1st/2nd Line Support Analyst Jobs

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
UK

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 735 666 971
Rank change year-on-year -69 +305 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 31 64 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.12% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.13% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 29 61 87
10th Percentile £28,600 £21,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £26,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +3.17% +12.50%
75th Percentile £38,000 £40,250 £40,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,875 £27,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year +23.18% -6.78% +11.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 64,932 50,573 117,209
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 95.45% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 32,232 36,954 73,757
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,798
25th Percentile £43,650 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.07% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst.

Salary trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
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/2nd Line Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 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 -90 30 £35,000 +7.69% 4
London -25 25 £35,000 -2.78% 1
Work from Home -14 7 £35,000 -4.11%
UK excluding London -93 6 £33,875 +23.18% 3
South East -52 3 £35,000 +45.83% 1
North of England -37 2 £32,625 +3.57% 1
North West -44 2 £32,625 +2.76% 1
Scotland -7 1 £29,000 -4.92%

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 December 2024, 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 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/2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 24 (77.42%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (74.19%) Active Directory
3 22 (70.97%) Windows
4 20 (64.52%) Microsoft
5 13 (41.94%) Windows 10
6 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (32.26%) ServiceNow
7 10 (32.26%) Entra ID
7 10 (32.26%) ITIL
8 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Office
8 9 (29.03%) Apple
8 9 (29.03%) Azure
8 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
9 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Exchange
9 8 (25.81%) Degree
10 7 (22.58%) SharePoint
11 6 (19.35%) DHCP
11 6 (19.35%) DNS
12 5 (16.13%) HP
12 5 (16.13%) Service Delivery
12 5 (16.13%) VMware
12 5 (16.13%) OneDrive
12 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (16.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 5 (16.13%) Windows Server
12 5 (16.13%) Self-Motivation
13 4 (12.90%) Mac OS
13 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (12.90%) Wireless

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 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 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (22.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (77.42%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (32.26%) Entra ID
3 9 (29.03%) Azure
4 5 (16.13%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) DHCP
1 6 (19.35%) DNS
2 4 (12.90%) VoIP
2 4 (12.90%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (12.90%) Wireless
3 2 (6.45%) LAN
3 2 (6.45%) WAN
4 1 (3.23%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Git
General
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.90%) Retail
3 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Law
4 2 (6.45%) Legal
4 2 (6.45%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.45%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.23%) Advertising
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Finance
5 1 (3.23%) Japanese Language
5 1 (3.23%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Derivative
2 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.23%) Equities
2 1 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 22 (70.97%) Windows
2 13 (41.94%) Windows 10
3 5 (16.13%) Windows Server
4 4 (12.90%) Mac OS
5 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (3.23%) CentOS
6 1 (3.23%) Linux
6 1 (3.23%) Rocky
6 1 (3.23%) Ubuntu
6 1 (3.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (32.26%) ITIL
3 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (16.13%) Service Delivery
4 4 (12.90%) Migration
5 3 (9.68%) Application Packaging
5 3 (9.68%) ITSM
6 2 (6.45%) Customer Service
7 1 (3.23%) Client Onboarding
7 1 (3.23%) Document Management
7 1 (3.23%) Incident Management
7 1 (3.23%) Investment Management
7 1 (3.23%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (3.23%) Problem Management
7 1 (3.23%) Service Management
7 1 (3.23%) Wealth Management
7 1 (3.23%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.23%) Bash
2 1 (3.23%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (25.81%) Degree
2 4 (12.90%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.23%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (74.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (6.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (35.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (9.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (64.52%) Microsoft
2 10 (32.26%) ServiceNow
3 9 (29.03%) Apple
4 5 (16.13%) HP
4 5 (16.13%) VMware
5 1 (3.23%) Cisco
5 1 (3.23%) iManage
5 1 (3.23%) Red Hat