1st/2nd Line Support Analyst Jobs

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
UK

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £30,750 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 837 923 1088
Rank change year-on-year +86 +165 -279
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst 57 66 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.063% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.069% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 51 62 102
10th Percentile £21,250 £24,550 £21,250
25th Percentile £28,213 £26,563 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,750 £31,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +21.15% +7.22%
75th Percentile £34,375 £38,750 £32,151
90th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £35,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +4.17%

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/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 25 April 2024.

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

1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 11 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 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 +102 49 £30,750 -2.38% 1
UK excluding London +3 27 £27,500 -
London +113 22 £35,500 +7.58% 1
South East +30 18 £27,500 -8.33%
Work from Home +92 14 £29,675 -5.79%
Midlands +11 6 £27,000 +5.88%
West Midlands +21 3 £27,000 +5.88%
East Midlands -14 3 £28,500 +10.68%
North of England +42 2 £30,000 +3.45%
Yorkshire - 2 £30,000 -
East of England +20 1 £22,500 -18.18%

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 42 (73.68%) Windows
1 42 (73.68%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (63.16%) Microsoft
3 34 (59.65%) Customer Service
4 32 (56.14%) Active Directory
5 31 (54.39%) Social Skills
6 19 (33.33%) Windows 10
6 19 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
7 18 (31.58%) DNS
7 18 (31.58%) Firewall
8 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (28.07%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (28.07%) DHCP
10 15 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
10 15 (26.32%) Citrix
10 15 (26.32%) Windows Server
11 13 (22.81%) ITSM
11 13 (22.81%) VLAN
12 11 (19.30%) Azure
13 10 (17.54%) OneDrive
13 10 (17.54%) Mobile Device Management
13 10 (17.54%) Change Management
13 10 (17.54%) SLA
14 9 (15.79%) Adobe
14 9 (15.79%) Avaya
14 9 (15.79%) VPN
14 9 (15.79%) Service Delivery
14 9 (15.79%) Structured Cabling
14 9 (15.79%) AWS
14 9 (15.79%) Apple iOS

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 15 (26.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 42 (73.68%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (19.30%) Azure
3 10 (17.54%) OneDrive
4 9 (15.79%) AWS
4 9 (15.79%) Entra ID
5 3 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.75%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.58%) DNS
1 18 (31.58%) Firewall
2 16 (28.07%) DHCP
3 13 (22.81%) VLAN
4 9 (15.79%) Structured Cabling
4 9 (15.79%) VPN
5 7 (12.28%) LAN
5 7 (12.28%) Wireless
6 6 (10.53%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (8.77%) TCP/IP
7 5 (8.77%) WAN
8 4 (7.02%) ADSL
8 4 (7.02%) Broadband
8 4 (7.02%) Intranet
9 1 (1.75%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.75%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Power BI
2 2 (3.51%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 31 (54.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.04%) Law
3 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (10.53%) Legal
4 4 (7.02%) Finance
4 4 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
5 3 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.75%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.26%) iPhone
3 3 (5.26%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.75%) CMDB
5 1 (1.75%) iPad
5 1 (1.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 42 (73.68%) Windows
2 19 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 16 (28.07%) Windows Server 2019
4 15 (26.32%) Windows Server
5 9 (15.79%) Apple iOS
6 8 (14.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (8.77%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (7.02%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (1.75%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (59.65%) Customer Service
2 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (22.81%) ITSM
4 10 (17.54%) Change Management
4 10 (17.54%) Mobile Device Management
5 9 (15.79%) Data Loss Prevention
5 9 (15.79%) Service Delivery
6 8 (14.04%) ITIL
7 4 (7.02%) Incident Management
7 4 (7.02%) User Experience
8 3 (5.26%) Active Listening
8 3 (5.26%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (5.26%) ERP
8 3 (5.26%) Inventory Management
9 2 (3.51%) Data Protection
9 2 (3.51%) Information Security
9 2 (3.51%) Process Improvement
9 2 (3.51%) Software Deployment
9 2 (3.51%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) SQL
2 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (15.79%) AWS Certification
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.28%) Network+ Certification
3 4 (7.02%) A+ Certification
3 4 (7.02%) CCNA
3 4 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (7.02%) Degree
3 4 (7.02%) MCITP
4 3 (5.26%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.54%) SLA
2 4 (7.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (7.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 32 (56.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 7 (12.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (7.02%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.75%) XenApp
5 1 (1.75%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) Jamf Pro
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 36 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 15 (26.32%) Citrix
3 9 (15.79%) Adobe
3 9 (15.79%) Avaya
4 7 (12.28%) ServiceNow
4 7 (12.28%) VMware
5 5 (8.77%) Cisco
6 4 (7.02%) NEC
7 3 (5.26%) HP
8 2 (3.51%) Google
9 1 (1.75%) Apple
9 1 (1.75%) Facebook
9 1 (1.75%) iManage
9 1 (1.75%) Ivanti
9 1 (1.75%) Salesforce