1st Line Technical Support Job Trends

First Line Technical Support
UK

The median First Line Technical Support salary in the UK is £26,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 639 668 774
Rank change year-on-year +29 +106 +220
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Technical Support 25 27 24
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.037% 0.054% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.059% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 16 12 23
10th Percentile £25,375 - £19,050
25th Percentile £25,844 £22,500 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £25,000 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +2.77%
75th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £26,750
90th Percentile - - £27,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,250 £25,000 £26,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +2.77%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 61,135 45,530 70,841
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 91.70% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 38,457 23,722 55,462
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,493
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

1st Line Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st Line Technical Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

1st Line Technical Support job vacancy trend in the UK

1st Line Technical Support
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Technical Support job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for 1st Line Technical Support job vacancies in the UK

1st Line Technical Support
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Technical Support within the UK over the 6 months to 14 February 2026. 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 +61 25 £26,250 +1.94% 6
UK excluding London +18 24 £26,250 +5.00% 5
South East +25 15 £29,000 - 3
Midlands +16 8 £26,250 -0.94% 2
East Midlands -9 8 £26,250 -0.94% 2
London +35 1 - - 2
Work from Home +25 1 - -
East of England +12 1 £25,000 -2.91%

1st Line Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 February 2026, 1st Line Technical Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring 1st Line Technical Support in the job title.

1 19 (76.00%) Customer Service
2 12 (48.00%) Azure
2 12 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (36.00%) Windows
5 8 (32.00%) AI
5 8 (32.00%) Telematics
6 6 (24.00%) Entra ID
6 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (24.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 6 (24.00%) Windows Server
7 5 (20.00%) Firewall
8 4 (16.00%) Customer Experience
8 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (16.00%) VLAN
8 4 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (8.00%) ITIL
9 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
10 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
10 1 (4.00%) Becrypt
10 1 (4.00%) CCNA
10 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
10 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
10 1 (4.00%) ITSM
10 1 (4.00%) Logistics
10 1 (4.00%) Mathematics
10 1 (4.00%) MCDST
10 1 (4.00%) Meraki

1st Line Technical Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (48.00%) Azure
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (24.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.00%) VLAN
2 4 (16.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.00%) WAN
General
1 11 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (4.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 6 (24.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Customer Service
2 12 (48.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (32.00%) AI
3 8 (32.00%) Telematics
4 6 (24.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 4 (16.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (8.00%) ITIL
7 1 (4.00%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (4.00%) ITSM
7 1 (4.00%) Logistics
7 1 (4.00%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) CCNA
1 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (4.00%) MCDST
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
1 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Becrypt
2 1 (4.00%) Meraki
2 1 (4.00%) Sophos