3rd Line Technical Support Jobs in the South East

Third Line Technical Support
England > South East

The median Third Line Technical Support salary in the South East is £35,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 387 407
Rank change year-on-year +95 +20 +86
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Technical Support 4 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.044% 0.030% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.032% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34,750 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% -18.75% +29.03%
75th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £43,250 - -
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 7,945 15,759 13,489
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.41% 93.93% 90.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,533 11,363 8,457
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

3rd Line Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Technical Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Technical Support in the South East

3rd Line Technical Support
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Technical Support in the South East.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Technical Support in the South East

3rd Line Technical Support
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Technical Support within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 May 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
Hampshire - 3 £35,500 -
Kent - 1 £42,500 - 1
3rd Line Technical Support
England

3rd Line Technical Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, 3rd Line Technical Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring 3rd Line Technical Support in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) AWS
2 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance

3rd Line Technical Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Linux
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (25.00%) Proactive Monitoring