2nd Line Technical Support Job Trends in Somerset

Second Line Technical Support
South West > Somerset

The median Second Line Technical Support salary in Somerset is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Technical Support 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £33,425 - -
25th Percentile £34,438 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £34,500 £37,000 -
% change year-on-year -6.76% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 585 238 668
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.03% 93.70% 97.09%
Number of salaries quoted 356 130 549
10th Percentile £26,125 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,502 £30,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +20.48% -17.00%
75th Percentile £59,306 £61,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,375 £65,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -

2nd Line Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Technical Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

2nd Line Technical Support job vacancy trend in Somerset

2nd Line Technical Support
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Technical Support job vacancies in Somerset.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Technical Support job vacancies in Somerset

2nd Line Technical Support
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Technical Support within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 27 March 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
Taunton - 4 £35,000 - 2
2nd Line Technical Support
South West

2nd Line Technical Support Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 27 March 2026, 2nd Line Technical 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 Somerset region featuring 2nd Line Technical Support in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) DKIM
2 1 (25.00%) DMARC
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) Ticket Management
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server

2nd Line Technical Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DKIM
1 1 (25.00%) DMARC
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (25.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft