2nd Line Support Job Trends in England

Second Line Support
UK > England

The median Second Line Support salary in England is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 209 357 271
Rank change year-on-year +148 -86 +172
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 594 417 556
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.29% 0.68% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 0.72% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 564 271 515
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £27,675
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% +3.08% +3.17%
75th Percentile £36,000 £38,750 £38,000
90th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £42,250
UK median annual salary £31,500 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.54% +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 41,644 57,671 45,173
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.73% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 26,465 32,493 34,957
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,724 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,168 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.53% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 +144 183 £30,000 -11.76% 13
South East +35 136 £32,500 - 37
East Midlands +87 120 £30,000 -11.76% 3
South West +93 108 £31,500 - 13
North of England +55 69 £31,000 -1.59% 18
West Midlands +79 62 £31,000 -4.62% 10
East of England +26 51 £32,500 +1.56% 3
London +14 47 £36,750 -8.13% 23
Yorkshire +17 37 £30,000 - 6
North West +50 32 £32,000 -1.54% 11
2nd Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 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.

1 300 (50.51%) Windows
2 288 (48.48%) Microsoft
3 280 (47.14%) Microsoft 365
4 244 (41.08%) Problem-Solving
5 236 (39.73%) Active Directory
6 184 (30.98%) Customer Service
7 176 (29.63%) Azure
8 147 (24.75%) Windows Server
9 139 (23.40%) Firewall
10 134 (22.56%) SLA
11 130 (21.89%) DNS
12 122 (20.54%) Mentoring
13 115 (19.36%) SQL
14 113 (19.02%) DHCP
15 110 (18.52%) VPN
16 107 (18.01%) Entra ID
17 101 (17.00%) Microsoft Intune
17 101 (17.00%) Windows 10
18 98 (16.50%) ITIL
19 89 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
20 86 (14.48%) Security Cleared
21 83 (13.97%) Microsoft Exchange
22 81 (13.64%) TCP/IP
23 75 (12.63%) SC Cleared
23 75 (12.63%) SharePoint
24 74 (12.46%) Hyper-V
25 72 (12.12%) VMware
26 71 (11.95%) VLAN
27 69 (11.62%) Incident Management
28 62 (10.44%) LAN

