2nd Line Support Job Trends in England

Second Line Support
UK > England

The median Second Line Support salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 259 329
Rank change year-on-year -19 +70 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 564 475 738
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 1.20% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 1.33% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 489 451 652
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +1.61% -3.13%
75th Percentile £37,500 £35,125 £35,813
90th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year +3.17% +3.28% -3.66%

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 78,266 35,581 89,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 89.96% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 55,070 20,653 66,430
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,239 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% +9.52% -12.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 +104 191 £30,000 -4.76% 25
North of England +15 127 £30,000 -1.64% 19
London +6 94 £36,000 -10.00% 6
North West +37 66 £31,000 -7.46% 14
East of England -4 61 £35,000 +18.64% 16
Yorkshire -31 57 £26,750 -7.76% 3
Midlands -83 57 £31,000 +1.64% 6
South West -117 34 £35,000 +11.11% 7
West Midlands -41 29 £30,875 +1.23% 2
East Midlands -74 25 £26,375 -11.34% 4
North East -50 4 £26,000 -18.75% 2
2nd Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 June 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.

1 305 (54.08%) Microsoft
2 301 (53.37%) Microsoft 365
3 291 (51.60%) Windows
4 188 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 173 (30.67%) Customer Service
6 162 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
7 155 (27.48%) Azure
8 127 (22.52%) Windows Server
9 115 (20.39%) Firewall
10 104 (18.44%) Microsoft Exchange
11 99 (17.55%) Entra ID
12 91 (16.13%) DNS
13 89 (15.78%) DHCP
14 87 (15.43%) Windows 10
15 84 (14.89%) Microsoft Intune
16 83 (14.72%) SharePoint
16 83 (14.72%) VPN
17 77 (13.65%) Wi-Fi
18 73 (12.94%) ITIL
18 73 (12.94%) SLA
19 67 (11.88%) Microsoft Office
20 58 (10.28%) WAN
21 55 (9.75%) TCP/IP
22 54 (9.57%) PowerShell
23 52 (9.22%) Service Delivery
24 51 (9.04%) Degree
24 51 (9.04%) Hyper-V
24 51 (9.04%) LAN
24 51 (9.04%) VoIP
25 50 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement

