2nd Line Support Job Trends in England

Second Line Support
UK > England

The median Second Line Support salary in England is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 362 246
Rank change year-on-year +149 -116 +162
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 552 367 530
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.07% 0.72% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 0.77% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 517 258 489
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +3.08% +3.17%
75th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,000
90th Percentile £40,250 £45,000 £43,000
UK median annual salary £32,000 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.48% +3.08% +3.17%

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 46,760 47,653 41,166
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.43% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 29,322 25,743 32,277
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

2nd Line Support job vacancy trend in England

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in England

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support in England

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 2nd Line Support within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Midlands +107 158 £30,000 -11.76% 7
South East +68 143 £32,750 +0.77% 44
East Midlands +57 101 £30,000 -11.76% 2
South West +64 78 £31,500 -5.97% 9
North of England +58 78 £30,000 -4.76% 17
London +27 55 £38,000 - 13
West Midlands +72 54 £31,500 -10.00% 5
East of England +19 40 £33,500 +4.69% 9
North West +44 39 £30,000 -7.69% 8
Yorkshire +3 39 £30,000 - 9
2nd Line Support
UK

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 2nd Line Support 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 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 288 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 286 (51.81%) Windows
3 277 (50.18%) Microsoft 365
4 228 (41.30%) Active Directory
5 212 (38.41%) Problem-Solving
6 168 (30.43%) Azure
7 164 (29.71%) Customer Service
8 154 (27.90%) Windows Server
9 141 (25.54%) Firewall
10 133 (24.09%) DNS
11 122 (22.10%) DHCP
12 120 (21.74%) VPN
13 117 (21.20%) Mentoring
14 110 (19.93%) SLA
15 102 (18.48%) Windows 10
16 99 (17.93%) Entra ID
16 99 (17.93%) ITIL
17 98 (17.75%) Microsoft Intune
18 96 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
19 89 (16.12%) SQL
20 83 (15.04%) Microsoft Exchange
21 79 (14.31%) SharePoint
21 79 (14.31%) TCP/IP
22 76 (13.77%) VLAN
23 74 (13.41%) Hyper-V
24 72 (13.04%) VMware
25 63 (11.41%) Security Cleared
26 62 (11.23%) Microsoft Office
27 59 (10.69%) LAN
28 55 (9.96%) WAN

