3rd Line Support Technician Job Trends in Manchester

Third Line Support Technician
North West > Manchester

The median Third Line Support Technician salary in Manchester is £40,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Technician 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.042% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 - -
75th Percentile £42,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £40,500 - -

All DemandTrendPermanent 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 2,190 3,903 2,711
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 94.57% 93.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,323 2,401 2,155
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £34,680
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,125 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

3rd Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support Technician in Manchester

3rd Line Support Technician
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support Technician job vacancies in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 5 September 2025, 3rd Line Support Technician 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 3rd Line Support Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

3rd Line Support Technician 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SSL
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ISMS
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Autotask
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft