1st Line Support Jobs in the Thames Valley

First Line Support
South East > Thames Valley

The median First Line Support salary in the Thames Valley is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 216 180
Rank change year-on-year +59 -36 +70
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 26 28 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.76% 0.42% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.44% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7 28 26
10th Percentile £21,250 £22,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £21,875 £23,375 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,750 £25,250
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +1.98% -3.81%
75th Percentile £29,000 £28,250 £27,813
90th Percentile £30,900 £30,400 £28,625
South East median annual salary £26,500 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - +6.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,875 6,337 5,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.94% 94.70% 89.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 4,418 3,118
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,183 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £64,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,512 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the Thames Valley

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the Thames Valley

1st Line Support
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 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
Buckinghamshire +53 19 £25,000 +8.70% 3
Berkshire +36 5 £25,000 -3.85% 7
Oxfordshire +18 2 £32,500 +28.71% 6
1st Line Support
South East

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 1st 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 Thames Valley region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 25 (96.15%) Social Skills
2 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
3 15 (57.69%) Customer Service
4 14 (53.85%) Firewall
5 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (34.62%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (30.77%) Spanish Language
8 8 (30.77%) Case Management
8 8 (30.77%) VoIP
8 8 (30.77%) Telecoms
8 8 (30.77%) Finance
9 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
9 6 (23.08%) Azure
9 6 (23.08%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 5 (19.23%) Time Management
11 4 (15.38%) Degree
11 4 (15.38%) German Language
11 4 (15.38%) Decision Tree
11 4 (15.38%) Windows
11 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
11 4 (15.38%) CRM
12 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (11.54%) Digital Signage
12 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
13 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 2 (7.69%) OneDrive
13 2 (7.69%) Driving Licence
13 2 (7.69%) Windows 10

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (23.08%) Azure
3 2 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 1 (3.85%) Nutanix
4 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (53.85%) Firewall
2 8 (30.77%) VoIP
3 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.85%) Wireless
General
1 25 (96.15%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Spanish Language
2 8 (30.77%) Telecoms
3 4 (15.38%) German Language
4 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Digital Signage
1 3 (11.54%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Customer Service
2 10 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (30.77%) Case Management
4 6 (23.08%) Remote Monitoring and Management
4 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 5 (19.23%) Time Management
6 4 (15.38%) CRM
6 4 (15.38%) Decision Tree
7 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.85%) Client Onboarding
8 1 (3.85%) Data Validation
8 1 (3.85%) E-Commerce
8 1 (3.85%) Logistics
8 1 (3.85%) Presales
8 1 (3.85%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.85%) CCNA
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
2 1 (3.85%) Snow
2 1 (3.85%) VMware