3rd Line Support Specialist Jobs in England

Third Line Support Specialist
UK > England

The median Third Line Support Specialist salary in England is £46,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 686 811 918
Rank change year-on-year +125 +107 +222
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Specialist 5 28 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.010% 0.033% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.035% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 5 26 4
10th Percentile £42,350 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £44,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £48,000 £47,656 £49,750
90th Percentile £71,700 £80,000 £51,550
UK median annual salary £46,000 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +15.00% -8.57% +9.38%

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 44,402 81,024 81,740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.51% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 24,215 60,436 51,956
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

3rd Line Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support Specialist in England

3rd Line Support Specialist
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support Specialist in England.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support Specialist in England

3rd Line Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support Specialist in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support Specialist in England

3rd Line Support Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
South West +115 3 £46,000 +15.00%
London +96 2 £63,750 +15.91% 2
3rd Line Support Specialist
UK

3rd Line Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 3rd Line Support Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring 3rd Line Support Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (60.00%) IoT
3 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (60.00%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (60.00%) Okta
3 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
3 3 (60.00%) Azure
3 3 (60.00%) AWS
3 3 (60.00%) Aruba
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) SCCM
3 3 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (60.00%) FMCG
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (60.00%) Electronics
3 3 (60.00%) Aerospace
3 3 (60.00%) Automotive
3 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing

3rd Line Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
3 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 3 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (40.00%) DNS
5 1 (20.00%) DECT
5 1 (20.00%) DHCP
5 1 (20.00%) NAS
5 1 (20.00%) SAN
5 1 (20.00%) VLAN
5 1 (20.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (60.00%) Automotive
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) FMCG
1 3 (60.00%) IoT
1 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (60.00%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (60.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (20.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (60.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) Ansible
2 1 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
2 4 (80.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Aruba
3 3 (60.00%) Okta
4 2 (40.00%) VMware
5 1 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (20.00%) EMC
5 1 (20.00%) HP
5 1 (20.00%) Mitel
5 1 (20.00%) NetApp
5 1 (20.00%) Veeam
5 1 (20.00%) Veritas
5 1 (20.00%) Zscaler