2nd Line Support Analyst Jobs

Second Line Support Analyst
UK

The median Second Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £35,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 712 605 863
Rank change year-on-year -107 +258 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 75 139 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.26% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.27% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 49 131 200
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £32,500 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% +3.17% +1.61%
75th Percentile £43,750 £39,125 £38,750
90th Percentile £45,500 £45,000 £46,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +5.26%

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 68,175 51,242 119,426
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 95.45% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 34,433 37,554 74,909
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £76,250 £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%

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 2 December 2024.

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 2 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 -111 73 £35,500 +9.23% 5
UK excluding London -115 40 £32,500 +8.33% 3
London -22 35 £37,750 +2.03% 2
Work from Home -15 22 £35,000 -
North of England -40 13 £32,500 +1.56% 1
South East -48 11 £33,750 +16.38% 1
North West -34 10 £30,000 -6.25%
East of England -54 7 £24,000 -29.93%
Midlands -49 6 £39,000 +44.44% 1
Yorkshire +10 3 £37,500 +10.29% 1
East Midlands -32 3 - - 1
West Midlands -55 3 £39,000 +44.44%
Scotland -12 2 £29,000 -22.67%
South West -9 1 £27,500 -11.29%

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

For the 6 months to 2 December 2024, 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 57 (76.00%) Microsoft 365
2 53 (70.67%) Active Directory
3 50 (66.67%) Windows
4 39 (52.00%) Microsoft
5 30 (40.00%) Azure
6 28 (37.33%) Windows 10
6 28 (37.33%) Social Skills
7 26 (34.67%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (29.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 21 (28.00%) Entra ID
10 20 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
11 19 (25.33%) Microsoft Office
11 19 (25.33%) DNS
12 18 (24.00%) VMware
12 18 (24.00%) SCCM
12 18 (24.00%) Customer Service
13 16 (21.33%) DHCP
14 12 (16.00%) ITIL
14 12 (16.00%) Windows Server
15 11 (14.67%) SharePoint
15 11 (14.67%) WAN
15 11 (14.67%) Degree
15 11 (14.67%) ServiceNow
16 10 (13.33%) Apple
17 9 (12.00%) HP
17 9 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
17 9 (12.00%) Retail
18 8 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
18 8 (10.67%) SLA
18 8 (10.67%) LAN

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 20 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (14.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (25.33%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 57 (76.00%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (40.00%) Azure
3 21 (28.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (8.00%) AWS
4 6 (8.00%) OneDrive
5 5 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 19 (25.33%) DNS
2 16 (21.33%) DHCP
3 11 (14.67%) WAN
4 8 (10.67%) LAN
4 8 (10.67%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (6.67%) VoIP
6 4 (5.33%) Wireless
7 3 (4.00%) Firewall
7 3 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
7 3 (4.00%) TCP/IP
7 3 (4.00%) VPN
7 3 (4.00%) WLAN
8 2 (2.67%) Internet
9 1 (1.33%) NAS
9 1 (1.33%) SAN
9 1 (1.33%) SSL
9 1 (1.33%) Telnet
9 1 (1.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Git
General
1 28 (37.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (12.00%) Retail
3 8 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.00%) Law
5 5 (6.67%) Finance
6 4 (5.33%) Legal
6 4 (5.33%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.33%) Advertising
8 1 (1.33%) Banking
8 1 (1.33%) Japanese Language
8 1 (1.33%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.33%) Derivative
4 1 (1.33%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.33%) Equities
4 1 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 50 (66.67%) Windows
2 28 (37.33%) Windows 10
3 12 (16.00%) Windows Server
4 7 (9.33%) Android
5 5 (6.67%) Mac OS
6 4 (5.33%) Linux
7 3 (4.00%) Apple iOS
7 3 (4.00%) Windows 7
7 3 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (2.67%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (2.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.33%) CentOS
9 1 (1.33%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.33%) Rocky
9 1 (1.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (34.67%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (24.00%) Customer Service
3 12 (16.00%) ITIL
4 8 (10.67%) ITSM
5 7 (9.33%) Migration
6 6 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (6.67%) Project Delivery
8 4 (5.33%) Computer Science
8 4 (5.33%) Service Delivery
9 3 (4.00%) Application Packaging
9 3 (4.00%) Data Protection
9 3 (4.00%) ERP
9 3 (4.00%) Identity Management
9 3 (4.00%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (4.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (4.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 2 (2.67%) Investment Management
10 2 (2.67%) Office Automation
10 2 (2.67%) Server Virtualisation
10 2 (2.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (4.00%) SQL
2 1 (1.33%) Bash
2 1 (1.33%) Python
2 1 (1.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (14.67%) Degree
2 5 (6.67%) A+ Certification
3 4 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.33%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (4.00%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.33%) CCNA
5 1 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.67%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (70.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (9.33%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (2.67%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.67%) VMware Workstation
5 2 (2.67%) XenApp
5 2 (2.67%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 22 (29.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (24.00%) SCCM
3 1 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 39 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (24.00%) VMware
3 11 (14.67%) ServiceNow
4 10 (13.33%) Apple
5 9 (12.00%) HP
6 6 (8.00%) Cisco
7 5 (6.67%) Citrix
8 3 (4.00%) Aruba
8 3 (4.00%) Meraki
8 3 (4.00%) SAP
9 2 (2.67%) Dell
9 2 (2.67%) Google
9 2 (2.67%) Remedy
9 2 (2.67%) Symantec
10 1 (1.33%) iManage
10 1 (1.33%) Red Hat