1st Line Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

First Line Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median First Line Support salary in the UK excluding London is £24,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 416 456
Rank change year-on-year +60 +40 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 510 389 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.72% 0.65% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.73% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 494 276 401
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,000 £19,000
25th Percentile £22,350 £22,250 £20,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £25,000 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £27,455 £28,000 £26,500
90th Percentile £28,750 £29,438 £30,000
UK median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,146 53,642 68,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.24% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,498 30,589 42,749
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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

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

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

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

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

1st Line 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 1st Line Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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
South East +13 144 £25,000 - 30
Midlands +56 117 £25,000 - 16
North of England +71 97 £23,500 -4.08% 21
West Midlands +53 59 £25,000 +4.17% 4
East Midlands +13 57 £25,000 - 12
North West +24 49 £23,750 +1.06% 11
South West -2 49 £24,000 -4.00% 4
East of England +5 46 £25,000 +5.26% 6
Yorkshire +89 42 £23,500 -9.62% 8
Scotland -39 30 £26,568 +6.27% 10
Northern Ireland - 18 £35,000 - 2
Wales - 9 £22,000 - 4
North East -9 6 £22,000 -20.00% 2
1st Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 265 (51.96%) Windows
1 265 (51.96%) Microsoft 365
2 261 (51.18%) Microsoft
3 241 (47.25%) Customer Service
4 220 (43.14%) Active Directory
5 206 (40.39%) Social Skills
6 127 (24.90%) Microsoft Office
7 105 (20.59%) Windows 10
8 91 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
9 82 (16.08%) Windows Server
10 71 (13.92%) Microsoft Exchange
11 66 (12.94%) ITIL
12 60 (11.76%) SharePoint
13 56 (10.98%) SLA
14 52 (10.20%) Firewall
15 49 (9.61%) Azure
16 48 (9.41%) Driving Licence
17 46 (9.02%) Degree
17 46 (9.02%) DNS
18 45 (8.82%) SQL
19 44 (8.63%) LAN
20 43 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
21 42 (8.24%) Entra ID
21 42 (8.24%) Mentoring
22 40 (7.84%) Telecoms
23 37 (7.25%) Mathematics
24 34 (6.67%) ITSM
24 34 (6.67%) DHCP
24 34 (6.67%) Hyper-V
25 33 (6.47%) Customer Experience

1st Line 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 71 (13.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (11.76%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.20%) JOnAS
Applications
1 127 (24.90%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (4.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.37%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) assyst
3 2 (0.39%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.39%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.20%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 265 (51.96%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (9.61%) Azure
3 42 (8.24%) Entra ID
4 11 (2.16%) Mimecast
5 7 (1.37%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.37%) SaaS
6 2 (0.39%) AWS
6 2 (0.39%) ChatGPT
6 2 (0.39%) Google Drive
6 2 (0.39%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.20%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.20%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 52 (10.20%) Firewall
2 46 (9.02%) DNS
3 44 (8.63%) LAN
4 34 (6.67%) DHCP
5 31 (6.08%) TCP/IP
6 30 (5.88%) Wireless
7 27 (5.29%) VoIP
8 25 (4.90%) WAN
9 22 (4.31%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (2.75%) VPN
11 10 (1.96%) VLAN
12 8 (1.57%) Internet
13 7 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
14 6 (1.18%) Broadband
14 6 (1.18%) MPLS
14 6 (1.18%) SD-WAN
15 3 (0.59%) Network Security
16 2 (0.39%) IPsec
16 2 (0.39%) Softphone
17 1 (0.20%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.98%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.39%) MS Access
4 1 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.20%) MySQL
4 1 (0.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (2.55%) JIRA
General
1 206 (40.39%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
3 40 (7.84%) Telecoms
4 32 (6.27%) Manufacturing
5 31 (6.08%) Finance
6 26 (5.10%) Retail
7 24 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
8 23 (4.51%) Public Sector
9 21 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (3.73%) Marketing
11 16 (3.14%) Electronics
12 13 (2.55%) Advertising
13 11 (2.16%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (2.16%) Games
14 9 (1.76%) Law
15 7 (1.37%) French Language
16 6 (1.18%) Billing
16 6 (1.18%) Local Government
17 4 (0.78%) Automotive
18 2 (0.39%) German Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.76%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.41%) Driving Licence
2 29 (5.69%) Data Centre
3 25 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.35%) CCTV
6 11 (2.16%) Smartphone
7 5 (0.98%) iPad
8 3 (0.59%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.59%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.39%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.39%) EPoS
9 2 (0.39%) iPhone
9 2 (0.39%) Life Science
9 2 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.39%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.20%) CMDB
10 1 (0.20%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.20%) FMCG
10 1 (0.20%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 265 (51.96%) Windows
2 105 (20.59%) Windows 10
3 82 (16.08%) Windows Server
4 29 (5.69%) Windows 7
5 20 (3.92%) Windows 8
6 14 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (2.55%) Linux
8 10 (1.96%) Android
8 10 (1.96%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.76%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (1.76%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.57%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (0.78%) Debian
13 3 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (47.25%) Customer Service
2 91 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (12.94%) ITIL
4 42 (8.24%) Mentoring
5 37 (7.25%) Mathematics
6 34 (6.67%) ITSM
7 33 (6.47%) Customer Experience
8 31 (6.08%) Service Management
9 30 (5.88%) Incident Management
10 21 (4.12%) Coaching
11 19 (3.73%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (3.53%) Collaborative Working
13 17 (3.33%) Time Management
14 16 (3.14%) Digital Marketing
14 16 (3.14%) Proactive Monitoring
14 16 (3.14%) Programme Management
15 14 (2.75%) Impact Assessments
16 13 (2.55%) Active Listening
17 11 (2.16%) Agile
17 11 (2.16%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 45 (8.82%) SQL
2 9 (1.76%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 46 (9.02%) Degree
2 19 (3.73%) DBS Check
3 15 (2.94%) MCP
4 14 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (2.75%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.16%) A+ Certification
6 4 (0.78%) CCNA
6 4 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (0.39%) MCITP
7 2 (0.39%) MCSE
8 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (10.98%) SLA
2 13 (2.55%) GDPR
3 6 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.78%) QA
5 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 220 (43.14%) Active Directory
2 34 (6.67%) Hyper-V
3 31 (6.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (2.94%) VirtualBox
4 15 (2.94%) XenApp
4 15 (2.94%) XenDesktop
5 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.59%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.39%) pfSense
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 261 (51.18%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.27%) VMware
3 28 (5.49%) ServiceNow
4 18 (3.53%) Apple
5 17 (3.33%) Google
5 17 (3.33%) SAP
6 15 (2.94%) Citrix
7 14 (2.75%) Cisco
8 12 (2.35%) WatchGuard
9 11 (2.16%) HP
10 10 (1.96%) Dell
10 10 (1.96%) NetApp
11 8 (1.57%) Veeam
12 7 (1.37%) Ubiquiti
13 6 (1.18%) ESET
13 6 (1.18%) Meraki
14 4 (0.78%) HubSpot
15 3 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
15 3 (0.59%) Cylance
15 3 (0.59%) Sage