1st Line Support Technician Jobs

First Line Support Technician
UK

The median First Line Support Technician salary in the UK is £24,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 811 953 1168
Rank change year-on-year +142 +215 -318
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Technician 78 25 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.080% 0.024% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.026% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 74 15 37
10th Percentile £18,845 £20,500 £19,300
25th Percentile £22,750 £21,630 £20,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £23,000 £21,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.98% -10.42%
75th Percentile £25,500 £23,750 £24,500
90th Percentile £28,750 £25,150 £29,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,000 £23,000 £21,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +6.98% -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 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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.

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

1st Line Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support Technician in the UK

1st Line Support Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support Technician over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support Technician in the UK

1st Line Support Technician
Top 14 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 23 April 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 +57 77 £24,000 +4.35% 12
England +162 73 £24,000 +4.35% 10
South East +33 22 £23,500 +2.17% 1
Midlands +34 17 £25,000 +19.05% 2
East of England - 15 £24,000 - 3
North of England +51 12 £23,500 -4.08% 2
West Midlands +37 9 £24,000 +14.29% 1
Work from Home +76 8 £27,500 +19.57% 1
East Midlands -4 8 £25,000 +19.05% 1
North West +9 6 £25,000 +2.04% 1
South West -17 6 £17,750 -22.83% 2
Yorkshire - 6 £23,000 - 1
Scotland - 5 £24,000 - 2
London - 1 £33,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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.

1 51 (65.38%) Windows
1 51 (65.38%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (62.82%) Microsoft
3 35 (44.87%) Active Directory
4 28 (35.90%) Customer Service
5 27 (34.62%) Social Skills
6 23 (29.49%) Windows 10
6 23 (29.49%) Microsoft Office
7 19 (24.36%) LAN
7 19 (24.36%) Wireless
8 18 (23.08%) Firewall
8 18 (23.08%) Windows Server
9 17 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (20.51%) Google
10 16 (20.51%) Mathematics
11 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
11 13 (16.67%) TCP/IP
12 12 (15.38%) DNS
12 12 (15.38%) Azure
12 12 (15.38%) CCTV
12 12 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (12.82%) SQL
13 10 (12.82%) Service Management
14 9 (11.54%) GDPR
14 9 (11.54%) Entra ID
15 8 (10.26%) Driving Licence
15 8 (10.26%) ITSM
15 8 (10.26%) DHCP
15 8 (10.26%) Hyper-V
16 7 (8.97%) SLA

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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (29.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 51 (65.38%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (15.38%) Azure
3 9 (11.54%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.85%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.56%) ChatGPT
5 2 (2.56%) Google Drive
6 1 (1.28%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 19 (24.36%) LAN
1 19 (24.36%) Wireless
2 18 (23.08%) Firewall
3 13 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 12 (15.38%) DNS
4 12 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (10.26%) DHCP
6 6 (7.69%) Internet
6 6 (7.69%) MPLS
6 6 (7.69%) SD-WAN
6 6 (7.69%) VLAN
6 6 (7.69%) WAN
7 2 (2.56%) Softphone
8 1 (1.28%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 27 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.69%) Finance
2 6 (7.69%) Local Government
3 3 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (3.85%) Retail
4 2 (2.56%) Law
5 1 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.38%) CCTV
2 8 (10.26%) Driving Licence
3 6 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.28%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.28%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 51 (65.38%) Windows
2 23 (29.49%) Windows 10
3 18 (23.08%) Windows Server
4 6 (7.69%) Linux
4 6 (7.69%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.85%) Unix
5 3 (3.85%) Windows 7
5 3 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.56%) Windows 8
6 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (35.90%) Customer Service
2 17 (21.79%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (20.51%) Mathematics
4 10 (12.82%) Service Management
5 8 (10.26%) ITSM
6 6 (7.69%) Change Control
6 6 (7.69%) Migration
6 6 (7.69%) Scorecard
7 4 (5.13%) Application Virtualisation
7 4 (5.13%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (3.85%) Customer Experience
8 3 (3.85%) Regulatory Compliance
9 2 (2.56%) Time Management
10 1 (1.28%) Break/Fix
10 1 (1.28%) Case Management
10 1 (1.28%) Critical Thinking
10 1 (1.28%) Preventative Maintenance
10 1 (1.28%) Proactive Monitoring
10 1 (1.28%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.82%) SQL
2 6 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 4 (5.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (3.85%) Degree
2 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.28%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.28%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.28%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.54%) GDPR
2 7 (8.97%) SLA
3 6 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 35 (44.87%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.26%) Hyper-V
3 6 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (62.82%) Microsoft
2 16 (20.51%) Google
3 6 (7.69%) ESET
3 6 (7.69%) Meraki
3 6 (7.69%) Ubiquiti
3 6 (7.69%) VMware
4 1 (1.28%) Apple
4 1 (1.28%) iManage