3rd Line Support Job Trends in Manchester

Third Line Support
North West > Manchester

The median Third Line Support salary in Manchester is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 163 196
Rank change year-on-year -12 +33 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 9 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.14% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.17% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 8
10th Percentile - - £36,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% -15.79% +13.10%
75th Percentile £36,625 £46,875 £53,750
90th Percentile £41,500 £54,750 -
North West median annual salary £31,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -21.25% +14.29% -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 6,193 2,297 4,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.66% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,872 1,379 3,247
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Manchester

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

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

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, 3rd Line Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (22.22%) Application Packaging
3 1 (11.11%) DHCP
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
3 1 (11.11%) VMS
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) VLAN
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) VMS
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Application Packaging
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
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