1st Line Support Jobs in the North of England

First Line Support
England > North of England

The median First Line Support salary in the North of England is £24,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 293 357
Rank change year-on-year +3 +64 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 49 97 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.42% 0.55% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.58% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 49 91 51
10th Percentile £22,425 £20,500 £20,750
25th Percentile £23,000 £21,000 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £23,500 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -4.08% +9.50%
75th Percentile £28,750 £25,250 £27,625
90th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
England median annual salary £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,709 16,656 15,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 94.98% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,748 12,889 8,062
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,544
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the North of England

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the North of England

1st Line Support
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
North West -14 29 £24,000 +1.05% 9
Yorkshire +43 17 £28,000 +19.15% 5
North East +42 3 £27,000 +22.73%
1st Line Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 North of England region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 30 (61.22%) Windows
2 27 (55.10%) Customer Service
3 23 (46.94%) Microsoft
4 22 (44.90%) Social Skills
5 19 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (36.73%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (32.65%) Windows 10
8 14 (28.57%) Windows Server
9 13 (26.53%) Cybersecurity
9 13 (26.53%) Customer-Centricity
10 11 (22.45%) Time Management
10 11 (22.45%) CRM
10 11 (22.45%) Microsoft Office
10 11 (22.45%) EPoS
10 11 (22.45%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (22.45%) Service Delivery
11 10 (20.41%) Telecoms
11 10 (20.41%) Active Directory
11 10 (20.41%) VoIP
12 8 (16.33%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (12.24%) SLA
13 6 (12.24%) LAN
14 5 (10.20%) ITSM
14 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (10.20%) Server Management
15 4 (8.16%) ServiceNow
15 4 (8.16%) ITIL
16 3 (6.12%) DHCP
16 3 (6.12%) DNS
16 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 11 (22.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 18 (36.73%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.12%) OneDrive
2 3 (6.12%) SaaS
3 2 (4.08%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.41%) VoIP
2 8 (16.33%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (12.24%) LAN
4 3 (6.12%) DHCP
4 3 (6.12%) DNS
5 1 (2.04%) WAN
5 1 (2.04%) Wireless
General
1 22 (44.90%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.45%) Pharmaceutical
3 10 (20.41%) Telecoms
4 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Law
5 3 (6.12%) Retail
6 2 (4.08%) Automotive
6 2 (4.08%) Legal
7 1 (2.04%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.45%) EPoS
2 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 30 (61.22%) Windows
2 16 (32.65%) Windows 10
3 14 (28.57%) Windows Server
4 3 (6.12%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (55.10%) Customer Service
2 19 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (26.53%) Customer-Centricity
3 13 (26.53%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (22.45%) CRM
4 11 (22.45%) Service Delivery
4 11 (22.45%) Time Management
5 5 (10.20%) ITSM
5 5 (10.20%) Server Management
6 4 (8.16%) ITIL
7 3 (6.12%) Customer Experience
7 3 (6.12%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 2 (4.08%) Asset Management
8 2 (4.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (2.04%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) VB
1 2 (4.08%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) A+ Certification
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (6.12%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (4.08%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.24%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (20.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Autotask
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (46.94%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.16%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.08%) Logitech
4 1 (2.04%) F5