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 30 May 2026.

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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 280 326
Rank change year-on-year +1 +46 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 550 429 710
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.66% 1.11% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 1.24% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 484 408 651
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +1.61% -3.13%
75th Percentile £37,500 £35,250 £35,250
90th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK median annual salary £32,375 £31,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year +2.78% +3.28% -3.17%

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 77,699 34,696 83,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.68% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 52,970 19,964 62,604
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,615 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.48% +9.52% -13.65%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +95 186 £31,000 -1.59% 25
North of England -11 121 £30,000 -1.64% 14
London +6 92 £36,000 -10.00% 12
North West +37 61 £30,000 -10.45% 8
Midlands -82 60 £31,000 +1.64% 3
East of England -3 56 £35,000 +16.67% 10
Yorkshire -34 56 £26,750 -7.76% 5
South West -106 35 £34,500 +9.52% 4
West Midlands -46 32 £31,000 +1.64%
East Midlands -62 24 £26,375 -12.08% 3
North East -47 4 £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 30 May 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.

1 294 (53.45%) Microsoft
1 294 (53.45%) Microsoft 365
2 285 (51.82%) Windows
3 191 (34.73%) Active Directory
4 165 (30.00%) Customer Service
5 163 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
6 159 (28.91%) Azure
7 134 (24.36%) Windows Server
8 110 (20.00%) Firewall
9 100 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
10 99 (18.00%) Entra ID
11 91 (16.55%) DNS
11 91 (16.55%) VPN
12 90 (16.36%) DHCP
13 85 (15.45%) Microsoft Intune
13 85 (15.45%) Windows 10
14 81 (14.73%) SharePoint
15 79 (14.36%) Wi-Fi
16 74 (13.45%) ITIL
17 70 (12.73%) SLA
18 66 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
19 65 (11.82%) WAN
20 58 (10.55%) LAN
21 55 (10.00%) VoIP
22 53 (9.64%) PowerShell
23 52 (9.45%) TCP/IP
24 50 (9.09%) Degree
24 50 (9.09%) Hyper-V
25 47 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
26 46 (8.36%) Mac OS

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
1 100 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 81 (14.73%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.91%) Confluence
4 3 (0.55%) IIS
Applications
1 66 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 294 (53.45%) Microsoft 365
2 159 (28.91%) Azure
3 99 (18.00%) Entra ID
4 28 (5.09%) AWS
5 26 (4.73%) Google Workspace
6 25 (4.55%) OneDrive
7 19 (3.45%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.45%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.45%) SaaS
9 7 (1.27%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.91%) GCP
11 4 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (0.55%) Datadog
12 3 (0.55%) IaaS
12 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.55%) PaaS
12 3 (0.55%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.36%) Azure Storage
14 1 (0.18%) Azure Logic Apps
14 1 (0.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 110 (20.00%) Firewall
2 91 (16.55%) DNS
2 91 (16.55%) VPN
3 90 (16.36%) DHCP
4 79 (14.36%) Wi-Fi
5 65 (11.82%) WAN
6 58 (10.55%) LAN
7 55 (10.00%) VoIP
8 52 (9.45%) TCP/IP
9 42 (7.64%) VLAN
10 18 (3.27%) Wireless
11 9 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
12 8 (1.45%) Broadband
12 8 (1.45%) DECT
12 8 (1.45%) DSL
12 8 (1.45%) PBX
12 8 (1.45%) Unified Communications
12 8 (1.45%) Wireshark
13 6 (1.09%) ADSL
14 5 (0.91%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.45%) Power BI
3 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 20 (3.64%) JIRA
2 3 (0.55%) Git
3 1 (0.18%) Carbide.c++
General
1 165 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 36 (6.55%) Telecoms
3 24 (4.36%) Finance
4 20 (3.64%) Law
5 19 (3.45%) Legal
6 15 (2.73%) Retail
7 13 (2.36%) Marketing
7 13 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.18%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.09%) Advertising
10 6 (1.09%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (1.09%) Electronics
10 6 (1.09%) Public Sector
11 5 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.73%) Back Office
12 4 (0.73%) Billing
13 3 (0.55%) Banking
14 2 (0.36%) Military
15 1 (0.18%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 54 (9.82%) Driving Licence
2 22 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 14 (2.55%) EPoS
4 13 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.00%) IoT
6 8 (1.45%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (0.91%) Mobile App
8 5 (0.91%) Video\Live Streaming
9 4 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.73%) Wiki
10 3 (0.55%) iSeries
11 2 (0.36%) Housing Association
11 2 (0.36%) iPhone
12 1 (0.18%) CCTV
12 1 (0.18%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.18%) Low-Code
12 1 (0.18%) NHS
12 1 (0.18%) Replication
12 1 (0.18%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 285 (51.82%) Windows
2 134 (24.36%) Windows Server
3 85 (15.45%) Windows 10
4 46 (8.36%) Mac OS
5 33 (6.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 32 (5.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 26 (4.73%) Android
8 20 (3.64%) Apple iOS
8 20 (3.64%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.27%) Linux
10 1 (0.18%) AIX
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.18%) VMS
10 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (30.00%) Customer Service
2 163 (29.64%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (13.45%) ITIL
4 47 (8.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 43 (7.82%) Service Delivery
6 36 (6.55%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (6.36%) ITSM
8 34 (6.18%) Mentoring
9 31 (5.64%) Service Management
10 25 (4.55%) Incident Management
11 22 (4.00%) Change Management
11 22 (4.00%) Computer Science
11 22 (4.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 21 (3.82%) Time Management
13 20 (3.64%) Problem Management
14 19 (3.45%) Customer Experience
15 17 (3.09%) Project Delivery
15 17 (3.09%) Project Management
16 16 (2.91%) Task Automation
16 16 (2.91%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 53 (9.64%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.45%) SQL
3 9 (1.64%) Python
4 4 (0.73%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.36%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (9.09%) Degree
2 30 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (3.64%) A+ Certification
4 17 (3.09%) Security Cleared
5 14 (2.55%) SC Cleared
6 13 (2.36%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (0.73%) HND
9 4 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.73%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (0.36%) HP APS
10 2 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.18%) CCNA
11 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (12.73%) SLA
2 11 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (0.73%) NIST
4 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.55%) GDPR
4 3 (0.55%) QA
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 191 (34.73%) Active Directory
2 50 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 17 (3.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 9 (1.64%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.55%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.36%) Firmware
8 1 (0.18%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 85 (15.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (4.73%) SCCM
3 16 (2.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (2.18%) Autotask
5 7 (1.27%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.73%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.73%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.18%) Netcool
Vendors
1 294 (53.45%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.55%) Google
3 23 (4.18%) VMware
4 21 (3.82%) Meraki
5 20 (3.64%) Cisco
6 16 (2.91%) Apple
7 12 (2.18%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.00%) Fortinet
8 11 (2.00%) SolarWinds
9 10 (1.82%) HP
9 10 (1.82%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.45%) Qualys
10 8 (1.45%) SonicWALL
10 8 (1.45%) Sophos
10 8 (1.45%) Ubiquiti
10 8 (1.45%) Veeam
11 6 (1.09%) TP-LINK
12 5 (0.91%) Samsung
13 4 (0.73%) Aruba
13 4 (0.73%) Sage