3rd Line Support Jobs in Northern Ireland

Third Line Support
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Third Line Support salary in Northern Ireland is £52,500 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 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.77% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £41,659
% change year-on-year +12.50% -3.98% +0.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 227 702 823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.97% 95.64% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 56 342 449
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £69,625 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £91,041 £87,500 £68,800
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in Northern Ireland

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support in Northern Ireland

3rd Line Support
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim - 2 £52,500 -
3rd Line Support
UK

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 3rd 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 Northern Ireland region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft