1st/2nd Line Support Technician Job Trends in England

1st/2nd Line Support Technician
UK > England

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Technician salary in England is £28,150 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 597 671 678
Rank change year-on-year +74 +7 +294
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Technician 8 12 3
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.015% 0.024% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.026% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 3
10th Percentile £25,780 £26,600 £24,050
25th Percentile £26,650 £26,750 £24,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,150 £28,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.54% +1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £30,563 £30,250 £28,750
90th Percentile £31,200 £31,000 -
UK median annual salary £28,150 £28,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +0.54% +1.82% +10.00%

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 47,490 46,476 43,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 93.22% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,835 24,852 34,063
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

1st/2nd Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st/2nd Line Support Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

1st/2nd Line Support Technician job vacancy trend in England

1st/2nd Line Support Technician
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Technician job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Technician job vacancies in England

1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support Technician within the England region over the 6 months to 28 December 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 +26 4 £27,300 -0.73% 5
North of England - 4 £29,000 -
Yorkshire - 3 £29,000 -
North West - 1 £31,500 -
1st/2nd Line Support Technician
UK

1st/2nd Line Support Technician Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, 1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support Technician in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Innovation
2 3 (37.50%) LAN
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) WAN
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (25.00%) VLAN
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) WLAN
4 1 (12.50%) Apple
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Facebook
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (12.50%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP

1st/2nd 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) VLAN
2 2 (25.00%) WLAN
3 1 (12.50%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
3 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Manufacturing
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
2 3 (37.50%) Digital Innovation
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) Facebook