1st/2nd Line Support Job Trends in the North of England

1st/2nd Line Support
England > North of England

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary in the North of England is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 271 267
Rank change year-on-year +46 -4 +141
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 37 3 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.35% 0.033% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.035% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 35 3 20
10th Percentile - £24,650 £24,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £27,125 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £32,500 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.77% +12.07% +13.73%
75th Percentile £31,000 £33,938 £31,000
90th Percentile £32,000 £34,050 £32,550
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +11.11% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 9,424 8,550 8,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.56% 94.06% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 5,469 4,023 6,549
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,483 £67,500 £67,070
90th Percentile £81,713 £80,000 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st/2nd Line Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

1st/2nd Line Support job vacancy trend in the North of England

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support job vacancies in the North of England

1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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 +55 23 £30,000 -8.05% 2
Yorkshire +3 14 £26,000 +13.04%
1st/2nd Line Support
England

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, 1st/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 North of England region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 36 (97.30%) Windows
2 26 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (54.05%) Microsoft
4 17 (45.95%) Customer Service
5 16 (43.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (35.14%) VPN
7 11 (29.73%) Windows 10
8 10 (27.03%) Apple
8 10 (27.03%) ITIL
8 10 (27.03%) MCP
8 10 (27.03%) Mentoring
8 10 (27.03%) Mobile Device Management
9 9 (24.32%) Mac OS
10 6 (16.22%) Service Delivery
11 5 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
11 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
11 5 (13.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 5 (13.51%) SLA
11 5 (13.51%) VLAN
12 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
13 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
13 3 (8.11%) Firewall
13 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
14 2 (5.41%) Asset Management
14 2 (5.41%) Azure
14 2 (5.41%) LAN
14 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
14 2 (5.41%) WAN
14 2 (5.41%) WLAN

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 13 (35.14%) VPN
2 5 (13.51%) VLAN
3 3 (8.11%) Firewall
4 2 (5.41%) LAN
4 2 (5.41%) WAN
4 2 (5.41%) WLAN
5 1 (2.70%) DHCP
5 1 (2.70%) DNS
5 1 (2.70%) Peer-to-Peer Networking
5 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
General
1 22 (59.46%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Manufacturing
2 5 (13.51%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (5.41%) Advertising
3 2 (5.41%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 21 (56.76%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (97.30%) Windows
2 11 (29.73%) Windows 10
3 9 (24.32%) Mac OS
4 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.70%) Android
5 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Customer Service
2 16 (43.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (27.03%) ITIL
3 10 (27.03%) Mentoring
3 10 (27.03%) Mobile Device Management
4 6 (16.22%) Service Delivery
5 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.41%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.70%) Cloud Security
7 1 (2.70%) ITSM
7 1 (2.70%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (13.51%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 20 (54.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.03%) Apple
3 1 (2.70%) Facebook