3rd Line Support Job Trends in Reading

Third Line Support
Berkshire > Reading

The median Third Line Support salary in Reading is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £40,550 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £48,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £47,500 - £46,500
% change year-on-year - - +31.36%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,350 468 1,405
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 87.80% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 938 278 895
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £29,876
25th Percentile £42,872 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £53,263
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.26% -8.25%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £99,125 £84,125 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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 Reading.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Reading

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Reading

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 31 July 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 Reading region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (80.00%) Power Automate
2 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (80.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (80.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (80.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DHCP
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) VLAN
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (80.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) TestOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CCNA
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft