1st Line Support Analyst Jobs

First Line Support Analyst
UK

The median First Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £25,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 739 801 1066
Rank change year-on-year +62 +265 -153
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Analyst 103 86 209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 91 82 179
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,000 £19,313
25th Percentile £23,000 £22,406 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £25,250 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% +5.21% +9.09%
75th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £27,500
90th Percentile £46,250 £33,750 £30,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,500 £25,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

1st Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

1st Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England +54 98 £25,500 -1.92% 8
UK excluding London -23 75 £24,500 -2.00% 9
South East +6 32 £25,500 -1.92% 4
London +88 25 £36,450 +21.50%
North of England +24 20 £24,500 +16.67%
Work from Home +24 12 £27,500 +5.77% 4
Yorkshire +67 10 £24,500 +4.26%
North West -2 9 £21,000 +5.00%
Midlands -27 8 £26,500 +6.00% 3
East Midlands -27 6 £27,000 +4.85%
South West -1 5 £30,000 - 2
East of England -7 5 £23,000 +2.22%
Scotland -45 3 - -
West Midlands -10 2 £23,500 -4.08% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £31,500 - 1
North East -11 1 £20,000 -27.27%

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 featuring 1st Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 62 (60.19%) Active Directory
2 57 (55.34%) Windows
3 51 (49.51%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (49.51%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (48.54%) Microsoft
5 47 (45.63%) Social Skills
6 34 (33.01%) Customer Service
7 31 (30.10%) SLA
8 29 (28.16%) SharePoint
9 21 (20.39%) Windows 10
10 18 (17.48%) ServiceNow
11 16 (15.53%) Microsoft Exchange
11 16 (15.53%) Incident Management
12 15 (14.56%) Analytical Skills
12 15 (14.56%) DHCP
12 15 (14.56%) DNS
12 15 (14.56%) Finance
12 15 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (13.59%) Degree
14 13 (12.62%) Linux
15 12 (11.65%) SQL
15 12 (11.65%) Banking
15 12 (11.65%) Front Office
15 12 (11.65%) FIX Protocol
16 11 (10.68%) WatchGuard
16 11 (10.68%) Security Cleared
16 11 (10.68%) Azure
16 11 (10.68%) Management Information System
16 11 (10.68%) Firewall
16 11 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel

1st Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 29 (28.16%) SharePoint
2 16 (15.53%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 51 (49.51%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (10.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (9.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.97%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 51 (49.51%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (10.68%) Azure
3 10 (9.71%) Mimecast
4 5 (4.85%) Entra ID
4 5 (4.85%) SaaS
5 2 (1.94%) Azure Stack
5 2 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.97%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (14.56%) DHCP
1 15 (14.56%) DNS
2 11 (10.68%) Firewall
3 5 (4.85%) VoIP
4 3 (2.91%) Broadband
5 2 (1.94%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.97%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.97%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.97%) JIRA
General
1 47 (45.63%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.56%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (14.56%) Finance
3 12 (11.65%) Banking
3 12 (11.65%) Front Office
4 7 (6.80%) Telecoms
5 6 (5.83%) Legal
6 4 (3.88%) Law
7 3 (2.91%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.91%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.94%) Electronics
8 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.94%) Marketing
9 1 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Retail
9 1 (0.97%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.65%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.68%) Management Information System
2 10 (9.71%) Data Centre
2 10 (9.71%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.91%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.97%) Hedge funds
4 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 57 (55.34%) Windows
2 21 (20.39%) Windows 10
3 13 (12.62%) Linux
4 8 (7.77%) Apple iOS
5 5 (4.85%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.94%) Android
7 1 (0.97%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (33.01%) Customer Service
2 16 (15.53%) Incident Management
3 15 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (10.68%) ITIL
5 10 (9.71%) ITSM
5 10 (9.71%) Proactive Monitoring
6 9 (8.74%) Gamification
7 5 (4.85%) Analytics
7 5 (4.85%) Business Continuity
7 5 (4.85%) Coaching
7 5 (4.85%) Customer Experience
8 4 (3.88%) Time Management
9 3 (2.91%) Asset Management
9 3 (2.91%) Information Security
9 3 (2.91%) Service Management
9 3 (2.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 2 (1.94%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (1.94%) Digital Marketing
10 2 (1.94%) Mobile Device Management
10 2 (1.94%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (13.59%) Degree
2 11 (10.68%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.91%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.97%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.97%) MCDST
5 1 (0.97%) MCP
5 1 (0.97%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (30.10%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (60.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (5.83%) SCCM
2 2 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (48.54%) Microsoft
2 18 (17.48%) ServiceNow
3 11 (10.68%) Cisco
3 11 (10.68%) WatchGuard
4 10 (9.71%) Dell
4 10 (9.71%) HP
4 10 (9.71%) NetApp
5 5 (4.85%) Remedy
6 4 (3.88%) Citrix
7 2 (1.94%) Apple
7 2 (1.94%) SAP
8 1 (0.97%) Adobe
8 1 (0.97%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.97%) Okta
8 1 (0.97%) Veeam