3rd Line Support Jobs in Hampshire

Third Line Support
South East > Hampshire

The median Third Line Support salary in Hampshire is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 150 147
Rank change year-on-year +36 -3 +98
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 10 41 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.49% 1.03% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 1.08% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 10 37 18
10th Percentile £34,750 £27,000 £33,375
25th Percentile £34,938 £30,000 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -19.55% +27.86%
75th Percentile £58,625 £38,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £45,000 -
South East median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -6.25% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,925 3,780 2,663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 94.55% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 2,958 1,984
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £81,025
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in Hampshire

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support in Hampshire

3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support in Hampshire

3rd Line Support
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Basingstoke +9 4 £58,000 +10.48% 2
Lymington - 3 £35,500 -
New Milton - 1 £36,000 -
3rd Line Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 3rd Line Support 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 Hampshire region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) DNS
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) VLAN
2 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Linux
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) AWS
4 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) DHCP
4 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (30.00%) Juniper
5 3 (30.00%) OSPF
5 3 (30.00%) BGP
5 3 (30.00%) EIGRP
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco
5 3 (30.00%) Fortinet
5 3 (30.00%) Azure
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (30.00%) Boundary Protection
5 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (30.00%) DMVPN
5 3 (30.00%) FortiGate
5 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (10.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) DNS
1 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) VLAN
3 4 (40.00%) DHCP
3 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (30.00%) BGP
4 3 (30.00%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (30.00%) DMVPN
4 3 (30.00%) EIGRP
4 3 (30.00%) OSPF
5 2 (20.00%) IPsec
6 1 (10.00%) SAN
6 1 (10.00%) VoIP
6 1 (10.00%) VoLTE
6 1 (10.00%) VPN
6 1 (10.00%) Wireshark
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Advertising
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) FreeSWITCH
1 1 (10.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) Clustering
2 1 (10.00%) Replication
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Boundary Protection
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Presales
3 2 (20.00%) Tech Ops
4 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (10.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (20.00%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Cisco
1 3 (30.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (30.00%) Juniper
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) VMware