3rd Line Support Specialist Jobs in London

Third Line Support Specialist
England > London

The median Third Line Support Specialist salary in London is £63,750 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 399 495 631
Rank change year-on-year +96 +136 +243
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Specialist 2 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.015% 0.042% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.045% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 1
10th Percentile £45,375 - -
25th Percentile £51,563 £37,500 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £55,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% +13.40% +2.11%
75th Percentile £76,563 £80,000 £52,750
90th Percentile £83,125 - -
England median annual salary £46,000 £40,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +15.00% -8.57% +9.38%

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 11,643 22,208 32,345
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.16% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,236 16,616 23,854
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 £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

3rd Line Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support Specialist in London

3rd Line Support Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support Specialist in London

3rd Line Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support Specialist in London

3rd Line Support Specialist
Job Locations in London

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 London 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
West London - 1 £42,500 -
3rd Line Support Specialist
England

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

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 London region featuring 3rd Line Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
2 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Nutanix
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Ansible
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mitel
2 1 (50.00%) Banking

3rd Line Support Specialist 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 1 (50.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) DECT
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Task Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Environments
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Ansible
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Mitel
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam
2 1 (50.00%) Veritas
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler