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 26 November 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 358 270
Rank change year-on-year +137 -88 +146
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 557 422 537
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.19% 0.70% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.32% 0.74% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 525 279 496
10th Percentile £28,100 £27,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £33,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.97% +3.08% +3.17%
75th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,000
90th Percentile £39,250 £45,000 £42,395
UK median annual salary £31,500 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -5.97% +3.08% +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 42,282 56,668 43,532
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.67% 94.18% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 27,239 31,759 33,846
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -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 26 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 26 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 +133 170 £30,000 -11.76% 14
South East +51 135 £32,500 -1.52% 41
East Midlands +85 110 £30,000 -11.76% 5
South West +82 97 £31,500 -1.56% 5
North of England +61 67 £31,000 -4.62% 26
West Midlands +93 59 £31,500 -6.67% 9
London +15 46 £38,000 -5.00% 14
East of England +17 42 £33,500 +4.69% 8
Yorkshire +19 34 £30,000 - 12
North West +52 33 £32,000 -1.54% 13
2nd Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 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.

1 288 (51.71%) Windows
2 282 (50.63%) Microsoft
3 269 (48.29%) Microsoft 365
4 228 (40.93%) Active Directory
5 223 (40.04%) Problem-Solving
6 178 (31.96%) Customer Service
7 166 (29.80%) Azure
8 143 (25.67%) Windows Server
9 137 (24.60%) Firewall
10 131 (23.52%) DNS
11 118 (21.18%) Mentoring
12 117 (21.01%) SLA
13 114 (20.47%) DHCP
14 109 (19.57%) VPN
15 103 (18.49%) Entra ID
16 102 (18.31%) SQL
17 100 (17.95%) Windows 10
18 98 (17.59%) Microsoft Intune
19 95 (17.06%) ITIL
20 90 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
21 82 (14.72%) Microsoft Exchange
22 81 (14.54%) TCP/IP
23 74 (13.29%) SharePoint
24 72 (12.93%) Hyper-V
24 72 (12.93%) Security Cleared
25 71 (12.75%) VLAN
25 71 (12.75%) VMware
26 61 (10.95%) Microsoft Office
26 61 (10.95%) SC Cleared
27 58 (10.41%) Incident 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 82 (14.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (13.29%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.80%) IIS
4 6 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.90%) Confluence
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 61 (10.95%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.72%) CATIA
5 1 (0.18%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.18%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.18%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 269 (48.29%) Microsoft 365
2 166 (29.80%) Azure
3 103 (18.49%) Entra ID
4 49 (8.80%) SaaS
5 25 (4.49%) OneDrive
6 20 (3.59%) AWS
7 14 (2.51%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.54%) Power Platform
9 3 (0.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.36%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.36%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 137 (24.60%) Firewall
2 131 (23.52%) DNS
3 114 (20.47%) DHCP
4 109 (19.57%) VPN
5 81 (14.54%) TCP/IP
6 71 (12.75%) VLAN
7 58 (10.41%) LAN
8 48 (8.62%) Remote Desktop
8 48 (8.62%) WAN
9 44 (7.90%) Wi-Fi
10 28 (5.03%) Wireless
11 24 (4.31%) VoIP
12 10 (1.80%) Internet
13 9 (1.62%) IPsec
14 5 (0.90%) Cisco IOS
14 5 (0.90%) Intranet
14 5 (0.90%) Kerberos
14 5 (0.90%) NAS
14 5 (0.90%) PBX
15 4 (0.72%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.44%) MySQL
4 3 (0.54%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.36%) Power BI
6 1 (0.18%) FileMaker
6 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 295 (52.96%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
3 66 (11.85%) Law
4 60 (10.77%) Marketing
5 49 (8.80%) Retail
6 35 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (5.03%) Finance
8 20 (3.59%) Legal
8 20 (3.59%) Telecoms
9 19 (3.41%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.15%) Advertising
11 11 (1.97%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.26%) Electronics
13 5 (0.90%) Games
13 5 (0.90%) Local Government
13 5 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.90%) Police
14 4 (0.72%) Dutch Language
14 4 (0.72%) French Language
14 4 (0.72%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.90%) LDAP
1 5 (0.90%) Software Packaging
2 3 (0.54%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 107 (19.21%) Driving Licence
2 66 (11.85%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.15%) Data Centre
3 12 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.62%) iPhone
5 8 (1.44%) iSeries
6 6 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (0.90%) Clustering
7 5 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (0.90%) NHS
7 5 (0.90%) PKI
7 5 (0.90%) Social Media
8 4 (0.72%) Client/Server
8 4 (0.72%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.54%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.36%) iPad
10 2 (0.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 288 (51.71%) Windows
2 143 (25.67%) Windows Server
3 100 (17.95%) Windows 10
4 35 (6.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (5.03%) Linux
6 27 (4.85%) Mac OS
7 23 (4.13%) Apple iOS
8 22 (3.95%) Android
9 12 (2.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.08%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.08%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.54%) AIX
11 3 (0.54%) Unix
11 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (40.04%) Problem-Solving
2 178 (31.96%) Customer Service
3 118 (21.18%) Mentoring
4 95 (17.06%) ITIL
5 90 (16.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (10.41%) Incident Management
7 54 (9.69%) Service Delivery
8 51 (9.16%) CRM
8 51 (9.16%) Logistics
9 47 (8.44%) ITSM
10 44 (7.90%) Analytical Thinking
10 44 (7.90%) Data Privacy
11 43 (7.72%) ERP
12 42 (7.54%) Patch Management
13 39 (7.00%) E-Commerce
13 39 (7.00%) Root Cause Analysis
14 36 (6.46%) Cybersecurity
15 34 (6.10%) Batch Management
15 34 (6.10%) Mobile Device Management
16 29 (5.21%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (18.31%) SQL
2 39 (7.00%) C#
3 35 (6.28%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.90%) Bicep
4 5 (0.90%) VB
5 4 (0.72%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.18%) Python
6 1 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 72 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 61 (10.95%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.26%) Microsoft Certification
4 39 (7.00%) Degree
5 26 (4.67%) MCP
6 18 (3.23%) MCITP
6 18 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
7 17 (3.05%) Azure Certification
8 15 (2.69%) MCSE
9 14 (2.51%) MCSA
10 10 (1.80%) CCA
10 10 (1.80%) CCNA
10 10 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.80%) Citrix Certification
11 8 (1.44%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.90%) A+ Certification
13 5 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (21.01%) SLA
2 33 (5.92%) QA
3 18 (3.23%) GDPR
4 15 (2.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 228 (40.93%) Active Directory
2 72 (12.93%) Hyper-V
3 53 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.26%) Firmware
6 5 (0.90%) Docker
6 5 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.72%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 98 (17.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (5.03%) SCCM
3 23 (4.13%) Autotask
4 17 (3.05%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.90%) FortiGate
5 5 (0.90%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.90%) MaaS360
5 5 (0.90%) PaperCut
5 5 (0.90%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.90%) WSUS
6 3 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.54%) Netcool
7 1 (0.18%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.18%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 282 (50.63%) Microsoft
2 71 (12.75%) VMware
3 48 (8.62%) Cisco
4 30 (5.39%) Apple
5 27 (4.85%) Datto
6 19 (3.41%) Meraki
6 19 (3.41%) Sophos
7 15 (2.69%) Samsung
8 14 (2.51%) Citrix
9 12 (2.15%) Veeam
10 11 (1.97%) Google
11 10 (1.80%) HP
12 9 (1.62%) McAfee
12 9 (1.62%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.44%) Oracle
13 8 (1.44%) SolarWinds
14 7 (1.26%) Adobe
15 6 (1.08%) ConnectWise
15 6 (1.08%) SAP
16 5 (0.90%) Sage