1st Line Support Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

First Line Support Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median First Line Support Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 550 502
Rank change year-on-year +95 -48 +124
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Analyst 61 23 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.064% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.068% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 45 14 54
10th Percentile £23,163 £21,925 £21,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £24,065 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £26,184 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +11.42% -4.08%
75th Percentile £27,500 £29,875 £25,000
90th Percentile £31,750 £34,100 £28,000
UK median annual salary £25,000 £25,869 £25,000
% change year-on-year -3.36% +3.47% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 38,285 33,619 31,967
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 92.95% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,298 16,416 24,168
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

1st Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st Line Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

1st Line Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

1st Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

1st Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

1st Line Support Analyst
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 1st Line Support Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 January 2026. 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 +20 21 £25,000 -10.71%
Yorkshire +8 20 £25,000 -0.99%
Midlands +40 14 £26,250 +2.94% 2
East Midlands - 14 £26,250 - 2
East of England +31 13 £26,250 +16.67% 1
South East +31 8 £27,750 +17.17% 1
Scotland - 5 £25,000 -
North West +16 1 £26,000 -8.77%
1st Line Support Analyst
UK

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, 1st Line Support Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring 1st Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 47 (77.05%) Customer Service
2 43 (70.49%) Windows
3 42 (68.85%) Microsoft
4 39 (63.93%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (50.82%) Active Directory
6 29 (47.54%) Azure
7 25 (40.98%) Entra ID
8 21 (34.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 21 (34.43%) Windows Server
9 18 (29.51%) Microsoft Office
10 16 (26.23%) Mac OS
11 14 (22.95%) SLA
12 12 (19.67%) Firewall
12 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (19.67%) Windows 10
13 11 (18.03%) Preventative Maintenance
13 11 (18.03%) Virtual Desktop
13 11 (18.03%) Windows Server 2019
14 10 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 10 (16.39%) ITSM
14 10 (16.39%) Remote Monitoring and Management
14 10 (16.39%) SQL
14 10 (16.39%) SQL Server
14 10 (16.39%) T-SQL
15 6 (9.84%) ITIL
16 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (8.20%) Server Management
16 5 (8.20%) SharePoint
17 4 (6.56%) Internet
17 4 (6.56%) OneDrive

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (29.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (63.93%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (47.54%) Azure
3 25 (40.98%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.56%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.64%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.67%) Firewall
2 4 (6.56%) Internet
2 4 (6.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.64%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.64%) DHCP
3 1 (1.64%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.39%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (54.10%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (13.11%) Law
4 4 (6.56%) Finance
4 4 (6.56%) Legal
5 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.64%) Retail
5 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 43 (70.49%) Windows
2 21 (34.43%) Windows Server
3 16 (26.23%) Mac OS
4 12 (19.67%) Windows 10
5 11 (18.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.64%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (77.05%) Customer Service
2 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (18.03%) Preventative Maintenance
4 10 (16.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 10 (16.39%) ITSM
4 10 (16.39%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 6 (9.84%) ITIL
6 5 (8.20%) Server Management
7 1 (1.64%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.64%) Coaching
7 1 (1.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (1.64%) Gamification
7 1 (1.64%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (1.64%) Mentoring
7 1 (1.64%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (1.64%) Project Delivery
7 1 (1.64%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.64%) Service Management
7 1 (1.64%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.39%) SQL
1 10 (16.39%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.64%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.64%) City & Guilds
2 1 (1.64%) Degree
2 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (22.95%) SLA
2 1 (1.64%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (50.82%) Active Directory
2 11 (18.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (34.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (68.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.64%) Cisco
2 1 (1.64%) Citrix
2 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow
2 1 (1.64%) WatchGuard