3rd Line Support Job Trends in Glasgow

Third Line Support
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Third Line Support salary in Glasgow is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 88 192
Rank change year-on-year +19 +104 -110
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 3 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.25% 0.14% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.15% 0.077%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £63,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £67,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -55.56% +39.18% +1.57%
75th Percentile £31,500 £71,250 £50,250
90th Percentile £32,400 - -
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -12.50% +1.27%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 1,143 681 2,613
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 93.54% 98.05%
Number of salaries quoted 676 280 765
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -0.93% -1.82%
75th Percentile £67,190 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,500
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Glasgow

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Glasgow

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 17 August 2026, 3rd 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 Glasgow region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Veeam
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Veeam
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
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