2nd Line Support Jobs in Southampton

Second Line Support
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Second Line Support salary in Southampton is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 49 74
Rank change year-on-year +16 +25 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 2 31 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 0.64% 3.11% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.65% 3.18% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2 31 4
10th Percentile - £28,500 £24,025
25th Percentile £37,500 £29,000 £27,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +1.69% +20.41%
75th Percentile £42,500 £33,500 £31,125
90th Percentile - £33,750 £32,700
Hampshire median annual salary £31,500 £30,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.64% +10.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 309 974 686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.36% 97.60% 92.58%
Number of salaries quoted 228 817 545
10th Percentile £27,350 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,500 £51,573
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -9.84% +2.12%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,325 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% +1.90%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in Southampton

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in Southampton.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support in Southampton

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 8 June 2025, 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 Southampton region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune