2nd Line Support Job Trends in the Midlands

Second Line Support
England > Midlands

The median Second Line Support salary in the Midlands is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 216 184
Rank change year-on-year +135 -32 +108
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 183 57 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.32% 0.62% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.56% 0.66% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 183 37 39
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,050 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £28,000 £25,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -1.79%
75th Percentile £33,250 £34,000 £33,000
90th Percentile £37,250 £39,050 £34,300
England median annual salary £31,500 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -5.97% +3.08% +4.00%

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 5,136 8,675 5,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 94.79% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,156 4,442 3,912
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £54,793 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% -4.17% -

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

2nd Line Support job vacancy trend in the Midlands

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support job vacancies in the Midlands

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support in the Midlands

2nd 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 2nd Line Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 +86 119 £30,000 -11.76% 13
West Midlands +85 64 £31,000 -4.62% 7
2nd Line Support
England

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, 2nd 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 Midlands region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 95 (51.91%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (39.34%) Microsoft
3 71 (38.80%) Windows
4 70 (38.25%) Customer Service
4 70 (38.25%) SQL
5 56 (30.60%) Active Directory
6 53 (28.96%) SLA
7 50 (27.32%) Azure
8 46 (25.14%) Incident Management
8 46 (25.14%) Microsoft 365
8 46 (25.14%) SC Cleared
8 46 (25.14%) Security Cleared
9 45 (24.59%) Mentoring
10 44 (24.04%) Logistics
11 36 (19.67%) Batch Management
11 36 (19.67%) Patch Management
12 29 (15.85%) Analytical Thinking
12 29 (15.85%) C#
12 29 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 29 (15.85%) CRM
12 29 (15.85%) Data Privacy
12 29 (15.85%) E-Commerce
12 29 (15.85%) ERP
12 29 (15.85%) Remote Desktop
12 29 (15.85%) Root Cause Analysis
12 29 (15.85%) SaaS
13 25 (13.66%) Cisco
14 23 (12.57%) Firewall
14 23 (12.57%) QA
15 22 (12.02%) WAN

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.19%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 5 (2.73%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 50 (27.32%) Azure
2 46 (25.14%) Microsoft 365
3 29 (15.85%) SaaS
4 15 (8.20%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.28%) OneDrive
6 3 (1.64%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 29 (15.85%) Remote Desktop
2 23 (12.57%) Firewall
3 22 (12.02%) WAN
4 20 (10.93%) Wi-Fi
5 19 (10.38%) LAN
6 11 (6.01%) DNS
7 7 (3.83%) DHCP
8 5 (2.73%) VoIP
9 4 (2.19%) VLAN
10 3 (1.64%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.09%) Broadband
11 2 (1.09%) Ethernet
11 2 (1.09%) MPLS
11 2 (1.09%) PBX
11 2 (1.09%) PSTN
12 1 (0.55%) Internet
Development Applications
1 4 (2.19%) JIRA
General
1 78 (42.62%) Social Skills
2 48 (26.23%) Law
3 40 (21.86%) Marketing
4 37 (20.22%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (19.67%) Organisational Skills
6 29 (15.85%) Retail
7 12 (6.56%) Finance
8 5 (2.73%) Advertising
9 4 (2.19%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.64%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.55%) Automotive
11 1 (0.55%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 47 (25.68%) Onboarding
2 24 (13.11%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.28%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.73%) iSeries
5 3 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 71 (38.80%) Windows
2 21 (11.48%) Windows 10
3 18 (9.84%) Mac OS
4 12 (6.56%) Linux
5 11 (6.01%) Apple iOS
6 8 (4.37%) Android
6 8 (4.37%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (51.91%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (38.25%) Customer Service
3 46 (25.14%) Incident Management
4 45 (24.59%) Mentoring
5 44 (24.04%) Logistics
6 36 (19.67%) Batch Management
6 36 (19.67%) Patch Management
7 29 (15.85%) Analytical Thinking
7 29 (15.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (15.85%) CRM
7 29 (15.85%) Data Privacy
7 29 (15.85%) E-Commerce
7 29 (15.85%) ERP
7 29 (15.85%) Root Cause Analysis
8 15 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (6.56%) Mobile Device Management
10 10 (5.46%) Problem Management
11 9 (4.92%) Service Management
12 8 (4.37%) ITSM
13 7 (3.83%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 70 (38.25%) SQL
2 29 (15.85%) C#
3 4 (2.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (25.14%) SC Cleared
1 46 (25.14%) Security Cleared
2 9 (4.92%) CCNA
2 9 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (3.28%) CCA
3 6 (3.28%) Citrix Certification
3 6 (3.28%) MCP
3 6 (3.28%) MCSA
3 6 (3.28%) MCSE
3 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (28.96%) SLA
2 23 (12.57%) QA
3 6 (3.28%) GDPR
4 2 (1.09%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 56 (30.60%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.56%) Hyper-V
3 11 (6.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.73%) BitLocker
4 5 (2.73%) Firmware
5 4 (2.19%) vSphere
6 1 (0.55%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (3.83%) Jamf Pro
2 6 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (2.73%) SCCM
4 2 (1.09%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 72 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 25 (13.66%) Cisco
3 18 (9.84%) VMware
4 9 (4.92%) Apple
5 7 (3.83%) Citrix
6 5 (2.73%) HP
6 5 (2.73%) McAfee
6 5 (2.73%) MobileIron
6 5 (2.73%) Remedy
6 5 (2.73%) SonicWALL
7 4 (2.19%) Samsung
8 3 (1.64%) Barracuda Networks
8 3 (1.64%) Sage
8 3 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.64%) Sophos
9 2 (1.09%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.09%) Fujitsu
9 2 (1.09%) Juniper
10 1 (0.55%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.55%) Meraki