1st Line Support Jobs in the Midlands

First Line Support
England > Midlands

The median First Line Support salary in the Midlands is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 207 251
Rank change year-on-year +6 +44 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 61 117 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.90% 0.93% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.98% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 60 112 59
10th Percentile £24,000 £20,888 £20,500
25th Percentile £25,500 £22,500 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £27,250
90th Percentile £38,750 £28,750 £28,150
England median annual salary £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,261 11,918 8,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.53% 89.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 8,778 4,580
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,930 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the Midlands

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the Midlands

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in the Midlands

1st Line Support
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
East Midlands +23 41 £27,500 +10.00% 14
West Midlands +25 20 £27,500 +10.00% 10
1st Line Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Midlands region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 44 (72.13%) Microsoft 365
2 42 (68.85%) Microsoft
3 40 (65.57%) Active Directory
4 36 (59.02%) Social Skills
5 35 (57.38%) Customer Service
5 35 (57.38%) Windows
6 22 (36.07%) Azure
7 21 (34.43%) Entra ID
8 20 (32.79%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (31.15%) Microsoft Office
10 16 (26.23%) Microsoft Exchange
11 11 (18.03%) Remote Desktop
11 11 (18.03%) Onboarding
11 11 (18.03%) Asset Management
11 11 (18.03%) VoIP
11 11 (18.03%) SLA
11 11 (18.03%) SharePoint
12 10 (16.39%) Law
13 9 (14.75%) ITSM
14 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 7 (11.48%) Windows Server
15 7 (11.48%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Intune
16 6 (9.84%) Mobile Device Management
16 6 (9.84%) Meraki
16 6 (9.84%) Hyper-V
16 6 (9.84%) Data Protection
16 6 (9.84%) CRM
16 6 (9.84%) Ethernet
16 6 (9.84%) Virtual Desktop

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 16 (26.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (18.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (31.15%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 44 (72.13%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (36.07%) Azure
3 21 (34.43%) Entra ID
4 7 (11.48%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (8.20%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.03%) Remote Desktop
1 11 (18.03%) VoIP
2 6 (9.84%) Ethernet
3 5 (8.20%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.28%) Firewall
5 1 (1.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
General
1 36 (59.02%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.39%) Law
3 6 (9.84%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (8.20%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Finance
6 2 (3.28%) Retail
7 1 (1.64%) Electronics
7 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.64%) Marketing
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.03%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 35 (57.38%) Windows
2 7 (11.48%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.28%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (57.38%) Customer Service
2 20 (32.79%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (18.03%) Asset Management
4 9 (14.75%) ITSM
5 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (9.84%) CRM
6 6 (9.84%) Data Protection
6 6 (9.84%) Inventory Management
6 6 (9.84%) Mobile Device Management
7 5 (8.20%) Change Management
7 5 (8.20%) ITIL
7 5 (8.20%) Logistics
7 5 (8.20%) Migration
8 2 (3.28%) Coaching
8 2 (3.28%) Incident Management
8 2 (3.28%) Mentoring
8 2 (3.28%) Service Delivery
9 1 (1.64%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (1.64%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (1.64%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.03%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (65.57%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.84%) Hyper-V
2 6 (9.84%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.92%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (68.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.84%) Meraki
3 5 (8.20%) Sage
4 3 (4.92%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco
5 1 (1.64%) Citrix
5 1 (1.64%) Nexthink
5 1 (1.64%) SAP