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
1 104 (18.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (14.72%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.89%) Confluence
4 3 (0.53%) IIS
5 1 (0.18%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.18%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 67 (11.88%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.89%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.18%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 301 (53.37%) Microsoft 365
2 155 (27.48%) Azure
3 99 (17.55%) Entra ID
4 27 (4.79%) AWS
5 23 (4.08%) OneDrive
6 22 (3.90%) Google Workspace
7 21 (3.72%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.42%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.42%) SaaS
9 7 (1.24%) Mimecast
10 5 (0.89%) GCP
11 4 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
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%) Datadog
13 2 (0.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 115 (20.39%) Firewall
2 91 (16.13%) DNS
3 89 (15.78%) DHCP
4 83 (14.72%) VPN
5 77 (13.65%) Wi-Fi
6 58 (10.28%) WAN
7 55 (9.75%) TCP/IP
8 51 (9.04%) LAN
8 51 (9.04%) VoIP
9 41 (7.27%) VLAN
10 15 (2.66%) Wireless
11 8 (1.42%) Broadband
12 7 (1.24%) DECT
12 7 (1.24%) DSL
12 7 (1.24%) PBX
12 7 (1.24%) Remote Desktop
12 7 (1.24%) Unified Communications
12 7 (1.24%) Wireshark
13 6 (1.06%) ADSL
14 5 (0.89%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.77%) Power BI
3 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.35%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 19 (3.37%) JIRA
2 2 (0.35%) Git
3 1 (0.18%) Carbide.c++
General
1 166 (29.43%) Social Skills
2 32 (5.67%) Telecoms
3 22 (3.90%) Legal
4 21 (3.72%) Finance
5 20 (3.55%) Law
6 13 (2.30%) Retail
7 12 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.60%) Marketing
10 8 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.06%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (1.06%) Billing
12 5 (0.89%) Advertising
12 5 (0.89%) Electronics
12 5 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.89%) Public Sector
13 4 (0.71%) Back Office
14 2 (0.35%) Banking
14 2 (0.35%) Military
15 1 (0.18%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.28%) Driving Licence
2 22 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 14 (2.48%) EPoS
4 10 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.60%) IoT
6 7 (1.24%) Web Conferencing
7 6 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (0.89%) Video\Live Streaming
9 4 (0.71%) iPhone
9 4 (0.71%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (0.71%) Wiki
10 3 (0.53%) iSeries
11 2 (0.35%) Housing Association
12 1 (0.18%) Blackberry
12 1 (0.18%) CCTV
12 1 (0.18%) Data Centre
12 1 (0.18%) NHS
12 1 (0.18%) Replication
12 1 (0.18%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 291 (51.60%) Windows
2 127 (22.52%) Windows Server
3 87 (15.43%) Windows 10
4 46 (8.16%) Mac OS
5 29 (5.14%) Android
6 28 (4.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 28 (4.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (3.72%) Apple iOS
8 18 (3.19%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (1.42%) Linux
10 2 (0.35%) AIX
10 2 (0.35%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.18%) VMS
11 1 (0.18%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (30.67%) Customer Service
2 162 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (12.94%) ITIL
4 52 (9.22%) Service Delivery
5 50 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (6.56%) ITSM
7 35 (6.21%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (6.03%) Mentoring
9 30 (5.32%) Service Management
10 27 (4.79%) Incident Management
11 22 (3.90%) Computer Science
11 22 (3.90%) Problem Management
12 21 (3.72%) Change Management
12 21 (3.72%) Time Management
13 20 (3.55%) Project Delivery
13 20 (3.55%) Project Management
13 20 (3.55%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 19 (3.37%) User Experience
15 18 (3.19%) Cloud Security
15 18 (3.19%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 54 (9.57%) PowerShell
2 19 (3.37%) SQL
3 9 (1.60%) Python
4 4 (0.71%) JavaScript
4 4 (0.71%) VBScript
5 3 (0.53%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (9.04%) Degree
2 29 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (3.55%) A+ Certification
4 19 (3.37%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.84%) DBS Check
6 13 (2.30%) SC Cleared
7 6 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.06%) HND
8 4 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (0.71%) NVQ Level 3
9 3 (0.53%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.35%) HP APS
11 1 (0.18%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.18%) CCNA
11 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.18%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (12.94%) SLA
2 8 (1.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.53%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.53%) GDPR
4 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.35%) NIST
4 2 (0.35%) QA
5 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 188 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 51 (9.04%) Hyper-V
3 20 (3.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.77%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.71%) Firmware
7 3 (0.53%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.18%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 84 (14.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (5.32%) SCCM
3 14 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 13 (2.30%) Autotask
5 10 (1.77%) FortiGate
6 4 (0.71%) ZABBIX
7 2 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.35%) Netcool
Vendors
1 305 (54.08%) Microsoft
2 26 (4.61%) VMware
3 24 (4.26%) Cisco
3 24 (4.26%) Meraki
4 21 (3.72%) Google
5 15 (2.66%) ServiceNow
6 14 (2.48%) Fortinet
7 12 (2.13%) Apple
7 12 (2.13%) SolarWinds
8 11 (1.95%) HP
8 11 (1.95%) SonicWALL
9 10 (1.77%) Palo Alto
9 10 (1.77%) Ubiquiti
10 8 (1.42%) Qualys
10 8 (1.42%) Sophos
10 8 (1.42%) Veeam
11 6 (1.06%) Aruba
11 6 (1.06%) TP-LINK
12 5 (0.89%) ConnectWise
12 5 (0.89%) Datto