1st/2nd Line Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary in the UK excluding London is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 532 677 676
Rank change year-on-year +145 -1 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 48 98 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 48 86 72
10th Percentile - £23,000 £22,050
25th Percentile £26,500 £25,188 £24,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £28,250 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% +5.77%
75th Percentile £33,844 £32,250 £30,625
90th Percentile £38,325 £37,750 £33,750
UK median annual salary £31,500 £30,000 £29,250
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.56% +6.36%

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 35,218 70,245 51,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 94.92% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 17,732 49,603 29,711
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -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% -

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
Midlands +69 22 £27,000 -0.92% 2
West Midlands +62 13 £27,000 - 1
South East +76 11 £31,500 +14.55% 4
East Midlands +37 9 £38,500 +35.09% 1
North of England +32 9 £32,750 +9.17% 1
East of England +26 7 £28,000 -9.68% 1
Yorkshire +62 5 £35,000 +16.67%
North West -11 2 £32,750 +11.02% 1
North East - 2 £25,000 -
1st/2nd Line Support
UK

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, 1st/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 UK excluding London region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 32 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 28 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (45.83%) Windows
4 19 (39.58%) Microsoft
5 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
6 15 (31.25%) Azure
7 13 (27.08%) Mentoring
7 13 (27.08%) Entra ID
8 12 (25.00%) VoIP
9 11 (22.92%) ITIL
9 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (20.83%) Customer Service
10 10 (20.83%) OneDrive
10 10 (20.83%) SharePoint
11 9 (18.75%) Driving Licence
12 8 (16.67%) Logistics
13 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Exchange
13 7 (14.58%) Service Delivery
13 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
14 6 (12.50%) Onboarding
14 6 (12.50%) Windows Server
15 5 (10.42%) Firewall
15 5 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (10.42%) DNS
15 5 (10.42%) Sage
15 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
16 4 (8.33%) Ticket Management
16 4 (8.33%) Process Improvement
16 4 (8.33%) Systems Analysis
16 4 (8.33%) Data Management

1st/2nd 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 10 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 7 (14.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 28 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (31.25%) Azure
3 13 (27.08%) Entra ID
4 10 (20.83%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (25.00%) VoIP
2 5 (10.42%) DNS
2 5 (10.42%) Firewall
2 5 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (4.17%) LAN
3 2 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (4.17%) WAN
General
1 18 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
3 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Driving Licence
2 6 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 22 (45.83%) Windows
2 6 (12.50%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.17%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) Mentoring
2 11 (22.92%) ITIL
2 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (20.83%) Customer Service
4 8 (16.67%) Logistics
5 7 (14.58%) Service Delivery
6 4 (8.33%) Data Management
6 4 (8.33%) ERP
6 4 (8.33%) Innovative Thinking
6 4 (8.33%) Process Improvement
6 4 (8.33%) Systems Analysis
6 4 (8.33%) Ticket Management
7 3 (6.25%) Client Onboarding
7 3 (6.25%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (6.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (4.17%) Asset Management
9 1 (2.08%) Change Control
9 1 (2.08%) Migration
9 1 (2.08%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.25%) Hyper-V
2 3 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (39.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) Sage
3 4 (8.33%) VMware