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 (13.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (12.63%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.68%) IIS
4 6 (1.01%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.84%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 60 (10.10%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.67%) CATIA
5 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 280 (47.14%) Microsoft 365
2 176 (29.63%) Azure
3 107 (18.01%) Entra ID
4 49 (8.25%) SaaS
5 26 (4.38%) OneDrive
6 22 (3.70%) AWS
7 15 (2.53%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.34%) IaaS
10 2 (0.34%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.34%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 139 (23.40%) Firewall
2 130 (21.89%) DNS
3 113 (19.02%) DHCP
4 110 (18.52%) VPN
5 81 (13.64%) TCP/IP
6 71 (11.95%) VLAN
7 62 (10.44%) LAN
8 52 (8.75%) WAN
9 48 (8.08%) Remote Desktop
10 44 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (4.55%) Wireless
12 24 (4.04%) VoIP
13 10 (1.68%) Internet
14 9 (1.52%) IPsec
15 5 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
15 5 (0.84%) Intranet
15 5 (0.84%) Kerberos
15 5 (0.84%) NAS
15 5 (0.84%) PBX
16 4 (0.67%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.18%) MySQL
4 4 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.17%) FileMaker
6 1 (0.17%) Power BI
6 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 311 (52.36%) Social Skills
2 78 (13.13%) Law
3 72 (12.12%) Marketing
4 70 (11.78%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (8.25%) Retail
6 47 (7.91%) Organisational Skills
7 30 (5.05%) Finance
8 20 (3.37%) Legal
8 20 (3.37%) Manufacturing
8 20 (3.37%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.85%) Advertising
9 11 (1.85%) Public Sector
10 7 (1.18%) Electronics
11 5 (0.84%) Games
11 5 (0.84%) Local Government
11 5 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (0.84%) Police
12 4 (0.67%) Dutch Language
12 4 (0.67%) French Language
12 4 (0.67%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.84%) LDAP
1 5 (0.84%) Software Packaging
2 3 (0.51%) Middleware
3 2 (0.34%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (18.52%) Driving Licence
2 67 (11.28%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.02%) Data Centre
4 11 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (1.68%) iSeries
6 9 (1.52%) iPhone
7 7 (1.18%) PKI
8 6 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.84%) Clustering
9 5 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.84%) NHS
9 5 (0.84%) Social Media
10 4 (0.67%) Client/Server
10 4 (0.67%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (0.51%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.51%) Smartphone
11 3 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
12 2 (0.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 300 (50.51%) Windows
2 147 (24.75%) Windows Server
3 101 (17.00%) Windows 10
4 35 (5.89%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (4.71%) Linux
5 28 (4.71%) Mac OS
6 23 (3.87%) Apple iOS
7 22 (3.70%) Android
8 12 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.01%) Windows 7
9 6 (1.01%) Windows 8
10 3 (0.51%) AIX
10 3 (0.51%) Unix
10 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (41.08%) Problem-Solving
2 184 (30.98%) Customer Service
3 122 (20.54%) Mentoring
4 98 (16.50%) ITIL
5 89 (14.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 69 (11.62%) Incident Management
7 59 (9.93%) Service Delivery
8 54 (9.09%) Patch Management
9 53 (8.92%) Logistics
10 50 (8.42%) CRM
11 46 (7.74%) Batch Management
11 46 (7.74%) ITSM
12 44 (7.41%) Analytical Thinking
12 44 (7.41%) Data Privacy
13 43 (7.24%) ERP
14 39 (6.57%) E-Commerce
14 39 (6.57%) Root Cause Analysis
15 37 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (5.39%) Mobile Device Management
17 28 (4.71%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (19.36%) SQL
2 39 (6.57%) C#
3 35 (5.89%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.84%) Bicep
4 5 (0.84%) VB
5 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.17%) Python
6 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 86 (14.48%) Security Cleared
2 75 (12.63%) SC Cleared
3 49 (8.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 41 (6.90%) Degree
5 27 (4.55%) MCP
6 21 (3.54%) MCITP
6 21 (3.54%) Network+ Certification
7 19 (3.20%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.36%) MCSA
8 14 (2.36%) MCSE
9 11 (1.85%) CCNA
9 11 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.52%) CCA
10 9 (1.52%) Citrix Certification
11 8 (1.35%) AWS Certification
12 7 (1.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (22.56%) SLA
2 33 (5.56%) QA
3 18 (3.03%) GDPR
4 15 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 236 (39.73%) Active Directory
2 74 (12.46%) Hyper-V
3 52 (8.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.18%) Firmware
5 7 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.84%) Docker
6 5 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.67%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (17.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (4.71%) SCCM
3 23 (3.87%) Autotask
4 17 (2.86%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.84%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.84%) MaaS360
5 5 (0.84%) PaperCut
5 5 (0.84%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.84%) WSUS
6 4 (0.67%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.51%) Netcool
8 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 288 (48.48%) Microsoft
2 72 (12.12%) VMware
3 49 (8.25%) Cisco
4 29 (4.88%) Apple
5 28 (4.71%) Datto
6 20 (3.37%) Sophos
7 18 (3.03%) Meraki
8 15 (2.53%) Samsung
9 14 (2.36%) Veeam
10 13 (2.19%) Citrix
11 12 (2.02%) Google
12 10 (1.68%) HP
13 9 (1.52%) McAfee
13 9 (1.52%) ServiceNow
14 8 (1.35%) Oracle
14 8 (1.35%) SolarWinds
15 7 (1.18%) Adobe
16 6 (1.01%) ConnectWise
16 6 (1.01%) SAP
17 5 (0.84%) Sage