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 26 September 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 240 368
Rank change year-on-year -105 +128 -82
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 536 560 455
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.52% 1.30% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.43% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 454 532 311
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,844 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -5.97% +3.08%
75th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £45,000
UK median annual salary £33,500 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +6.35% -3.08% -

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 96,260 39,089 64,754
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 90.45% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,768 23,344 38,067
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,852 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 26 September 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 26 September 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 +8 155 £30,000 -4.76% 24
North of England +9 122 £32,125 -1.15% 9
London -23 81 £36,000 +1.41% 22
Midlands -117 77 £32,500 +6.56% 13
North West +23 71 £32,000 -3.40% 7
East of England -7 70 £35,000 +18.64% 9
Yorkshire -21 51 £35,000 +16.67% 2
East Midlands -86 44 £33,500 +11.67% 3
West Midlands -72 33 £32,500 +4.84% 10
South West -162 31 £35,000 +11.11% 4
2nd Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 September 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.

1 314 (58.58%) Microsoft
2 303 (56.53%) Microsoft 365
3 280 (52.24%) Windows
4 190 (35.45%) Customer Service
5 166 (30.97%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (30.22%) Active Directory
7 128 (23.88%) Azure
7 128 (23.88%) Entra ID
8 118 (22.01%) Windows Server
9 116 (21.64%) Microsoft Exchange
10 113 (21.08%) Firewall
11 99 (18.47%) DNS
12 94 (17.54%) SharePoint
13 85 (15.86%) Microsoft Intune
14 84 (15.67%) DHCP
15 73 (13.62%) ITIL
16 71 (13.25%) TCP/IP
17 67 (12.50%) Windows 10
18 66 (12.31%) VPN
19 65 (12.13%) Service Delivery
20 55 (10.26%) SLA
21 49 (9.14%) ITSM
22 46 (8.58%) Wi-Fi
23 44 (8.21%) Degree
24 43 (8.02%) VLAN
25 41 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
26 40 (7.46%) VMware
27 38 (7.09%) Hyper-V
28 33 (6.16%) Cisco
28 33 (6.16%) Cybersecurity

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
1 116 (21.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (17.54%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (1.12%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (0.93%) Confluence
5 3 (0.56%) IIS
6 1 (0.19%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 33 (6.16%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.75%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.75%) Shopify
3 3 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 303 (56.53%) Microsoft 365
2 128 (23.88%) Azure
2 128 (23.88%) Entra ID
3 20 (3.73%) OneDrive
4 17 (3.17%) Power Platform
5 11 (2.05%) AWS
6 8 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.49%) Google Workspace
6 8 (1.49%) SaaS
7 6 (1.12%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.56%) GCP
8 3 (0.56%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.37%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.37%) Mimecast
9 2 (0.37%) PaaS
9 2 (0.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 113 (21.08%) Firewall
2 99 (18.47%) DNS
3 84 (15.67%) DHCP
4 71 (13.25%) TCP/IP
5 66 (12.31%) VPN
6 46 (8.58%) Wi-Fi
7 43 (8.02%) VLAN
8 19 (3.54%) WAN
9 18 (3.36%) LAN
10 17 (3.17%) VoIP
11 9 (1.68%) Wireless
12 6 (1.12%) SSL
12 6 (1.12%) Structured Cabling
13 5 (0.93%) IPsec
14 4 (0.75%) Internet
15 2 (0.37%) BGP
15 2 (0.37%) NAS
15 2 (0.37%) SD-WAN
15 2 (0.37%) WLAN
16 1 (0.19%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.49%) Power BI
2 7 (1.31%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.75%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (2.80%) JIRA
2 1 (0.19%) Carbide.c++
General
1 185 (34.51%) Social Skills
2 32 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (5.04%) Legal
4 23 (4.29%) Organisational Skills
5 17 (3.17%) Finance
6 15 (2.80%) Retail
7 14 (2.61%) Advertising
8 12 (2.24%) Law
9 10 (1.87%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.31%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.12%) Billing
13 4 (0.75%) Automotive
13 4 (0.75%) Publishing
14 3 (0.56%) Electronics
14 3 (0.56%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.37%) Marketing
15 2 (0.37%) Military
16 1 (0.19%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.49%) REST
1 8 (1.49%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 61 (11.38%) Driving Licence
2 31 (5.78%) Onboarding
3 10 (1.87%) CMDB
4 8 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (1.12%) iPhone
7 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.93%) EPoS
7 5 (0.93%) Smartphone
8 4 (0.75%) FMCG
9 3 (0.56%) iPad
9 3 (0.56%) iSeries
9 3 (0.56%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.19%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.19%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.19%) NHS
10 1 (0.19%) Replication
10 1 (0.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 280 (52.24%) Windows
2 118 (22.01%) Windows Server
3 67 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 33 (6.16%) Mac OS
5 22 (4.10%) Android
6 13 (2.43%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.49%) Linux
8 7 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.12%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.12%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.37%) AIX
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (35.45%) Customer Service
2 166 (30.97%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (13.62%) ITIL
4 65 (12.13%) Service Delivery
5 49 (9.14%) ITSM
6 41 (7.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (6.16%) Cybersecurity
8 30 (5.60%) Logistics
8 30 (5.60%) Problem Management
8 30 (5.60%) Project Delivery
8 30 (5.60%) Root Cause Analysis
9 27 (5.04%) Mentoring
10 26 (4.85%) Disaster Recovery
11 25 (4.66%) Computer Science
11 25 (4.66%) Time Management
12 24 (4.48%) Collaborative Culture
12 24 (4.48%) Service Management
13 23 (4.29%) Customer Experience
14 21 (3.92%) Project Management
14 21 (3.92%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (5.97%) PowerShell
2 14 (2.61%) SQL
3 10 (1.87%) JavaScript
4 5 (0.93%) Python
5 4 (0.75%) VBScript
6 3 (0.56%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 44 (8.21%) Degree
2 28 (5.22%) DBS Check
3 26 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (4.48%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.99%) A+ Certification
6 15 (2.80%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.12%) CCNA
8 6 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.12%) HND
9 3 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (0.56%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.19%) HP APS
10 1 (0.19%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (10.26%) SLA
2 11 (2.05%) GDPR
3 10 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.75%) QA
5 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 162 (30.22%) Active Directory
2 38 (7.09%) Hyper-V
3 29 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.87%) Firmware
5 6 (1.12%) BitLocker
5 6 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.37%) Terminal Services
6 2 (0.37%) vSphere
6 2 (0.37%) XenApp
7 1 (0.19%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 85 (15.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (4.66%) SCCM
3 9 (1.68%) Autotask
3 9 (1.68%) FortiGate
4 8 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.37%) Netcool
Vendors
1 314 (58.58%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.46%) VMware
3 33 (6.16%) Cisco
4 32 (5.97%) ServiceNow
5 29 (5.41%) Fortinet
6 26 (4.85%) SonicWALL
7 16 (2.99%) Meraki
8 13 (2.43%) Apple
9 12 (2.24%) Google
10 11 (2.05%) Ubiquiti
11 10 (1.87%) Draytek
12 9 (1.68%) Veeam
13 7 (1.31%) Citrix
13 7 (1.31%) HP
13 7 (1.31%) SolarWinds
14 6 (1.12%) Datto
14 6 (1.12%) Freshdesk
15 5 (0.93%) Remedy
15 5 (0.93%) Sophos
16 4 (0.75%) Salesforce