2nd Line Support 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 83 (15.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 79 (14.31%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.81%) IIS
4 6 (1.09%) Confluence
4 6 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 62 (11.23%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.72%) CATIA
5 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 277 (50.18%) Microsoft 365
2 168 (30.43%) Azure
3 99 (17.93%) Entra ID
4 49 (8.88%) SaaS
5 25 (4.53%) OneDrive
6 22 (3.99%) AWS
7 18 (3.26%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.54%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.36%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.36%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.18%) Datadog
11 1 (0.18%) GCP
11 1 (0.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 141 (25.54%) Firewall
2 133 (24.09%) DNS
3 122 (22.10%) DHCP
4 120 (21.74%) VPN
5 79 (14.31%) TCP/IP
6 76 (13.77%) VLAN
7 59 (10.69%) LAN
8 55 (9.96%) WAN
9 50 (9.06%) Remote Desktop
10 45 (8.15%) Wi-Fi
11 33 (5.98%) Wireless
12 28 (5.07%) VoIP
13 10 (1.81%) IPsec
14 8 (1.45%) Internet
15 6 (1.09%) PBX
15 6 (1.09%) Unified Communications
16 5 (0.91%) Cisco IOS
16 5 (0.91%) Intranet
16 5 (0.91%) Kerberos
16 5 (0.91%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (2.54%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.45%) MySQL
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.36%) Power BI
5 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.18%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 21 (3.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.18%) Git
General
1 289 (52.36%) Social Skills
2 66 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (10.69%) Law
4 54 (9.78%) Marketing
5 53 (9.60%) Retail
6 31 (5.62%) Finance
7 28 (5.07%) Telecoms
8 25 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
9 24 (4.35%) Manufacturing
10 20 (3.62%) Legal
11 16 (2.90%) Advertising
12 13 (2.36%) Public Sector
13 9 (1.63%) Electronics
14 5 (0.91%) Games
14 5 (0.91%) Local Government
14 5 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.91%) Police
15 4 (0.72%) Dutch Language
15 4 (0.72%) French Language
15 4 (0.72%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.91%) LDAP
1 5 (0.91%) Software Packaging
2 3 (0.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 109 (19.75%) Driving Licence
2 68 (12.32%) Onboarding
3 17 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 8 (1.45%) iPhone
6 6 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (0.91%) Clustering
7 5 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (0.91%) iSeries
7 5 (0.91%) NHS
7 5 (0.91%) PKI
7 5 (0.91%) Social Media
8 4 (0.72%) Client/Server
8 4 (0.72%) IoT
8 4 (0.72%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.72%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.54%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 286 (51.81%) Windows
2 154 (27.90%) Windows Server
3 102 (18.48%) Windows 10
4 42 (7.61%) Windows Server 2019
5 27 (4.89%) Apple iOS
5 27 (4.89%) Mac OS
6 25 (4.53%) Android
6 25 (4.53%) Linux
7 18 (3.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.09%) Windows 7
8 6 (1.09%) Windows 8
9 5 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.54%) AIX
10 3 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (38.41%) Problem-Solving
2 164 (29.71%) Customer Service
3 117 (21.20%) Mentoring
4 99 (17.93%) ITIL
5 96 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (9.42%) CRM
7 50 (9.06%) Logistics
7 50 (9.06%) Service Delivery
8 48 (8.70%) ITSM
9 46 (8.33%) Incident Management
10 44 (7.97%) Analytical Thinking
10 44 (7.97%) Data Privacy
10 44 (7.97%) ERP
11 42 (7.61%) Root Cause Analysis
12 39 (7.07%) E-Commerce
13 36 (6.52%) Mobile Device Management
14 33 (5.98%) Cybersecurity
15 32 (5.80%) Service Management
16 31 (5.62%) Patch Management
17 28 (5.07%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (16.12%) SQL
2 39 (7.07%) C#
3 37 (6.70%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.91%) Bicep
4 5 (0.91%) VB
5 4 (0.72%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.18%) Python
6 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 63 (11.41%) Security Cleared
2 54 (9.78%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 36 (6.52%) Degree
5 23 (4.17%) MCP
6 17 (3.08%) Azure Certification
7 15 (2.72%) MCSE
8 14 (2.54%) MCSA
9 12 (2.17%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (1.99%) CCNA
10 11 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.99%) MCITP
11 10 (1.81%) CCA
11 10 (1.81%) Citrix Certification
12 8 (1.45%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.91%) A+ Certification
15 5 (0.91%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (19.93%) SLA
2 34 (6.16%) QA
3 18 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (3.26%) GDPR
4 11 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.36%) NIST
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 228 (41.30%) Active Directory
2 74 (13.41%) Hyper-V
3 53 (9.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (1.09%) Firmware
7 5 (0.91%) Docker
7 5 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.72%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 98 (17.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (5.07%) SCCM
3 22 (3.99%) Autotask
4 20 (3.62%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (0.91%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.91%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.91%) MaaS360
5 5 (0.91%) PaperCut
5 5 (0.91%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.91%) WSUS
6 3 (0.54%) Netcool
7 1 (0.18%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 288 (52.17%) Microsoft
2 72 (13.04%) VMware
3 48 (8.70%) Cisco
4 34 (6.16%) Apple
5 24 (4.35%) Datto
6 21 (3.80%) Meraki
7 18 (3.26%) Samsung
8 16 (2.90%) Sophos
9 15 (2.72%) Citrix
9 15 (2.72%) Google
10 12 (2.17%) HP
10 12 (2.17%) Veeam
11 9 (1.63%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.45%) McAfee
12 8 (1.45%) Oracle
12 8 (1.45%) SAP
12 8 (1.45%) SolarWinds
13 7 (1.27%) Adobe
13 7 (1.27%) Aruba
14 6 (1.09%) Fortinet