1st/2nd Line Support Jobs in England

1st/2nd Line Support
UK > England

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary in England is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 788 884
Rank change year-on-year +125 +96 -169
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 160 162 262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 148 152 249
10th Percentile £23,000 £22,500 £21,750
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £24,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,250 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% +8.91%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,750 £32,500
90th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,700
UK median annual salary £30,000 £29,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% +8.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,480 84,673 126,830
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,246 53,649 75,658
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,635 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.45% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%

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

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in England

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in England.

Salary trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in England

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st/2nd Line Support in England

1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support within the England region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
London +123 63 £34,000 +4.62% 4
South East +5 38 £27,750 +0.91% 7
East of England +22 25 £31,000 +10.71% 2
North of England +53 23 £30,000 +9.09% 2
North West +29 21 £29,000 +5.45% 2
Midlands +1 12 £27,000 - 2
East Midlands -14 7 £28,500 +10.68% 1
West Midlands +20 5 £27,000 - 1
Yorkshire +82 2 £30,000 +9.09%
South West -18 2 £24,000 -30.43% 3
1st/2nd Line Support
UK

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, 1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 115 (71.88%) Windows
2 113 (70.63%) Microsoft 365
3 111 (69.38%) Active Directory
4 92 (57.50%) Microsoft
5 84 (52.50%) Social Skills
6 65 (40.63%) Windows 10
7 63 (39.38%) Customer Service
8 46 (28.75%) Microsoft Office
9 41 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (19.38%) Microsoft Exchange
11 29 (18.13%) DNS
12 26 (16.25%) SharePoint
13 25 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
14 23 (14.38%) Azure
14 23 (14.38%) Windows Server
15 22 (13.75%) Finance
16 21 (13.13%) DHCP
16 21 (13.13%) Firewall
17 20 (12.50%) VMware
18 19 (11.88%) Wi-Fi
18 19 (11.88%) EPoS
19 18 (11.25%) Organisational Skills
20 17 (10.63%) SLA
20 17 (10.63%) ITIL
20 17 (10.63%) VLAN
21 16 (10.00%) Entra ID
22 15 (9.38%) Driving Licence
22 15 (9.38%) TCP/IP
22 15 (9.38%) ITSM
23 14 (8.75%) Wireless

1st/2nd 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 31 (19.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (16.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.63%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 46 (28.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.25%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.88%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (1.88%) Shopify
2 2 (1.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 113 (70.63%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (14.38%) Azure
3 16 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 14 (8.75%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.38%) AWS
6 6 (3.75%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.50%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (18.13%) DNS
2 21 (13.13%) DHCP
2 21 (13.13%) Firewall
3 19 (11.88%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (10.63%) VLAN
5 15 (9.38%) TCP/IP
6 14 (8.75%) Wireless
7 9 (5.63%) LAN
8 7 (4.38%) Internet
8 7 (4.38%) VPN
8 7 (4.38%) WAN
9 6 (3.75%) Unified Communications
10 5 (3.13%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (2.50%) ADSL
11 4 (2.50%) Broadband
11 4 (2.50%) Intranet
11 4 (2.50%) VoIP
12 3 (1.88%) Remote Desktop
13 1 (0.63%) Skype
13 1 (0.63%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.75%) Power BI
2 3 (1.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (1.88%) JIRA
General
1 84 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.75%) Finance
4 18 (11.25%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (5.00%) Law
6 7 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.38%) Legal
7 6 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.13%) Publishing
8 5 (3.13%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.88%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.63%) Automotive
10 1 (0.63%) Back Office
10 1 (0.63%) Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.63%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.88%) EPoS
2 15 (9.38%) Driving Licence
3 8 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.75%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (1.88%) Apple TV
6 3 (1.88%) iPhone
6 3 (1.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.63%) CMDB
7 1 (0.63%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.63%) iPad
7 1 (0.63%) Replication
7 1 (0.63%) Tandem
7 1 (0.63%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 115 (71.88%) Windows
2 65 (40.63%) Windows 10
3 23 (14.38%) Windows Server
4 14 (8.75%) Apple iOS
5 13 (8.13%) Android
6 8 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (2.50%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.88%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.25%) Linux
10 2 (1.25%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (39.38%) Customer Service
2 41 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (10.63%) ITIL
4 15 (9.38%) ITSM
5 13 (8.13%) Service Delivery
6 11 (6.88%) Change Management
7 8 (5.00%) Customer Experience
7 8 (5.00%) ERP
7 8 (5.00%) Mobile Device Management
8 7 (4.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (4.38%) Software Deployment
9 6 (3.75%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (3.75%) Email Filtering
9 6 (3.75%) Kalman Filter
9 6 (3.75%) Time Management
9 6 (3.75%) User Experience
10 5 (3.13%) Data Loss Prevention
10 5 (3.13%) Incident Management
10 5 (3.13%) Performance Management
10 5 (3.13%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (8.13%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (5.63%) Degree
3 8 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
4 5 (3.13%) A+ Certification
4 5 (3.13%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.50%) CCNA
5 4 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.50%) MCITP
6 3 (1.88%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.88%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.25%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.63%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.63%) SLA
System Software
1 111 (69.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 5 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.25%) XenApp
5 1 (0.63%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (1.88%) SCCM
3 3 (1.88%) WSUS
4 1 (0.63%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.63%) cPanel
Vendors
1 92 (57.50%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.50%) VMware
3 11 (6.88%) Citrix
4 9 (5.63%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.38%) Cisco
6 6 (3.75%) Apple
7 5 (3.13%) Adobe
7 5 (3.13%) Avaya
8 3 (1.88%) Barracuda Networks
8 3 (1.88%) Google
8 3 (1.88%) HP
8 3 (1.88%) JD Edwards
8 3 (1.88%) NETGEAR
8 3 (1.88%) Oracle
8 3 (1.88%) WatchGuard
9 2 (1.25%) Dell
9 2 (1.25%) Mitel
9 2 (1.25%) Remedy
9 2 (1.25%) Sophos
9 2 (1.25%) Veeam