First Line Help Desk Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

First Line Help Desk Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median First Line Help Desk Support salary in the UK excluding London is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 542 701 750
Rank change year-on-year +159 +49 +106
Permanent jobs requiring a First Line Help Desk Support 29 64 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.075% 0.087% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.092% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 23 64 9
10th Percentile £24,125 £21,000 £20,950
25th Percentile £24,250 £21,813 £22,341
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £23,750 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -5.00% -4.42%
75th Percentile £28,750 £25,000 £26,500
90th Percentile £28,950 £25,775 £27,750
UK median annual salary £27,000 £23,750 £25,000
% change year-on-year +13.68% -5.00% -1.60%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

First Line Help Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured First Line Help Desk Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for First Line Help Desk Support in the UK excluding London

First Line Help Desk Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing First Line Help Desk Support in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for First Line Help Desk Support in the UK excluding London

First Line Help Desk Support
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing First Line Help Desk Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
North of England +38 10 £27,000 +28.57% 1
South East +79 9 £28,000 +16.67%
North West +1 8 £27,000 +28.57%
Midlands +52 5 £27,500 +14.58%
East Midlands +42 5 £27,500 +17.02%
South West +110 4 £25,250 +7.10%
Yorkshire +59 2 £27,500 +30.95% 1
East of England +42 1 £23,000 -8.00%
First Line Help Desk Support
UK

First Line Help Desk Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, First Line Help Desk 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 UK excluding London region featuring First Line Help Desk Support in the job title.

1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 19 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (65.52%) Social Skills
3 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
4 11 (37.93%) SLA
4 11 (37.93%) Azure
4 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
6 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
6 7 (24.14%) Windows Server
7 6 (20.69%) Driving Licence
7 6 (20.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
7 6 (20.69%) Firewall
8 5 (17.24%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (17.24%) Data Protection
8 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (17.24%) LAN
8 5 (17.24%) Ethernet
8 5 (17.24%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (17.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (17.24%) Meraki
8 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
8 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
9 4 (13.79%) A+ Certification
10 3 (10.34%) Retail
10 3 (10.34%) SaaS
10 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience

First Line Help Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (37.93%) Azure
3 5 (17.24%) Entra ID
4 3 (10.34%) SaaS
5 2 (6.90%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.69%) Firewall
2 5 (17.24%) Ethernet
2 5 (17.24%) LAN
2 5 (17.24%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (17.24%) Wi-Fi
General
1 19 (65.52%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Retail
3 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 7 (24.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) Customer Service
2 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (20.69%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 6 (20.69%) Service Delivery
4 5 (17.24%) Data Protection
5 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience
6 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) A+ Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (37.93%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
2 5 (17.24%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.24%) Meraki
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow