1st Line Support Analyst Jobs 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 £26,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 April 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 669 667
Rank change year-on-year +195 -2 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Analyst 73 88 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.13% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.13% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 59 86 93
10th Percentile £22,425 £21,000 £21,300
25th Percentile £24,313 £23,000 £22,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £24,250 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,750
90th Percentile £33,750 £29,250 £34,900
UK median annual salary £26,250 £24,750 £26,000
% change year-on-year +6.06% -4.81% +4.00%

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 32,581 66,443 55,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 94.80% 89.31%
Number of salaries quoted 18,458 47,148 31,379
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £38,696
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,956 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.58% -11.74% -

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

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

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

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support Analyst 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 26 April 2025.

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 26 April 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
East of England +78 21 £26,250 +10.53% 1
North of England +75 21 £28,000 +16.67%
Midlands +83 16 £28,000 +6.67% 2
South East +75 11 £23,750 -1.04% 4
Yorkshire +66 11 £28,000 +14.29%
East Midlands +65 10 £32,250 +24.04% 1
North West +36 10 £22,850 +3.86%
West Midlands +71 6 £28,000 +5.66% 1
South West +118 4 £25,250 +14.77%
1st Line Support Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2025, 1st Line Support Analyst 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 1st Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 53 (72.60%) Microsoft
2 50 (68.49%) Social Skills
3 49 (67.12%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (54.79%) Customer Service
5 32 (43.84%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (42.47%) Windows
7 30 (41.10%) Active Directory
8 20 (27.40%) VoIP
8 20 (27.40%) Analytical Skills
9 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Office
10 16 (21.92%) Firewall
11 15 (20.55%) Telecoms
11 15 (20.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (20.55%) Windows Server
12 14 (19.18%) Windows 10
12 14 (19.18%) Azure
12 14 (19.18%) A+ Certification
13 13 (17.81%) Service Delivery
14 11 (15.07%) Service Management
15 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
16 8 (10.96%) Finance
16 8 (10.96%) Law
16 8 (10.96%) SharePoint
16 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Intune
16 8 (10.96%) Entra ID
17 7 (9.59%) Customer-Centricity
17 7 (9.59%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (9.59%) CRM
17 7 (9.59%) EPoS
17 7 (9.59%) ITSM

1st Line Support Analyst 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 8 (10.96%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (23.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 49 (67.12%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (19.18%) Azure
3 8 (10.96%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.85%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 20 (27.40%) VoIP
2 16 (21.92%) Firewall
3 3 (4.11%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.37%) DHCP
4 1 (1.37%) DNS
4 1 (1.37%) Internet
4 1 (1.37%) LAN
4 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.37%) WAN
4 1 (1.37%) Wireless
General
1 50 (68.49%) Social Skills
2 20 (27.40%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (20.55%) Telecoms
4 8 (10.96%) Finance
4 8 (10.96%) Law
5 7 (9.59%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (6.85%) Spanish Language
7 2 (2.74%) Legal
7 2 (2.74%) Retail
8 1 (1.37%) Advertising
8 1 (1.37%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.59%) EPoS
2 4 (5.48%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (42.47%) Windows
2 15 (20.55%) Windows Server
3 14 (19.18%) Windows 10
4 5 (6.85%) Mac OS
4 5 (6.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (54.79%) Customer Service
2 32 (43.84%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (17.81%) Service Delivery
4 11 (15.07%) Service Management
5 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (9.59%) CRM
6 7 (9.59%) Customer-Centricity
6 7 (9.59%) ITSM
6 7 (9.59%) Time Management
7 6 (8.22%) ITIL
7 6 (8.22%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 5 (6.85%) Case Management
8 5 (6.85%) Change Management
8 5 (6.85%) Logistics
8 5 (6.85%) Mentoring
8 5 (6.85%) Preventative Maintenance
8 5 (6.85%) Server Management
9 3 (4.11%) Analytical Thinking
9 3 (4.11%) ERP
9 3 (4.11%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 15 (20.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (19.18%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.37%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (41.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 53 (72.60%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) Sage
3 2 (2.74%) ServiceNow