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 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 213 358 271
Rank change year-on-year +145 -87 +160
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 573 410 554
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.25% 0.68% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 0.72% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 542 265 512
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,050 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £27,713
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 £39,000 £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 41,414 56,629 44,851
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 94.37% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 26,473 31,660 34,741
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,063 £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 18 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 18 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 +139 176 £30,000 -11.76% 13
South East +50 134 £32,500 - 41
East Midlands +93 114 £30,000 -11.76% 3
South West +98 102 £31,500 - 13
North of England +61 69 £31,000 -1.59% 20
West Midlands +90 61 £31,000 -8.15% 10
East of England +12 46 £33,500 +4.69% 2
London +4 46 £37,500 -6.25% 21
Yorkshire +20 37 £30,000 - 7
North West +50 32 £32,000 -1.54% 12
2nd Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 293 (51.13%) Windows
2 283 (49.39%) Microsoft
3 273 (47.64%) Microsoft 365
4 234 (40.84%) Problem-Solving
5 231 (40.31%) Active Directory
6 181 (31.59%) Customer Service
7 172 (30.02%) Azure
8 145 (25.31%) Windows Server
9 138 (24.08%) Firewall
10 130 (22.69%) DNS
11 126 (21.99%) SLA
12 120 (20.94%) Mentoring
13 113 (19.72%) DHCP
14 110 (19.20%) VPN
15 108 (18.85%) SQL
16 106 (18.50%) Entra ID
17 101 (17.63%) Microsoft Intune
17 101 (17.63%) Windows 10
18 96 (16.75%) ITIL
19 89 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
20 82 (14.31%) Microsoft Exchange
21 81 (14.14%) TCP/IP
22 79 (13.79%) Security Cleared
23 75 (13.09%) SharePoint
24 73 (12.74%) Hyper-V
25 71 (12.39%) VLAN
25 71 (12.39%) VMware
26 68 (11.87%) SC Cleared
27 63 (10.99%) Incident Management
28 61 (10.65%) 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 82 (14.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (13.09%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.75%) IIS
4 6 (1.05%) Exchange Server 2013
5 5 (0.87%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 60 (10.47%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.70%) CATIA
5 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) Carpe Diem
3 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 273 (47.64%) Microsoft 365
2 172 (30.02%) Azure
3 106 (18.50%) Entra ID
4 49 (8.55%) SaaS
5 26 (4.54%) OneDrive
6 21 (3.66%) AWS
7 15 (2.62%) Google Workspace
8 5 (0.87%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.35%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.35%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.17%) IaaS
11 1 (0.17%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 138 (24.08%) Firewall
2 130 (22.69%) DNS
3 113 (19.72%) DHCP
4 110 (19.20%) VPN
5 81 (14.14%) TCP/IP
6 71 (12.39%) VLAN
7 61 (10.65%) LAN
8 51 (8.90%) WAN
9 48 (8.38%) Remote Desktop
10 44 (7.68%) Wi-Fi
11 27 (4.71%) Wireless
12 24 (4.19%) VoIP
13 10 (1.75%) Internet
14 9 (1.57%) IPsec
15 5 (0.87%) Cisco IOS
15 5 (0.87%) Intranet
15 5 (0.87%) Kerberos
15 5 (0.87%) NAS
15 5 (0.87%) PBX
16 4 (0.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (2.27%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.22%) MySQL
4 4 (0.70%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.52%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.17%) FileMaker
6 1 (0.17%) Power BI
6 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (2.97%) JIRA
General
1 303 (52.88%) Social Skills
2 72 (12.57%) Law
3 70 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (11.52%) Marketing
5 49 (8.55%) Retail
6 41 (7.16%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (5.06%) Finance
8 20 (3.49%) Legal
8 20 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 20 (3.49%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.09%) Advertising
10 11 (1.92%) Public Sector
11 7 (1.22%) Electronics
12 5 (0.87%) Games
12 5 (0.87%) Local Government
12 5 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.87%) Police
13 4 (0.70%) Dutch Language
13 4 (0.70%) French Language
13 4 (0.70%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.87%) LDAP
1 5 (0.87%) Software Packaging
2 3 (0.52%) Middleware
3 1 (0.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (18.85%) Driving Licence
2 66 (11.52%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.09%) Data Centre
4 11 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.57%) iPhone
5 9 (1.57%) iSeries
6 6 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.05%) PKI
7 5 (0.87%) Clustering
7 5 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (0.87%) NHS
7 5 (0.87%) Social Media
8 4 (0.70%) Client/Server
8 4 (0.70%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.52%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.52%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.52%) Web Conferencing
10 2 (0.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 293 (51.13%) Windows
2 145 (25.31%) Windows Server
3 101 (17.63%) Windows 10
4 35 (6.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 28 (4.89%) Linux
6 26 (4.54%) Mac OS
7 23 (4.01%) Apple iOS
8 22 (3.84%) Android
9 12 (2.09%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.05%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.05%) Windows 8
11 3 (0.52%) AIX
11 3 (0.52%) Unix
11 3 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (40.84%) Problem-Solving
2 181 (31.59%) Customer Service
3 120 (20.94%) Mentoring
4 96 (16.75%) ITIL
5 89 (15.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 63 (10.99%) Incident Management
7 56 (9.77%) Service Delivery
8 52 (9.08%) Logistics
9 50 (8.73%) CRM
10 48 (8.38%) Patch Management
11 46 (8.03%) ITSM
12 44 (7.68%) Analytical Thinking
12 44 (7.68%) Data Privacy
12 44 (7.68%) ERP
13 40 (6.98%) Batch Management
14 39 (6.81%) E-Commerce
14 39 (6.81%) Root Cause Analysis
15 35 (6.11%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (5.58%) Mobile Device Management
17 28 (4.89%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (18.85%) SQL
2 39 (6.81%) C#
3 35 (6.11%) PowerShell
4 5 (0.87%) Bicep
4 5 (0.87%) VB
5 4 (0.70%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.17%) Python
6 1 (0.17%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 68 (11.87%) SC Cleared
3 48 (8.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 40 (6.98%) Degree
5 27 (4.71%) MCP
6 20 (3.49%) MCITP
6 20 (3.49%) Network+ Certification
7 18 (3.14%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.44%) MCSA
8 14 (2.44%) MCSE
9 10 (1.75%) CCNA
9 10 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.57%) CCA
10 9 (1.57%) Citrix Certification
11 8 (1.40%) AWS Certification
12 6 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (0.87%) A+ Certification
13 5 (0.87%) ACMT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (21.99%) SLA
2 33 (5.76%) QA
3 18 (3.14%) GDPR
4 15 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 231 (40.31%) Active Directory
2 73 (12.74%) Hyper-V
3 52 (9.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.22%) Firmware
6 6 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.87%) Docker
7 5 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.70%) BitLocker
8 4 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (17.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (4.89%) SCCM
3 23 (4.01%) Autotask
4 17 (2.97%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.87%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.87%) MaaS360
5 5 (0.87%) PaperCut
5 5 (0.87%) vCenter Server
5 5 (0.87%) WSUS
6 4 (0.70%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (0.52%) Netcool
8 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 283 (49.39%) Microsoft
2 71 (12.39%) VMware
3 47 (8.20%) Cisco
4 29 (5.06%) Apple
5 28 (4.89%) Datto
6 20 (3.49%) Sophos
7 18 (3.14%) Meraki
8 15 (2.62%) Samsung
9 13 (2.27%) Citrix
9 13 (2.27%) Veeam
10 12 (2.09%) Google
11 10 (1.75%) HP
12 9 (1.57%) McAfee
12 9 (1.57%) ServiceNow
13 8 (1.40%) Oracle
13 8 (1.40%) SolarWinds
14 7 (1.22%) Adobe
15 6 (1.05%) ConnectWise
15 6 (1.05%) SAP
16 5 (0.87%) Sage