2nd Line Support Analyst Jobs

Second Line Support Analyst
UK

The median Second Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £32,625 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 596 770 805
Rank change year-on-year +174 +35 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 96 126 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.14% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 82 113 169
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £29,250 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,625 £33,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £37,000
90th Percentile £44,875 £46,250 £43,900
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £31,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year +3.23% +1.64% +10.91%

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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 13 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 1 May 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 +158 94 £32,500 -1.52% 11
UK excluding London +192 66 £32,000 +3.23% 8
North of England +94 30 £30,500 - 1
Work from Home +191 29 £32,500 +7.44% 4
London +106 28 £40,000 +2.56% 4
South West +114 19 £32,000 -25.58% 3
Yorkshire +84 19 £28,500 -6.56% 1
East of England +62 10 £32,500 -7.14%
North West +31 9 £33,500 +7.20%
Midlands +72 7 £38,500 +33.91% 1
East Midlands +48 5 £38,500 +35.09%
West Midlands +42 2 £29,750 -13.77% 1
North East - 2 £25,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 70 (72.92%) Windows
2 62 (64.58%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (58.33%) Microsoft
4 52 (54.17%) Active Directory
5 32 (33.33%) Windows Server
5 32 (33.33%) Azure
6 29 (30.21%) Social Skills
7 28 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 27 (28.13%) Windows 10
9 26 (27.08%) SharePoint
9 26 (27.08%) Law
10 25 (26.04%) Firewall
11 24 (25.00%) Linux
12 21 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
13 20 (20.83%) Degree
13 20 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (19.79%) Microsoft Intune
14 19 (19.79%) ITIL
14 19 (19.79%) Python
15 17 (17.71%) Cisco
15 17 (17.71%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (17.71%) Customer Service
16 16 (16.67%) Mac OS X
16 16 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
17 15 (15.63%) Service Delivery
18 12 (12.50%) ITSM
18 12 (12.50%) DNS
18 12 (12.50%) SQL
18 12 (12.50%) DHCP
18 12 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019

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 28 (29.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (27.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.04%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 21 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (1.04%) Elite 3E
1 1 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 62 (64.58%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (33.33%) Azure
3 11 (11.46%) OneDrive
4 8 (8.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 4 (4.17%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (26.04%) Firewall
2 16 (16.67%) Cisco IOS
3 12 (12.50%) DHCP
3 12 (12.50%) DNS
4 10 (10.42%) VLAN
4 10 (10.42%) VoIP
5 8 (8.33%) Wireless
6 6 (6.25%) LAN
6 6 (6.25%) TCP/IP
6 6 (6.25%) VPN
7 5 (5.21%) WAN
7 5 (5.21%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (3.13%) Telnet
9 1 (1.04%) ADSL
9 1 (1.04%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.21%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.13%) Git
General
1 29 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.08%) Law
3 11 (11.46%) Manufacturing
4 8 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.33%) Games
5 6 (6.25%) Finance
6 5 (5.21%) Legal
7 3 (3.13%) Banking
7 3 (3.13%) Marketing
8 1 (1.04%) Advertising
8 1 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.13%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.04%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (8.33%) FMCG
3 6 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.13%) Equities
4 3 (3.13%) Fixed Income
4 3 (3.13%) Reference Data
4 3 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.04%) CMDB
5 1 (1.04%) Derivative
5 1 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.04%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 70 (72.92%) Windows
2 32 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 27 (28.13%) Windows 10
4 24 (25.00%) Linux
5 16 (16.67%) Mac OS X
6 12 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (4.17%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (3.13%) Rocky
8 3 (3.13%) Ubuntu
8 3 (3.13%) Unix
9 2 (2.08%) Apple iOS
9 2 (2.08%) Mac OS
10 1 (1.04%) Android
10 1 (1.04%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (19.79%) ITIL
3 17 (17.71%) Customer Service
3 17 (17.71%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (15.63%) Service Delivery
5 12 (12.50%) ITSM
6 10 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (10.42%) Ticket Management
7 8 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 5 (5.21%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (5.21%) Logistics
8 5 (5.21%) Security Management
9 4 (4.17%) IT Strategy
10 3 (3.13%) Asset Management
10 3 (3.13%) Client Onboarding
10 3 (3.13%) Computer Science
10 3 (3.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (3.13%) Dashboard Development
11 2 (2.08%) Mobile Device Management
11 2 (2.08%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (19.79%) Python
2 12 (12.50%) SQL
3 5 (5.21%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.13%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (20.83%) Degree
2 9 (9.38%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (7.29%) CCNP
3 7 (7.29%) MCSA
3 7 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (5.21%) A+ Certification
4 5 (5.21%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.08%) CCNA
6 2 (2.08%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (54.17%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.25%) Firmware
3 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (1.04%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 19 (19.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.25%) SCCM
3 3 (3.13%) Grafana
4 1 (1.04%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 56 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 17 (17.71%) Cisco
3 10 (10.42%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.21%) Sage
5 4 (4.17%) Citrix
6 3 (3.13%) Apple
6 3 (3.13%) Atlassian
6 3 (3.13%) HP
6 3 (3.13%) Red Hat
6 3 (3.13%) VMware
7 2 (2.08%) Oracle
8 1 (1.04%) DocuSign
8 1 (1.04%) iManage
8 1 (1.04%) McAfee
8 1 (1.04%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.04%) Qualys
8 1 (1.04%) Remedy
8 1 (1.04%) Sophos
8 1 (1.04%) Symantec
8 1 (1.04%) TippingPoint