2nd Line Support Jobs in the Thames Valley

Second Line Support
South East > Thames Valley

The median Second Line Support salary in the Thames Valley is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 190 150
Rank change year-on-year +20 -40 +67
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 9 53 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.27% 0.79% 1.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.83% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9 51 108
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% +1.69%
75th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
90th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £34,300
South East median annual salary £31,500 £30,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.64% +10.91%

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 2,840 6,366 5,349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.70% 94.69% 89.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,275 4,464 3,144
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,375 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £64,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support in the Thames Valley

2nd 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 2nd Line Support within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire +24 7 £32,500 +8.33% 3
Oxfordshire +18 2 £33,500 +4.69% 4
2nd Line Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 Thames Valley region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Customer Service
3 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
4 5 (55.56%) VMware
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
5 4 (44.44%) Azure
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
5 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
6 3 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
6 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
6 3 (33.33%) Presales
6 3 (33.33%) IaaS
6 3 (33.33%) Veeam
6 3 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (33.33%) SAN
6 3 (33.33%) CCNP
6 3 (33.33%) CCNA
6 3 (33.33%) SLA
6 3 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (33.33%) PKI

2nd 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 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) ADSL
2 1 (11.11%) DHCP
2 1 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
2 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
3 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (22.22%) Mac OS
4 2 (22.22%) Windows 7
5 1 (11.11%) Android
5 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
5 1 (11.11%) Linux
5 1 (11.11%) OpenBSD
5 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
5 1 (11.11%) Windows Vista
5 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Customer Service
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Innovative Thinking
3 3 (33.33%) Presales
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) ITSM
4 2 (22.22%) User Experience
5 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 3 (33.33%) CCNA
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
3 3 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (22.22%) SCCM
2 2 (22.22%) SCOM
2 2 (22.22%) SCSM
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) VMware
3 3 (33.33%) Veeam
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco
5 1 (11.11%) Apple