First Line Support
North West > Manchester
The median First Line Support salary in Manchester is £24,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 157 | 216 | 220 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +59 | +4 | +17 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support | 8 | 10 | 13 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.35% | 0.17% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.39% | 0.18% | 0.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £18,200 | £20,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £23,000 | £21,500 | £21,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £24,500 | £23,000 | £23,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.52% | - | -8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £25,250 | £28,500 | £24,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £161,400 | £25,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £24,000 | £24,000 | £23,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.13% | +4.44% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title | 2,070 | 5,456 | 4,133 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 91.31% | 94.90% | 91.76% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,200 | 4,065 | 2,549 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,200 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £40,988 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,501 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.52% | -8.69% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,840 | £68,750 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £93,778 | £80,000 | £82,500 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings that featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
1st Line Support
Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in Manchester.
1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 6 June 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 Manchester region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.
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1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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: