3rd Line Support Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Third Line Support
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Third Line Support salary in Oxfordshire is £41,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - +64
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 13 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 1.87% - 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.99% - 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 14
10th Percentile - - £36,325
25th Percentile £35,000 - £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 - £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.14%
75th Percentile £43,250 - £45,500
90th Percentile £45,000 - -
South East median annual salary £41,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -2.35% +3.66% +2.50%

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 654 725 637
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 90.29% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 458 384 535
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,400
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £68,438 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £79,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Oxfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Oxfordshire

3rd Line Support
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Woodstock - 8 £41,500 -
3rd Line Support
South East

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, 3rd 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 Oxfordshire region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
1 12 (92.31%) VMware
1 12 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 10 (76.92%) LAN
2 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (76.92%) WAN
3 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
3 7 (53.85%) Business Continuity
3 7 (53.85%) Hyper-V
3 7 (53.85%) ITIL
3 7 (53.85%) Knowledge Transfer
3 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (53.85%) SAN
3 7 (53.85%) Windows Server
4 5 (38.46%) Agile
4 5 (38.46%) Android
4 5 (38.46%) Apple iOS
4 5 (38.46%) arcserve
4 5 (38.46%) AWS
4 5 (38.46%) Barracuda Networks
4 5 (38.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (38.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (38.46%) Dell
4 5 (38.46%) DHCP
4 5 (38.46%) DNS
4 5 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (38.46%) Firewall
4 5 (38.46%) HP

3rd Line Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2013
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (76.92%) Azure
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (38.46%) AWS
3 5 (38.46%) Mimecast
4 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 10 (76.92%) LAN
1 10 (76.92%) WAN
2 7 (53.85%) SAN
3 5 (38.46%) DHCP
3 5 (38.46%) DNS
3 5 (38.46%) Firewall
3 5 (38.46%) VLAN
3 5 (38.46%) VPN
3 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (38.46%) Wireless
General
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (92.31%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server
3 5 (38.46%) Android
3 5 (38.46%) Apple iOS
3 5 (38.46%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Business Continuity
1 7 (53.85%) ITIL
1 7 (53.85%) Knowledge Transfer
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Information Security
2 5 (38.46%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) Change Control
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
3 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (15.38%) ITSM
3 2 (15.38%) Ticket Management
4 1 (7.69%) Software Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (38.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (53.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (38.46%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Microsoft
1 12 (92.31%) VMware
2 5 (38.46%) arcserve
2 5 (38.46%) Barracuda Networks
2 5 (38.46%) Dell
2 5 (38.46%) HP
2 5 (38.46%) Sophos
2 5 (38.46%) Ubiquiti