1st Line Support Jobs in London

First Line Support
England > London

The median First Line Support salary in London is £33,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 443 548
Rank change year-on-year +74 +105 +191
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 34 74 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.31% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 28 65 70
10th Percentile £26,100 £25,750 £24,053
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £32,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +16.07% +5.66%
75th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £33,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £51,500 £39,500
England median annual salary £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,673 22,210 32,647
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.15% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,263 16,626 24,091
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in London

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in London.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in London

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in London

1st Line Support
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Central London +24 12 £33,750 +12.50% 2
1st Line Support
England

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, 1st 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 London region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 20 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 18 (52.94%) Windows
3 17 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
5 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
6 14 (41.18%) Windows Server
7 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (35.29%) DV Cleared
7 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
8 11 (32.35%) ITIL
9 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
10 7 (20.59%) Azure
10 7 (20.59%) Legal
10 7 (20.59%) B2B
10 7 (20.59%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (17.65%) SQL
11 6 (17.65%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
12 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
12 5 (14.71%) Google
12 5 (14.71%) Resource Management
12 5 (14.71%) Law
12 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (14.71%) AWS
12 5 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2010
12 5 (14.71%) High Availability
12 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (14.71%) Service Delivery
12 5 (14.71%) Change Management

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (14.71%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) Azure
2 5 (14.71%) AWS
2 5 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (14.71%) Azure Monitor
2 5 (14.71%) GCP
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.88%) IaaS
4 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Unified Communications
1 1 (2.94%) VoIP
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Legal
3 5 (14.71%) Law
4 1 (2.94%) Finance
4 1 (2.94%) Games
4 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (17.65%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (8.82%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.94%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.94%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (52.94%) Windows
2 14 (41.18%) Windows Server
3 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (11.76%) Windows 7
4 4 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (32.35%) ITIL
4 7 (20.59%) B2B
5 5 (14.71%) Case Management
5 5 (14.71%) Change Management
5 5 (14.71%) CI/CD
5 5 (14.71%) Cost Optimisation
5 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
5 5 (14.71%) DevOps
5 5 (14.71%) High Availability
5 5 (14.71%) Proactive Monitoring
5 5 (14.71%) Resource Management
5 5 (14.71%) Service Delivery
6 4 (11.76%) Application Security
6 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (5.88%) Data Privacy
8 1 (2.94%) Cost Reduction
8 1 (2.94%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) SQL
2 5 (14.71%) C#
3 1 (2.94%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) DV Cleared
1 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) Degree
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.94%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.88%) ISO 9001
2 2 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) Terraform
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.71%) Google
2 5 (14.71%) VMware
3 2 (5.88%) ConnectWise
4 1 (2.94%) Acronis
4 1 (2.94%) Apple
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco
4 1 (2.94%) Citrix
4 1 (2.94%) Datto
4 1 (2.94%) HP
4 1 (2.94%) Yardi