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% - +4.17%

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 44,665 81,175 81,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.55% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,293 60,496 51,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,519 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line 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 1st Line Support within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 +45 87 £26,500 +6.00% 31
Midlands +10 63 £27,500 +10.00% 6
East of England +46 49 £26,375 +5.50% 5
North of England +3 49 £24,500 +4.26% 12
East Midlands +17 41 £27,500 +10.00% 4
London +64 34 £33,750 +3.85% 23
North West -14 29 £24,000 +1.05% 8
West Midlands +20 22 £27,500 +10.00% 2
Yorkshire +43 17 £28,000 +19.15% 4
South West +72 12 £26,000 +8.33% 7
North East +42 3 £27,000 +22.73%
1st Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 1st Line 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 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 163 (55.63%) Social Skills
2 160 (54.61%) Customer Service
3 152 (51.88%) Microsoft
4 143 (48.81%) Windows
5 119 (40.61%) Microsoft 365
6 112 (38.23%) Problem-Solving
7 108 (36.86%) Active Directory
8 69 (23.55%) Microsoft Office
9 48 (16.38%) Windows Server
9 48 (16.38%) Azure
10 38 (12.97%) VoIP
11 34 (11.60%) Service Delivery
11 34 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
12 32 (10.92%) Windows 10
13 30 (10.24%) SLA
14 29 (9.90%) Microsoft Certification
15 28 (9.56%) Entra ID
15 28 (9.56%) Microsoft Exchange
15 28 (9.56%) ITIL
16 26 (8.87%) Firewall
17 25 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
18 24 (8.19%) Microsoft Excel
19 23 (7.85%) Telecoms
19 23 (7.85%) Time Management
20 22 (7.51%) CRM
20 22 (7.51%) LAN
21 20 (6.83%) Wi-Fi
21 20 (6.83%) Onboarding
22 19 (6.48%) SharePoint
23 18 (6.14%) VPN

1st Line 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 28 (9.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (6.48%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.39%) WordPress
4 5 (1.71%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (1.37%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.37%) IBM Domino
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Joomla!
Applications
1 69 (23.55%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (8.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 119 (40.61%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (16.38%) Azure
3 28 (9.56%) Entra ID
4 13 (4.44%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (1.71%) AWS
6 5 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (1.71%) GCP
7 3 (1.02%) SaaS
8 2 (0.68%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.68%) IaaS
8 2 (0.68%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.34%) GitHub
9 1 (0.34%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (12.97%) VoIP
2 26 (8.87%) Firewall
3 22 (7.51%) LAN
4 20 (6.83%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (6.14%) VPN
6 13 (4.44%) TCP/IP
7 12 (4.10%) DNS
8 11 (3.75%) DHCP
8 11 (3.75%) Remote Desktop
9 6 (2.05%) Ethernet
9 6 (2.05%) WAN
10 5 (1.71%) BGP
10 5 (1.71%) OSPF
11 3 (1.02%) Broadband
11 3 (1.02%) VLAN
11 3 (1.02%) WebEx
12 2 (0.68%) Wireless
13 1 (0.34%) Internet
13 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.68%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Git
1 1 (0.34%) JIRA
General
1 163 (55.63%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (7.85%) Telecoms
4 17 (5.80%) Law
5 15 (5.12%) Legal
6 14 (4.78%) Finance
7 11 (3.75%) Pharmaceutical
8 8 (2.73%) Spanish Language
9 7 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.05%) German Language
10 6 (2.05%) Retail
11 5 (1.71%) Automotive
11 5 (1.71%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.71%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.37%) Electronics
12 4 (1.37%) Marketing
13 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.34%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.39%) CSS
1 7 (2.39%) HTML
2 3 (1.02%) XMPP
3 1 (0.34%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.34%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.34%) Nuxt
3 1 (0.34%) Sass
3 1 (0.34%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.83%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.80%) Driving Licence
3 12 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.75%) EPoS
5 8 (2.73%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.05%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.71%) IoT
8 3 (1.02%) Digital Signage
8 3 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.34%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.34%) PlayStation
10 1 (0.34%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 143 (48.81%) Windows
2 48 (16.38%) Windows Server
3 32 (10.92%) Windows 10
4 13 (4.44%) Mac OS
5 9 (3.07%) Windows 7
6 8 (2.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.71%) Android
7 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (54.61%) Customer Service
2 112 (38.23%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (11.60%) Service Delivery
4 28 (9.56%) ITIL
5 25 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (7.85%) Time Management
7 22 (7.51%) CRM
8 18 (6.14%) Customer-Centricity
8 18 (6.14%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (5.46%) Customer Experience
9 16 (5.46%) ITSM
10 14 (4.78%) Mentoring
11 13 (4.44%) Asset Management
11 13 (4.44%) Case Management
11 13 (4.44%) Data Protection
11 13 (4.44%) Service Management
12 11 (3.75%) Change Management
12 11 (3.75%) Coaching
12 11 (3.75%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 10 (3.41%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (2.39%) JavaScript
1 7 (2.39%) PHP
2 6 (2.05%) SQL
3 5 (1.71%) C#
4 2 (0.68%) VB
4 2 (0.68%) VBA
5 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (9.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (5.80%) A+ Certification
3 15 (5.12%) Degree
4 12 (4.10%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.10%) Security Cleared
5 6 (2.05%) CCNA
5 6 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (2.05%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.34%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.24%) SLA
2 8 (2.73%) GDPR
3 4 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.68%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 108 (36.86%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.78%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (2.39%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (5.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.71%) Terraform
3 4 (1.37%) SCCM
4 3 (1.02%) Autotask
5 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 152 (51.88%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.12%) Cisco
3 14 (4.78%) Meraki
4 11 (3.75%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.39%) Google
6 6 (2.05%) VMware
7 5 (1.71%) Citrix
7 5 (1.71%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.71%) Juniper
7 5 (1.71%) Sage
8 4 (1.37%) IBM
9 2 (0.68%) ConnectWise
9 2 (0.68%) Logitech
10 1 (0.34%) Apple
10 1 (0.34%) Datto
10 1 (0.34%) HP
10 1 (0.34%) Nexthink
10 1 (0.34%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.34%) SAP
10 1 (0.34%) Yardi