2nd Line Support Analyst Job Trends

Second Line Support Analyst
UK

The median Second Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 541 751
Rank change year-on-year -75 +210 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 103 97 129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.23% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.26% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 79 84 113
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £29,750 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £32,625 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% +0.38% +4.84%
75th Percentile £35,000 £38,500 £40,000
90th Percentile £36,000 £45,000 £45,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £30,875
% change year-on-year -1.59% +2.02% +1.23%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 80,885 37,363 89,466
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.69% 89.33% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 51,875 23,453 66,238
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

2nd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '2nd Line Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

2nd Line Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 15 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 20 April 2026. 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
UK excluding London -58 95 £31,000 -1.59% 6
England -85 89 £31,000 -4.62% 5
South East - 36 £32,750 - 1
Midlands -21 18 £27,000 -29.87% 3
North of England -71 17 £26,000 -14.75%
Work from Home -7 13 £27,000 -16.92% 2
Scotland - 13 £27,000 - 2
Yorkshire -67 12 £25,750 -9.65%
West Midlands -22 10 £30,750 +16.04% 1
London -24 8 £40,000 - 1
East Midlands -47 8 £27,000 -29.87% 2
South West -58 7 £35,000 +9.38%
North West -30 5 £34,000 +1.49%
East of England -41 3 £30,000 -7.69%
Wales - 1 £34,000 -

2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 April 2026, 2nd Line Support Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring 2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 60 (58.25%) Microsoft
2 55 (53.40%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (46.60%) Windows
4 37 (35.92%) Active Directory
4 37 (35.92%) Customer Service
5 30 (29.13%) Microsoft Office
6 26 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (19.42%) SLA
8 19 (18.45%) ITIL
9 18 (17.48%) Windows 10
10 17 (16.50%) Mentoring
11 16 (15.53%) Change Management
12 15 (14.56%) Azure
12 15 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (14.56%) Microsoft Intune
13 14 (13.59%) Degree
13 14 (13.59%) Entra ID
13 14 (13.59%) ITSM
13 14 (13.59%) SharePoint
14 13 (12.62%) Incident Management
14 13 (12.62%) SCCM
15 12 (11.65%) DHCP
15 12 (11.65%) DNS
15 12 (11.65%) Microsoft Exchange
15 12 (11.65%) SaaS
15 12 (11.65%) SQL
15 12 (11.65%) VPN
16 11 (10.68%) Power Platform
16 11 (10.68%) PowerShell
16 11 (10.68%) Windows Server

2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 14 (13.59%) SharePoint
2 12 (11.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.97%) Confluence
3 1 (0.97%) IIS
Applications
1 30 (29.13%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (6.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 55 (53.40%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (14.56%) Azure
3 14 (13.59%) Entra ID
4 12 (11.65%) SaaS
5 11 (10.68%) Power Platform
6 8 (7.77%) PowerApps
7 5 (4.85%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.91%) Datadog
8 3 (2.91%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.94%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.65%) DHCP
1 12 (11.65%) DNS
1 12 (11.65%) VPN
2 7 (6.80%) Firewall
2 7 (6.80%) Remote Desktop
2 7 (6.80%) VoIP
3 6 (5.83%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (5.83%) Wireless
4 5 (4.85%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.91%) Broadband
5 3 (2.91%) Mobile Broadband
5 3 (2.91%) Softphone
5 3 (2.91%) VLAN
5 3 (2.91%) WinSCP
6 1 (0.97%) ADSL
6 1 (0.97%) DKIM
6 1 (0.97%) DMARC
6 1 (0.97%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.97%) WAN
6 1 (0.97%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.85%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.91%) Power BI
2 3 (2.91%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Git
2 1 (0.97%) JIRA
General
1 34 (33.01%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.45%) Retail
3 14 (13.59%) Finance
4 10 (9.71%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.80%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.85%) Legal
7 4 (3.88%) Advertising
7 4 (3.88%) Law
8 3 (2.91%) Banking
8 3 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.97%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.77%) Onboarding
2 6 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (5.83%) IoT
3 5 (4.85%) Driving Licence
4 3 (2.91%) iPhone
5 2 (1.94%) iSeries
6 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.97%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.97%) Thin Client
6 1 (0.97%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 48 (46.60%) Windows
2 18 (17.48%) Windows 10
3 11 (10.68%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.83%) Android
5 4 (3.88%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.94%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.97%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (35.92%) Customer Service
2 26 (25.24%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (18.45%) ITIL
4 17 (16.50%) Mentoring
5 16 (15.53%) Change Management
6 15 (14.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (13.59%) ITSM
8 13 (12.62%) Incident Management
9 10 (9.71%) ERP
9 10 (9.71%) Logistics
9 10 (9.71%) Problem Management
10 9 (8.74%) Project Management
10 9 (8.74%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (7.77%) Application Packaging
11 8 (7.77%) Asset Management
11 8 (7.77%) Knowledge Management
11 8 (7.77%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (6.80%) Analytical Thinking
12 7 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
12 7 (6.80%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.65%) SQL
2 11 (10.68%) PowerShell
3 7 (6.80%) C#
4 2 (1.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (13.59%) Degree
2 8 (7.77%) A+ Certification
3 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.97%) CCA
4 1 (0.97%) CCNA
4 1 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.97%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.97%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (19.42%) SLA
2 7 (6.80%) QA
3 1 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (35.92%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.91%) BitLocker
3 3 (2.91%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (14.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (12.62%) SCCM
3 1 (0.97%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.97%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 60 (58.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.77%) Palo Alto
2 8 (7.77%) Qualys
2 8 (7.77%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.83%) TP-LINK
3 6 (5.83%) Ubiquiti
4 4 (3.88%) VMware
5 3 (2.91%) Bomgar
5 3 (2.91%) iManage
5 3 (2.91%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.97%) Cisco
6 1 (0.97%) Citrix
6 1 (0.97%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.97%) Google
6 1 (0.97%) Huawei
6 1 (0.97%) Ivanti
6 1 (0.97%) Meraki
6 1 (0.97%) Polycom