First Line Support Technician
UK
The median First Line Support Technician salary in the UK is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 December 2023.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 716 | 1053 | 1054 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +337 | +1 | -314 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Technician | 13 | 25 | 16 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.020% | 0.013% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.026% | 0.021% | 0.013% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 12 | 21 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £19,550 | £21,259 | £19,050 |
| 25th Percentile | £22,438 | £22,000 | £20,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £25,000 | £24,000 | £21,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.17% | +12.94% | -5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £27,188 | £26,500 | £24,688 |
| 90th Percentile | £32,175 | £26,691 | £25,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £25,000 | £24,000 | £21,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.17% | +11.63% | +7.50% |
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 | 49,748 | 116,938 | 121,615 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.41% | 95.42% | 95.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 36,451 | 73,675 | 84,434 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,750 | £32,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £81,250 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £98,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | +5.26% |
1st Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 1st Line Support Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
1st Line Support Technician
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support Technician.
1st Line Support Technician
Top 10 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 Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 9 December 2023. 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 |
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| England | +340 | 13 | £25,000 | +3.09% | 13 |
| UK excluding London | +227 | 9 | £25,000 | +4.17% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +133 | 5 | £25,000 | +14.69% | 1 |
| Midlands | +130 | 5 | £25,000 | +4.61% | 2 |
| London | +268 | 4 | £25,750 | -4.19% | |
| Work from Home | +253 | 4 | £25,000 | +4.17% | 1 |
| South East | +155 | 2 | £27,250 | +11.58% | 3 |
| North of England | +136 | 1 | £26,000 | +2.97% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +95 | 1 | £26,000 | - | 4 |
| South West | +78 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
1st Line Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 December 2023, 1st Line Support Technician 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 Technician in the job title.
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1st Line Support Technician 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: