2nd Line Support Job Trends in England

Second Line Support
UK > England

The median Second Line Support salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 July 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 263 338
Rank change year-on-year -31 +75 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 551 527 714
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.64% 1.22% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.35% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 472 499 629
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% - -3.08%
75th Percentile £37,500 £35,125 £36,500
90th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year +3.17% +1.61% -3.13%

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 81,756 38,938 85,020
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.26% 90.41% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 57,481 23,375 62,455
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £52,837
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +5.99% -11.94%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%

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 9 July 2026.

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 9 July 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
South East +68 178 £30,000 -4.76% 17
North of England +6 122 £31,500 +3.28% 6
London +9 87 £36,000 -7.69% 11
East of England +1 71 £35,000 +17.65% 7
North West +37 70 £31,500 -5.97% 1
Midlands -92 57 £30,750 +0.82% 14
Yorkshire -28 50 £30,500 +5.17% 5
South West -134 36 £34,500 +9.52% 11
East Midlands -69 30 £26,750 -9.32% 9
West Midlands -56 27 £30,875 +1.23% 5
North East -49 2 £26,000 -18.75% 1
2nd Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, 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.

1 316 (57.35%) Microsoft
2 312 (56.62%) Microsoft 365
3 287 (52.09%) Windows
4 193 (35.03%) Active Directory
5 181 (32.85%) Customer Service
6 169 (30.67%) Problem-Solving
7 146 (26.50%) Azure
8 130 (23.59%) Windows Server
9 118 (21.42%) Firewall
10 107 (19.42%) Microsoft Exchange
11 99 (17.97%) DNS
12 98 (17.79%) Entra ID
13 96 (17.42%) DHCP
14 87 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
15 86 (15.61%) SharePoint
16 85 (15.43%) Windows 10
17 80 (14.52%) ITIL
18 76 (13.79%) VPN
19 73 (13.25%) Wi-Fi
20 69 (12.52%) SLA
21 63 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
21 63 (11.43%) Service Delivery
22 58 (10.53%) TCP/IP
23 53 (9.62%) PowerShell
24 51 (9.26%) Hyper-V
25 49 (8.89%) Degree
26 45 (8.17%) VoIP
27 44 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
27 44 (7.99%) VLAN
28 42 (7.62%) ITSM

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
1 107 (19.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 86 (15.61%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.73%) Confluence
4 3 (0.54%) IIS
5 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 63 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 312 (56.62%) Microsoft 365
2 146 (26.50%) Azure
3 98 (17.79%) Entra ID
4 22 (3.99%) OneDrive
5 21 (3.81%) Power Platform
6 20 (3.63%) AWS
7 17 (3.09%) Google Workspace
8 10 (1.81%) SaaS
9 8 (1.45%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.27%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.73%) GCP
12 3 (0.54%) IaaS
12 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.54%) PaaS
12 3 (0.54%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.36%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.36%) Azure Storage
13 2 (0.36%) Datadog
13 2 (0.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 118 (21.42%) Firewall
2 99 (17.97%) DNS
3 96 (17.42%) DHCP
4 76 (13.79%) VPN
5 73 (13.25%) Wi-Fi
6 58 (10.53%) TCP/IP
7 45 (8.17%) VoIP
8 44 (7.99%) VLAN
9 41 (7.44%) WAN
10 38 (6.90%) LAN
11 9 (1.63%) Wireless
12 8 (1.45%) Broadband
13 6 (1.09%) DECT
13 6 (1.09%) DSL
13 6 (1.09%) PBX
13 6 (1.09%) Unified Communications
13 6 (1.09%) Wireshark
14 5 (0.91%) ADSL
14 5 (0.91%) IPsec
14 5 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.81%) Power BI
3 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (3.27%) JIRA
2 2 (0.36%) Git
3 1 (0.18%) Carbide.c++
General
1 169 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 23 (4.17%) Telecoms
3 21 (3.81%) Finance
4 20 (3.63%) Legal
5 19 (3.45%) Law
6 13 (2.36%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (2.36%) Retail
7 11 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (1.63%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (1.27%) Advertising
9 7 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.27%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.09%) Billing
10 6 (1.09%) Marketing
11 4 (0.73%) Electronics
11 4 (0.73%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.36%) Back Office
12 2 (0.36%) Banking
12 2 (0.36%) Military
13 1 (0.18%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (0.54%) REST
1 3 (0.54%) SOAP
2 1 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (11.43%) Driving Licence
2 25 (4.54%) Onboarding
3 10 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.45%) EPoS
5 6 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (1.09%) iPhone
5 6 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
6 5 (0.91%) IoT
7 4 (0.73%) Mobile App
7 4 (0.73%) Smartphone
7 4 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (0.73%) Video\Live Streaming
7 4 (0.73%) Wiki
8 3 (0.54%) CMDB
8 3 (0.54%) iSeries
9 2 (0.36%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.18%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.18%) NHS
10 1 (0.18%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 287 (52.09%) Windows
2 130 (23.59%) Windows Server
3 85 (15.43%) Windows 10
4 36 (6.53%) Mac OS
5 32 (5.81%) Android
6 24 (4.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 23 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (3.99%) Apple iOS
9 14 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (1.63%) Linux
11 3 (0.54%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.36%) AIX
12 2 (0.36%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.18%) VMS
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (32.85%) Customer Service
2 169 (30.67%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (14.52%) ITIL
4 63 (11.43%) Service Delivery
5 44 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (7.62%) ITSM
7 35 (6.35%) Cybersecurity
8 32 (5.81%) Mentoring
9 29 (5.26%) Incident Management
9 29 (5.26%) Problem Management
10 28 (5.08%) Service Management
11 25 (4.54%) Customer Experience
11 25 (4.54%) Root Cause Analysis
12 22 (3.99%) Computer Science
12 22 (3.99%) Project Delivery
12 22 (3.99%) Project Management
12 22 (3.99%) Time Management
12 22 (3.99%) User Experience
13 20 (3.63%) Cloud Security
14 18 (3.27%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (9.62%) PowerShell
2 20 (3.63%) SQL
3 9 (1.63%) Python
4 7 (1.27%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.73%) VBScript
6 3 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (8.89%) Degree
2 29 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (3.45%) A+ Certification
4 18 (3.27%) DBS Check
5 17 (3.09%) Security Cleared
6 9 (1.63%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.09%) HND
8 4 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.73%) NVQ Level 3
9 2 (0.36%) HP APS
10 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.18%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (12.52%) SLA
2 6 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.36%) GDPR
4 2 (0.36%) QA
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 193 (35.03%) Active Directory
2 51 (9.26%) Hyper-V
3 23 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (1.45%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.09%) Firmware
7 3 (0.54%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.18%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 87 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (5.44%) SCCM
3 13 (2.36%) Autotask
4 10 (1.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 10 (1.81%) FortiGate
5 4 (0.73%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.36%) Netcool
7 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 316 (57.35%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.26%) Cisco
2 29 (5.26%) VMware
3 22 (3.99%) Meraki
3 22 (3.99%) ServiceNow
4 16 (2.90%) Google
5 13 (2.36%) Fortinet
5 13 (2.36%) SonicWALL
6 12 (2.18%) SolarWinds
7 10 (1.81%) Ubiquiti
8 8 (1.45%) HP
8 8 (1.45%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.45%) Qualys
8 8 (1.45%) Sophos
8 8 (1.45%) Veeam
9 6 (1.09%) Freshdesk
9 6 (1.09%) TP-LINK
10 5 (0.91%) ConnectWise
10 5 (0.91%) Datto
11 4 (0.73%) Remedy