2nd Line Support Job Trends in England

Second Line Support
UK > England

The median Second Line Support salary in England is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 307 232 354
Rank change year-on-year -75 +122 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 565 575 494
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.61% 1.32% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 1.46% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 482 546 415
10th Percentile £27,050 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,750 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -3.08% -
75th Percentile £38,000 £35,125 £37,000
90th Percentile £42,000 £38,750 £40,000
UK median annual salary £33,000 £31,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -1.56% -1.54%

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 87,841 39,513 68,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 90.67% 94.85%
Number of salaries quoted 61,676 23,901 47,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +44 170 £30,000 -4.76% 21
North of England -6 119 £32,250 +0.78% 5
London -2 87 £36,000 - 8
Midlands -94 76 £32,000 +4.92% 7
East of England +2 74 £35,000 +18.64% 10
North West +30 64 £31,500 -5.97% 2
Yorkshire -23 55 £35,000 +20.69% 2
East Midlands -65 47 £30,875 +4.66% 4
South West -145 39 £35,000 +11.11% 5
West Midlands -70 29 £32,000 +4.92% 3
2nd Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 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.

1 313 (55.40%) Microsoft
2 306 (54.16%) Microsoft 365
3 278 (49.20%) Windows
4 188 (33.27%) Customer Service
5 167 (29.56%) Active Directory
6 166 (29.38%) Problem-Solving
7 139 (24.60%) Azure
8 121 (21.42%) Windows Server
9 109 (19.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 106 (18.76%) Firewall
11 104 (18.41%) Entra ID
12 88 (15.58%) DNS
12 88 (15.58%) ITIL
13 86 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
14 84 (14.87%) SharePoint
15 78 (13.81%) DHCP
16 74 (13.10%) SLA
17 71 (12.57%) Windows 10
18 66 (11.68%) Service Delivery
19 60 (10.62%) TCP/IP
20 57 (10.09%) VPN
21 56 (9.91%) ITSM
22 55 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
23 52 (9.20%) Wi-Fi
24 50 (8.85%) PowerShell
25 48 (8.50%) Degree
26 46 (8.14%) Hyper-V
27 42 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
28 39 (6.90%) Cisco
29 36 (6.37%) Problem Management

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
1 109 (19.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 84 (14.87%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (0.71%) IIS
4 3 (0.53%) Confluence
5 1 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 55 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Dynamics NAV
1 5 (0.88%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 306 (54.16%) Microsoft 365
2 139 (24.60%) Azure
3 104 (18.41%) Entra ID
4 21 (3.72%) OneDrive
5 20 (3.54%) Power Platform
6 17 (3.01%) AWS
7 13 (2.30%) Google Workspace
8 10 (1.77%) SaaS
9 8 (1.42%) PowerApps
10 7 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (1.06%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.53%) GCP
12 3 (0.53%) IaaS
12 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.53%) PaaS
12 3 (0.53%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.35%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.35%) Azure Storage
13 2 (0.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 1 (0.18%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 106 (18.76%) Firewall
2 88 (15.58%) DNS
3 78 (13.81%) DHCP
4 60 (10.62%) TCP/IP
5 57 (10.09%) VPN
6 52 (9.20%) Wi-Fi
7 33 (5.84%) VoIP
8 29 (5.13%) VLAN
9 26 (4.60%) WAN
10 25 (4.42%) LAN
11 12 (2.12%) Wireless
12 6 (1.06%) Broadband
12 6 (1.06%) IPsec
13 5 (0.88%) ADSL
13 5 (0.88%) SSL
14 4 (0.71%) Internet
14 4 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
15 3 (0.53%) IP Telephony
15 3 (0.53%) NAS
16 2 (0.35%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.59%) Power BI
2 7 (1.24%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (4.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.18%) Carbide.c++
General
1 164 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 28 (4.96%) Legal
3 24 (4.25%) Law
4 21 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (3.54%) Finance
6 15 (2.65%) Telecoms
7 14 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (2.12%) Retail
9 8 (1.42%) Advertising
10 7 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.06%) Billing
12 4 (0.71%) Electronics
12 4 (0.71%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.53%) Marketing
14 2 (0.35%) Military
15 1 (0.18%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.18%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.42%) REST
1 8 (1.42%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 55 (9.73%) Driving Licence
2 31 (5.49%) Onboarding
3 10 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (1.42%) CMDB
5 7 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.06%) EPoS
6 6 (1.06%) iPhone
7 5 (0.88%) Smartphone
7 5 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.53%) IoT
8 3 (0.53%) iPad
8 3 (0.53%) iSeries
8 3 (0.53%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.53%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (0.53%) Wiki
9 2 (0.35%) Housing Association
10 1 (0.18%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.18%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.18%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 278 (49.20%) Windows
2 121 (21.42%) Windows Server
3 71 (12.57%) Windows 10
4 32 (5.66%) Mac OS
5 27 (4.78%) Android
6 16 (2.83%) Apple iOS
7 13 (2.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (1.95%) Linux
8 11 (1.95%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (0.88%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.71%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.35%) AIX
13 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.18%) VMS
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (33.27%) Customer Service
2 166 (29.38%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (15.58%) ITIL
4 66 (11.68%) Service Delivery
5 56 (9.91%) ITSM
6 42 (7.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (6.37%) Problem Management
7 36 (6.37%) Service Management
8 35 (6.19%) Root Cause Analysis
9 31 (5.49%) Mentoring
10 29 (5.13%) Customer Experience
10 29 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
11 28 (4.96%) Project Delivery
12 27 (4.78%) Computer Science
13 26 (4.60%) Project Management
14 25 (4.42%) Incident Management
15 24 (4.25%) User Experience
16 22 (3.89%) Logistics
16 22 (3.89%) Time Management
17 21 (3.72%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 50 (8.85%) PowerShell
2 15 (2.65%) SQL
3 12 (2.12%) JavaScript
4 9 (1.59%) Python
5 4 (0.71%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (8.50%) Degree
2 27 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 24 (4.25%) DBS Check
4 23 (4.07%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.83%) A+ Certification
6 14 (2.48%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.06%) HND
9 4 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.71%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (0.35%) HP APS
11 1 (0.18%) CCNA
11 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (13.10%) SLA
2 5 (0.88%) GDPR
3 3 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 167 (29.56%) Active Directory
2 46 (8.14%) Hyper-V
3 25 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.24%) BitLocker
6 6 (1.06%) Firmware
7 3 (0.53%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.18%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 86 (15.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (5.66%) SCCM
3 13 (2.30%) Autotask
4 10 (1.77%) FortiGate
5 6 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (0.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.53%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.35%) Netcool
Vendors
1 313 (55.40%) Microsoft
2 39 (6.90%) Cisco
3 31 (5.49%) VMware
4 28 (4.96%) ServiceNow
5 27 (4.78%) Meraki
6 20 (3.54%) Fortinet
7 18 (3.19%) SonicWALL
8 13 (2.30%) Ubiquiti
9 12 (2.12%) Google
10 11 (1.95%) SolarWinds
11 10 (1.77%) Veeam
12 8 (1.42%) HP
12 8 (1.42%) Sophos
13 7 (1.24%) Palo Alto
13 7 (1.24%) Qualys
14 6 (1.06%) Freshdesk
14 6 (1.06%) TP-LINK
15 5 (0.88%) ConnectWise
15 5 (0.88%) Datto
15 5 (0.88%) Remedy