1st Line Support Technician Job Trends in Oxfordshire

First Line Support Technician
South East > Oxfordshire

The median First Line Support Technician salary in Oxfordshire is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Technician 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 0.14% - 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24,100
25th Percentile £26,500 - £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 - £28,000
75th Percentile £27,500 - £31,000
90th Percentile - - £31,900
South East median annual salary £26,500 £28,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% +12.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 655 738 596
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 90.66% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 459 395 506
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,616 £32,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

1st Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st Line Support Technician' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

1st Line Support Technician job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

1st Line Support Technician
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support Technician job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support Technician job vacancies in Oxfordshire

1st Line Support Technician
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support Technician within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Faringdon - 1 £27,000 -
1st Line Support Technician
South East

1st Line Support Technician Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 1st Line Support Technician 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 Oxfordshire region featuring 1st Line Support Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

1st Line Support Technician Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Scorecard
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft