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 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 213 184
Rank change year-on-year +139 -29 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 176 51 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.04% 0.58% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.29% 0.62% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 172 31 38
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £29,750 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £34,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +25.93% -6.90%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £32,500
90th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £33,900
England median annual salary £31,500 £33,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -5.97% +3.08% +3.17%

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 5,354 8,214 4,840
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.37% 93.54% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,647 4,104 3,789
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,175 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +93 114 £30,000 -11.76% 3
West Midlands +90 61 £31,000 -8.15% 10
2nd Line Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 November 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 96 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (47.16%) SQL
3 69 (39.20%) Customer Service
4 63 (35.80%) Microsoft
5 56 (31.82%) Windows
6 55 (31.25%) Mentoring
7 50 (28.41%) SLA
8 49 (27.84%) Logistics
9 47 (26.70%) Azure
10 43 (24.43%) SaaS
11 42 (23.86%) ERP
12 41 (23.30%) CRM
12 41 (23.30%) Incident Management
12 41 (23.30%) SC Cleared
12 41 (23.30%) Security Cleared
13 39 (22.16%) Analytical Thinking
13 39 (22.16%) C#
13 39 (22.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (22.16%) Data Privacy
13 39 (22.16%) E-Commerce
13 39 (22.16%) Remote Desktop
13 39 (22.16%) Root Cause Analysis
14 38 (21.59%) Microsoft 365
15 35 (19.89%) Active Directory
16 33 (18.75%) QA
17 31 (17.61%) Batch Management
17 31 (17.61%) Patch Management
18 20 (11.36%) Firewall
18 20 (11.36%) VMware
19 19 (10.80%) Windows 10

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 4 (2.27%) Confluence
2 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.27%) CATIA
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (26.70%) Azure
2 43 (24.43%) SaaS
3 38 (21.59%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.39%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 39 (22.16%) Remote Desktop
2 20 (11.36%) Firewall
3 17 (9.66%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (7.95%) LAN
4 14 (7.95%) WAN
5 12 (6.82%) DNS
6 10 (5.68%) DHCP
7 4 (2.27%) VLAN
8 3 (1.70%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.14%) Broadband
9 2 (1.14%) Ethernet
9 2 (1.14%) MPLS
9 2 (1.14%) PBX
9 2 (1.14%) PSTN
9 2 (1.14%) VoIP
10 1 (0.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (3.41%) JIRA
General
1 82 (46.59%) Social Skills
2 47 (26.70%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (23.86%) Law
4 39 (22.16%) Retail
5 36 (20.45%) Marketing
6 31 (17.61%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (5.68%) Finance
8 7 (3.98%) Advertising
9 4 (2.27%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.57%) Automotive
10 1 (0.57%) Electronics
10 1 (0.57%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 54 (30.68%) Onboarding
2 17 (9.66%) Driving Licence
3 6 (3.41%) Data Centre
4 5 (2.84%) iSeries
5 3 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 56 (31.82%) Windows
2 19 (10.80%) Windows 10
3 11 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.68%) Apple iOS
5 9 (5.11%) Android
5 9 (5.11%) Linux
5 9 (5.11%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (39.20%) Customer Service
3 55 (31.25%) Mentoring
4 49 (27.84%) Logistics
5 42 (23.86%) ERP
6 41 (23.30%) CRM
6 41 (23.30%) Incident Management
7 39 (22.16%) Analytical Thinking
7 39 (22.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 39 (22.16%) Data Privacy
7 39 (22.16%) E-Commerce
7 39 (22.16%) Root Cause Analysis
8 31 (17.61%) Batch Management
8 31 (17.61%) Patch Management
9 9 (5.11%) Change Control
9 9 (5.11%) ITIL
9 9 (5.11%) Project Delivery
9 9 (5.11%) Server Management
9 9 (5.11%) Service Delivery
9 9 (5.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (47.16%) SQL
2 39 (22.16%) C#
3 4 (2.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (23.30%) SC Cleared
1 41 (23.30%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.11%) CCA
2 9 (5.11%) CCNA
2 9 (5.11%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (5.11%) Citrix Certification
2 9 (5.11%) MCP
2 9 (5.11%) MCSA
2 9 (5.11%) MCSE
2 9 (5.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (28.41%) SLA
2 33 (18.75%) QA
3 6 (3.41%) GDPR
System Software
1 35 (19.89%) Active Directory
2 12 (6.82%) Hyper-V
3 10 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.27%) BitLocker
4 4 (2.27%) Firmware
4 4 (2.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.84%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (2.27%) SCCM
4 2 (1.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 63 (35.80%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.36%) VMware
3 18 (10.23%) Cisco
4 9 (5.11%) Apple
4 9 (5.11%) Citrix
5 5 (2.84%) Samsung
6 4 (2.27%) HP
6 4 (2.27%) McAfee
6 4 (2.27%) MobileIron
6 4 (2.27%) Remedy
6 4 (2.27%) SonicWALL
7 3 (1.70%) Freshdesk
7 3 (1.70%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.14%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.14%) Juniper