3rd Line Support Job Trends in Scotland

Third Line Support
UK > Scotland

The median Third Line Support salary in Scotland is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2026.

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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 138 249
Rank change year-on-year +12 +111 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 11 1 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.34% 0.049% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.057% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 19
10th Percentile - - £32,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -23.53% +7.59%
75th Percentile £47,500 £33,750 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 3,112 1,742 6,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 84.73% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,633 841 2,613
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,929 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -5.34%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Scotland

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

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

3rd Line Support
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Edinburgh +13 8 £45,000 +38.46%
North Lanarkshire - 3 - -
3rd Line Support
UK

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 Scotland region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Boomi
2 4 (36.36%) ERP
2 4 (36.36%) iPaaS
2 4 (36.36%) Migration
2 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (36.36%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (36.36%) Web Services
2 4 (36.36%) Workato
2 4 (36.36%) Workflow
3 3 (27.27%) Change Management
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Windows
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Boomi
2 4 (36.36%) iPaaS
2 4 (36.36%) Workato
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
1 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ERP
1 4 (36.36%) Migration
1 4 (36.36%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 4 (36.36%) Workflow
2 3 (27.27%) Change Management
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (9.09%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft