3rd Line Support Jobs in Oxford

Third Line Support
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Third Line Support salary in Oxford is £38,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 47 55
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 19 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 2.91% 1.26% 1.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.06% 1.47% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 9
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% -5.88% +37.10%
75th Percentile £43,125 £44,375 £43,750
90th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £44,750
Oxfordshire median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% +37.10%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 621 409 484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.10% 85.92% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 467 296 294
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,625 £27,800
25th Percentile £38,375 £36,265 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,625 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £46,293 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% -4.76% +8.81%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in Oxford

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Oxford

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support in Oxford

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Oxford region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 15 (78.95%) Firewall
3 13 (68.42%) VMware
3 13 (68.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (57.89%) Azure
5 10 (52.63%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (52.63%) Windows Server
6 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
7 8 (42.11%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
8 7 (36.84%) Linux
8 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
9 6 (31.58%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (31.58%) DHCP
9 6 (31.58%) MCSE
9 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
9 6 (31.58%) DNS
9 6 (31.58%) CCNA
9 6 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (31.58%) SAN
9 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (31.58%) OneDrive
9 6 (31.58%) AWS
9 6 (31.58%) Hyper-V
9 6 (31.58%) NAS
9 6 (31.58%) VLAN
9 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (26.32%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (26.32%) Change Control

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (57.89%) Azure
2 10 (52.63%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (31.58%) AWS
3 6 (31.58%) OneDrive
4 4 (21.05%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (5.26%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (78.95%) Firewall
2 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
3 6 (31.58%) DHCP
3 6 (31.58%) DNS
3 6 (31.58%) NAS
3 6 (31.58%) SAN
3 6 (31.58%) VLAN
3 6 (31.58%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.26%) SD-WAN
4 1 (5.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (31.58%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Documentation Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Law
3 3 (15.79%) Games
3 3 (15.79%) Retail
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 10 (52.63%) Windows Server
3 7 (36.84%) Linux
4 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
5 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) Change Control
3 5 (26.32%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (15.79%) IT Strategy
5 1 (5.26%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) CCNA
1 6 (31.58%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (31.58%) MCSE
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) MCP
System Software
1 13 (68.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
3 6 (31.58%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.26%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) VMware
2 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
3 5 (26.32%) Citrix
3 5 (26.32%) Veeam
4 3 (15.79%) Datto
4 3 (15.79%) Sophos
4 3 (15.79%) WatchGuard