2nd Line Support Analyst Jobs

Second Line Support Analyst
UK

The median Second Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 January 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 693 600 826
Rank change year-on-year -93 +226 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 72 141 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.25% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 49 131 163
10th Percentile £26,450 £25,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £40,500 £40,895 £40,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,250
% change year-on-year +8.33% -0.83% +10.00%

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 60,520 56,220 102,135
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.42% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 27,988 41,178 66,345
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,036
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% -4.17% +1.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,063 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,772
% change year-on-year +6.00% -5.25% +5.54%

2nd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 16 January 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 16 January 2025. 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 -92 69 £35,000 +6.87% 4
UK excluding London -75 36 £32,500 +8.33% 2
London -15 35 £36,000 -7.10% 2
Work from Home 0 19 £35,000 - 1
North of England -28 12 £27,500 -14.06% 1
North West -31 10 £30,000 +0.84%
South East -43 10 £32,500 +8.33% 1
Midlands -33 5 £39,000 +44.44%
East of England -43 5 £24,000 -27.27%
East Midlands -17 3 - -
Yorkshire +22 2 £26,000 -20.00% 1
South West +11 2 £29,500 -4.84%
Scotland +11 2 £29,000 -27.50%
West Midlands -45 2 £39,000 +44.44%

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

For the 6 months to 16 January 2025, 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 2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 51 (70.83%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (69.44%) Active Directory
3 45 (62.50%) Windows
4 37 (51.39%) Microsoft
5 30 (41.67%) Windows 10
6 27 (37.50%) Social Skills
7 26 (36.11%) Azure
8 22 (30.56%) Microsoft Intune
8 22 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (26.39%) Customer Service
10 18 (25.00%) Entra ID
10 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
11 16 (22.22%) DNS
11 16 (22.22%) SCCM
12 14 (19.44%) ServiceNow
12 14 (19.44%) VMware
13 13 (18.06%) DHCP
14 12 (16.67%) SharePoint
14 12 (16.67%) ITIL
15 11 (15.28%) Degree
15 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
16 10 (13.89%) ITSM
17 9 (12.50%) Apple
17 9 (12.50%) Retail
17 9 (12.50%) Windows Server
18 8 (11.11%) WAN
18 8 (11.11%) HP
18 8 (11.11%) OneDrive
19 7 (9.72%) Video Conferencing

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 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 51 (70.83%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (36.11%) Azure
3 18 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 8 (11.11%) OneDrive
5 5 (6.94%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (5.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (22.22%) DNS
2 13 (18.06%) DHCP
3 8 (11.11%) WAN
4 7 (9.72%) LAN
5 6 (8.33%) VoIP
5 6 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (5.56%) Wireless
7 3 (4.17%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (4.17%) TCP/IP
7 3 (4.17%) VPN
7 3 (4.17%) WLAN
8 1 (1.39%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Git
General
1 27 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.50%) Retail
4 7 (9.72%) Law
5 5 (6.94%) Finance
6 3 (4.17%) Legal
7 2 (2.78%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.39%) Advertising
8 1 (1.39%) Banking
8 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.39%) Japanese Language
8 1 (1.39%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.72%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (5.56%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.39%) CMDB
4 1 (1.39%) Derivative
4 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.39%) Equities
4 1 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 45 (62.50%) Windows
2 30 (41.67%) Windows 10
3 9 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.94%) Android
5 4 (5.56%) Linux
5 4 (5.56%) Mac OS
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (4.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (2.78%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.78%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.39%) CentOS
8 1 (1.39%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.39%) Rocky
8 1 (1.39%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (26.39%) Customer Service
3 12 (16.67%) ITIL
4 10 (13.89%) ITSM
5 7 (9.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (9.72%) Migration
6 5 (6.94%) Project Delivery
6 5 (6.94%) Service Delivery
7 4 (5.56%) Application Packaging
8 3 (4.17%) Data Protection
8 3 (4.17%) Identity Management
8 3 (4.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (4.17%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 2 (2.78%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (2.78%) Computer Science
9 2 (2.78%) ERP
9 2 (2.78%) IT Strategy
9 2 (2.78%) Mobile Device Management
10 1 (1.39%) Agile
10 1 (1.39%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.17%) SQL
3 1 (1.39%) Bash
3 1 (1.39%) Python
3 1 (1.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (15.28%) Degree
2 4 (5.56%) A+ Certification
3 3 (4.17%) Azure Certification
3 3 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.39%) HND
5 1 (1.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.72%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (69.44%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.94%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 22 (30.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (22.22%) SCCM
3 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 37 (51.39%) Microsoft
2 14 (19.44%) ServiceNow
2 14 (19.44%) VMware
3 9 (12.50%) Apple
4 8 (11.11%) HP
5 4 (5.56%) Cisco
6 3 (4.17%) Aruba
6 3 (4.17%) Citrix
6 3 (4.17%) Meraki
6 3 (4.17%) SAP
7 1 (1.39%) Oracle
7 1 (1.39%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.39%) Remedy
7 1 (1.39%) TippingPoint