First Line Support
UK

The median First Line Support salary in the UK is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 419 569 664
Rank change year-on-year +150 +95 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 593 490 619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.47% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.51% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 562 368 563
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,250 £19,250
25th Percentile £22,500 £22,750 £20,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% +6.82%
75th Percentile £27,750 £28,750 £27,500
90th Percentile £32,400 £33,250 £30,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,500 £25,000 £22,875
% change year-on-year -2.00% +9.29% +3.98%

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
England +154 536 £25,000 - 75
UK excluding London +70 519 £24,500 -2.00% 82
South East +20 156 £25,000 - 24
Midlands +61 117 £25,000 - 10
North of England +63 96 £23,250 -7.00% 16
Work from Home +37 95 £26,500 +6.00% 13
London +114 69 £32,500 +16.07% 5
West Midlands +51 59 £25,000 +4.17% 1
East Midlands +7 57 £25,000 - 9
South West -8 51 £23,750 -5.00% 5
North West +31 47 £24,000 +1.05% 9
East of England +18 47 £25,000 +6.38% 15
Yorkshire +94 42 £23,000 -11.54% 6
Scotland -49 27 £25,568 +2.27% 7
Northern Ireland +36 16 £35,000 +34.62% 2
Wales +13 9 £22,000 -8.33% 5
North East -4 7 £22,000 -20.00% 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 1st Line Support 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 in the job title.

1 312 (52.61%) Windows
2 303 (51.10%) Microsoft
3 299 (50.42%) Microsoft 365
4 278 (46.88%) Customer Service
5 259 (43.68%) Active Directory
6 251 (42.33%) Social Skills
7 160 (26.98%) Microsoft Office
8 126 (21.25%) Windows 10
9 107 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
10 92 (15.51%) Windows Server
11 83 (14.00%) Microsoft Exchange
12 77 (12.98%) ITIL
13 68 (11.47%) Azure
14 64 (10.79%) SLA
15 61 (10.29%) Degree
16 60 (10.12%) SharePoint
17 58 (9.78%) Driving Licence
18 54 (9.11%) Firewall
19 53 (8.94%) SQL
20 49 (8.26%) Entra ID
21 47 (7.93%) ITSM
22 45 (7.59%) Finance
22 45 (7.59%) LAN
22 45 (7.59%) DNS
23 43 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
24 40 (6.75%) Wireless
24 40 (6.75%) Service Management
24 40 (6.75%) Mentoring
25 38 (6.41%) Telecoms
25 38 (6.41%) VMware

1st Line Support 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 83 (14.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (10.12%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.69%) Confluence
4 5 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (0.84%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) JOnAS
Applications
1 160 (26.98%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.18%) Trello
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.51%) assyst
1 3 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.34%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.34%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 299 (50.42%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (11.47%) Azure
3 49 (8.26%) Entra ID
4 12 (2.02%) Mimecast
5 9 (1.52%) AWS
6 8 (1.35%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (1.01%) SaaS
9 4 (0.67%) WhatsApp
10 2 (0.34%) ChatGPT
10 2 (0.34%) Google Drive
10 2 (0.34%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.17%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 54 (9.11%) Firewall
2 45 (7.59%) DNS
2 45 (7.59%) LAN
3 40 (6.75%) Wireless
4 35 (5.90%) DHCP
4 35 (5.90%) TCP/IP
5 28 (4.72%) VoIP
5 28 (4.72%) WAN
6 24 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (2.36%) Internet
8 13 (2.19%) VPN
9 12 (2.02%) VLAN
10 8 (1.35%) Broadband
10 8 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (1.01%) MPLS
11 6 (1.01%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.67%) Network Security
13 3 (0.51%) ADSL
14 2 (0.34%) IPsec
14 2 (0.34%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.34%) MS Access
4 1 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.17%) MySQL
4 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (3.04%) JIRA
General
1 251 (42.33%) Social Skills
2 45 (7.59%) Finance
3 43 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
4 38 (6.41%) Telecoms
5 31 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (4.89%) Manufacturing
7 27 (4.55%) Retail
8 21 (3.54%) Public Sector
9 20 (3.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (3.20%) Law
11 18 (3.04%) Marketing
12 14 (2.36%) Electronics
13 13 (2.19%) Advertising
13 13 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.85%) Games
15 10 (1.69%) Automotive
15 10 (1.69%) French Language
16 9 (1.52%) Legal
17 8 (1.35%) Banking
18 7 (1.18%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.52%) .NET
2 7 (1.18%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 58 (9.78%) Driving Licence
2 28 (4.72%) Data Centre
3 27 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.87%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.70%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.02%) CCTV
7 9 (1.52%) iPad
8 6 (1.01%) iPhone
9 3 (0.51%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.51%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.34%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.34%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.34%) EPoS
10 2 (0.34%) Life Science
10 2 (0.34%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.17%) Hedge funds
11 1 (0.17%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 312 (52.61%) Windows
2 126 (21.25%) Windows 10
3 92 (15.51%) Windows Server
4 30 (5.06%) Windows 7
5 23 (3.88%) Linux
6 22 (3.71%) Apple iOS
6 22 (3.71%) Windows 8
7 18 (3.04%) Android
8 13 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (2.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (2.02%) Mac OS
9 12 (2.02%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.67%) Debian
12 3 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (46.88%) Customer Service
2 107 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
3 77 (12.98%) ITIL
4 47 (7.93%) ITSM
5 40 (6.75%) Mentoring
5 40 (6.75%) Service Management
6 37 (6.24%) Mathematics
7 31 (5.23%) Customer Experience
8 27 (4.55%) Incident Management
9 20 (3.37%) Service Delivery
10 19 (3.20%) Coaching
10 19 (3.20%) Collaborative Working
10 19 (3.20%) Time Management
11 16 (2.70%) Proactive Monitoring
12 15 (2.53%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (2.36%) Cybersecurity
13 14 (2.36%) Digital Marketing
13 14 (2.36%) Impact Assessments
13 14 (2.36%) Programme Management
14 13 (2.19%) Active Listening
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.94%) SQL
2 9 (1.52%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.17%) C#
Qualifications
1 61 (10.29%) Degree
2 26 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (3.20%) DBS Check
4 18 (3.04%) A+ Certification
4 18 (3.04%) Security Cleared
5 16 (2.70%) MCP
6 9 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (1.18%) MCDST
8 6 (1.01%) CCNA
8 6 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.84%) MCITP
10 3 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.34%) MCSE
12 1 (0.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.17%) MCSA
12 1 (0.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (10.79%) SLA
2 14 (2.36%) GDPR
3 6 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.67%) QA
5 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
System Software
1 259 (43.68%) Active Directory
2 32 (5.40%) Hyper-V
2 32 (5.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.70%) XenApp
4 15 (2.53%) VirtualBox
4 15 (2.53%) XenDesktop
5 6 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.51%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.34%) pfSense
Systems Management
1 35 (5.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.01%) SCCM
3 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 303 (51.10%) Microsoft
2 38 (6.41%) VMware
3 29 (4.89%) ServiceNow
4 27 (4.55%) Apple
5 19 (3.20%) Google
6 18 (3.04%) Citrix
7 16 (2.70%) Cisco
8 15 (2.53%) SAP
9 12 (2.02%) WatchGuard
10 10 (1.69%) HP
11 9 (1.52%) Dell
11 9 (1.52%) NetApp
12 8 (1.35%) Veeam
13 7 (1.18%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.01%) ESET
14 6 (1.01%) Meraki
15 5 (0.84%) SolarWinds
16 4 (0.67%) Samsung
17 3 (0.51%) Cylance
17 3 (0.51%) Sage