2nd Line Support Jobs in the South West

Second Line Support
England > South West

The median Second Line Support salary in the South West is £33,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 221 205 243
Rank change year-on-year -16 +38 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 80 66 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.87% 0.97% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 1.08% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 80 62 72
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £24,525
25th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £37,125 £38,750 £35,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £43,288 £37,000
England median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -1.59% +5.00% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,871 6,087 7,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 89.19% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,468 3,772 5,137
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,650 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in the South West

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in the South West.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support in the South West

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in the South West over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support in the South West

2nd Line Support
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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
Dorset -21 22 £37,000 -1.33% 3
Bristol -7 15 £33,000 +10.00% 8
Devon -3 11 £29,000 -10.77% 1
Somerset +14 9 £29,000 -7.94% 1
Wiltshire -9 9 £33,500 -8.22% 4
Gloucestershire -20 7 £31,250 -10.71% 4
Cornwall - 3 £30,000 -
2nd Line Support
England

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 2nd Line 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 West region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 53 (66.25%) Microsoft
2 52 (65.00%) Active Directory
3 45 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
4 43 (53.75%) Windows
5 30 (37.50%) Azure
6 27 (33.75%) Microsoft Exchange
7 26 (32.50%) VMware
8 25 (31.25%) Hyper-V
8 25 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
8 25 (31.25%) Windows Server
9 23 (28.75%) Google
9 23 (28.75%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (26.25%) GCP
10 21 (26.25%) AWS
11 20 (25.00%) Security Cleared
12 18 (22.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (22.50%) Social Skills
12 18 (22.50%) Customer Service
13 17 (21.25%) SC Cleared
13 17 (21.25%) Microsoft Intune
14 16 (20.00%) Firewall
15 13 (16.25%) Citrix
15 13 (16.25%) Degree
16 12 (15.00%) Mobile Device Management
16 12 (15.00%) DBS Check
16 12 (15.00%) LAN
16 12 (15.00%) WAN
16 12 (15.00%) SharePoint
17 11 (13.75%) ITIL
17 11 (13.75%) Microsoft Office

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 27 (33.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (15.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (7.50%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (7.50%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (1.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (13.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (37.50%) Azure
3 21 (26.25%) AWS
3 21 (26.25%) GCP
4 4 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.50%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.25%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (20.00%) Firewall
2 12 (15.00%) LAN
2 12 (15.00%) WAN
3 10 (12.50%) Network Security
4 5 (6.25%) DNS
5 4 (5.00%) DHCP
6 2 (2.50%) IPsec
6 2 (2.50%) VLAN
6 2 (2.50%) VPN
6 2 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.25%) JIRA
General
1 18 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.50%) Finance
2 6 (7.50%) Marketing
3 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.50%) Advertising
4 2 (2.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.25%) Law
5 1 (1.25%) Legal
5 1 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.25%) CSS
1 1 (1.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 7 (8.75%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.25%) PKI
4 1 (1.25%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 43 (53.75%) Windows
2 25 (31.25%) Windows Server
3 10 (12.50%) Mac OS
4 6 (7.50%) Windows 10
5 5 (6.25%) Linux
6 2 (2.50%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.50%) Windows 8
6 2 (2.50%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.75%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (22.50%) Customer Service
3 12 (15.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 11 (13.75%) ITIL
5 10 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 10 (12.50%) Server Virtualisation
6 6 (7.50%) CRM
6 6 (7.50%) Service Delivery
7 4 (5.00%) Asset Management
7 4 (5.00%) Software Asset Management
8 3 (3.75%) ITSM
9 2 (2.50%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (2.50%) Mentoring
9 2 (2.50%) Service Management
10 1 (1.25%) Batch Scripting
10 1 (1.25%) CI/CD
10 1 (1.25%) Critical Thinking
10 1 (1.25%) Proactive Management
10 1 (1.25%) Runbook
10 1 (1.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.75%) SQL
2 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 18 (22.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (21.25%) SC Cleared
4 13 (16.25%) Degree
5 12 (15.00%) DBS Check
6 11 (13.75%) A+ Certification
7 10 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (12.50%) MCP
8 7 (8.75%) MCSE
9 6 (7.50%) MCITP
10 1 (1.25%) CCNA
10 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.25%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.00%) SLA
2 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 52 (65.00%) Active Directory
2 25 (31.25%) Hyper-V
2 25 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.50%) XenDesktop
4 7 (8.75%) XenApp
5 4 (5.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 17 (21.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (13.75%) SCCM
3 1 (1.25%) Ansible
3 1 (1.25%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.25%) Opsgenie
3 1 (1.25%) Puppet
Vendors
1 53 (66.25%) Microsoft
2 26 (32.50%) VMware
3 23 (28.75%) Google
4 13 (16.25%) Citrix
5 10 (12.50%) Cisco
5 10 (12.50%) Dell
5 10 (12.50%) HP
5 10 (12.50%) Symantec
6 5 (6.25%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.50%) Apple
7 2 (2.50%) Aruba
8 1 (1.25%) Acronis
8 1 (1.25%) AppDynamics
8 1 (1.25%) Datto
8 1 (1.25%) Draytek