1st Line Support Engineer Jobs

First Line Support Engineer
UK

The median First Line Support Engineer salary in the UK is £26,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 792 824 1099
Rank change year-on-year +32 +275 -272
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 122 140 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.14% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.15% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 116 133 124
10th Percentile £21,000 £22,000 £19,750
25th Percentile £22,489 £23,250 £20,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £25,000 £23,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £27,250
90th Percentile £36,500 £31,900 £29,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,375 £25,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year +1.50% +11.11% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

1st Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

1st Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in the UK

1st Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support Engineer in the UK

1st Line Support Engineer
Top 17 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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
UK excluding London -23 99 £25,375 +1.50% 27
England +56 87 £25,000 - 22
Work from Home +43 34 £27,000 +8.00% 9
South East +26 30 £24,000 -2.04% 9
North of England +49 21 £22,826 -12.21% 3
London +123 20 £27,500 -7.56% 1
Northern Ireland +40 16 £35,000 +34.62% 2
North West +22 15 £22,826 -10.49% 3
Scotland -56 11 £27,500 +15.18% 1
South West -29 8 £25,000 -10.71% 2
Wales - 5 £22,000 - 3
North East - 5 £22,000 -
East of England +4 4 £26,500 +6.00% 4
Midlands -11 4 £27,500 +10.00% 3
West Midlands +13 2 £31,250 +25.00%
Yorkshire +75 1 £21,500 -17.31%
East Midlands -33 1 £22,500 -10.00% 3

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 1st Line Support Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 76 (62.30%) Microsoft 365
2 75 (61.48%) Windows
3 54 (44.26%) Active Directory
4 52 (42.62%) Microsoft
4 52 (42.62%) Customer Service
5 45 (36.89%) Social Skills
6 33 (27.05%) Windows Server
7 24 (19.67%) Azure
8 22 (18.03%) Microsoft Office
9 21 (17.21%) Finance
10 20 (16.39%) Windows 10
11 19 (15.57%) SharePoint
12 18 (14.75%) Manufacturing
12 18 (14.75%) Telecoms
13 17 (13.93%) Microsoft Exchange
13 17 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (13.11%) Customer Experience
14 16 (13.11%) Mentoring
14 16 (13.11%) Coaching
14 16 (13.11%) Incident Management
15 15 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
15 15 (12.30%) Public Sector
16 14 (11.48%) Entra ID
16 14 (11.48%) SAP
16 14 (11.48%) Electronics
16 14 (11.48%) Programme Management
16 14 (11.48%) Marketing
16 14 (11.48%) Digital Marketing
17 13 (10.66%) Microsoft Intune
18 12 (9.84%) Degree

1st Line Support Engineer 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 19 (15.57%) SharePoint
2 17 (13.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.10%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (4.10%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 22 (18.03%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 76 (62.30%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (19.67%) Azure
3 14 (11.48%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.74%) Amazon EC2
4 7 (5.74%) AWS
5 4 (3.28%) WhatsApp
6 2 (1.64%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.64%) Mimecast
6 2 (1.64%) OneDrive
7 1 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.82%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.02%) VoIP
2 10 (8.20%) VPN
3 8 (6.56%) Firewall
3 8 (6.56%) WAN
4 6 (4.92%) DHCP
4 6 (4.92%) Wireless
5 5 (4.10%) Broadband
5 5 (4.10%) LAN
5 5 (4.10%) TCP/IP
5 5 (4.10%) VLAN
6 4 (3.28%) DNS
6 4 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.46%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.64%) ADSL
8 2 (1.64%) IPsec
9 1 (0.82%) Internet
9 1 (0.82%) Intranet
9 1 (0.82%) Network Security
9 1 (0.82%) Skype
Development Applications
1 1 (0.82%) JIRA
General
1 45 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.21%) Finance
3 18 (14.75%) Manufacturing
3 18 (14.75%) Telecoms
4 15 (12.30%) Public Sector
5 14 (11.48%) Electronics
5 14 (11.48%) Marketing
6 11 (9.02%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.28%) Retail
9 3 (2.46%) Games
10 1 (0.82%) Legal
10 1 (0.82%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (0.82%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 75 (61.48%) Windows
2 33 (27.05%) Windows Server
3 20 (16.39%) Windows 10
4 8 (6.56%) Linux
5 6 (4.92%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (4.10%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (3.28%) Debian
8 3 (2.46%) Windows 8
9 2 (1.64%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.82%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (42.62%) Customer Service
2 17 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (13.11%) Coaching
3 16 (13.11%) Customer Experience
3 16 (13.11%) Incident Management
3 16 (13.11%) Mentoring
4 15 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
5 14 (11.48%) Digital Marketing
5 14 (11.48%) Programme Management
6 9 (7.38%) Service Delivery
7 8 (6.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (6.56%) ITIL
8 6 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (4.92%) Customer-Centricity
9 5 (4.10%) Change Control
9 5 (4.10%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 5 (4.10%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (4.10%) Proactive Monitoring
9 5 (4.10%) Web Design
10 4 (3.28%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.10%) SQL
2 1 (0.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (9.84%) Degree
2 8 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (4.10%) DBS Check
3 5 (4.10%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.28%) CCNA
4 4 (3.28%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.28%) MCITP
4 4 (3.28%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.64%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.92%) SLA
2 4 (3.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 54 (44.26%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.82%) VirtualBox
3 1 (0.82%) XenApp
3 1 (0.82%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (10.66%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 52 (42.62%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.48%) SAP
3 10 (8.20%) VMware
4 8 (6.56%) Apple
5 4 (3.28%) Cisco
6 2 (1.64%) ConnectWise
6 2 (1.64%) Google
6 2 (1.64%) N-able
6 2 (1.64%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.64%) Sophos
7 1 (0.82%) Avaya
7 1 (0.82%) Citrix
7 1 (0.82%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.82%) HP
7 1 (0.82%) Progress
7 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.82%) Ubiquiti
7 1 (0.82%) Veeam