2nd Line Support Technician Job Trends

Second Line Support Technician
UK

The median Second Line Support Technician salary in the UK is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 636 736 747
Rank change year-on-year +100 +11 +397
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Technician 40 60 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.081% 0.077% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.081% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 40 32 25
10th Percentile £28,950 £25,550 £25,550
25th Percentile £29,000 £26,927 £26,196
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.69%
75th Percentile £31,313 £31,500 £33,000
90th Percentile £39,125 £33,950 £35,169
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year - +1.69% +7.27%

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 44,338 74,395 56,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.25% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,053 44,780 43,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

2nd Line Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

2nd Line Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

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

2nd Line Support Technician
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support Technician over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support Technician in the UK

2nd Line Support Technician
Top 12 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 Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 18 September 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 +101 40 £30,000 - 14
UK excluding London +94 39 £30,000 - 14
Work from Home +90 26 £30,000 -6.25% 1
Midlands +58 15 £30,000 +11.11% 4
East Midlands +43 14 £30,000 +11.11% 2
South West +80 10 £30,000 +5.26%
South East +34 7 £36,000 +20.00% 5
Yorkshire +31 6 £30,000 +8.41% 3
North of England +27 6 £30,000 +8.41% 3
West Midlands +43 1 £27,500 - 2
East of England -19 1 £34,000 +6.25% 1
London - 1 £50,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 2nd Line Support Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 37 (92.50%) Customer Service
2 31 (77.50%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (72.50%) Social Skills
4 20 (50.00%) Onboarding
4 20 (50.00%) Retail
5 18 (45.00%) Microsoft
6 16 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (35.00%) Active Directory
8 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Exchange
9 12 (30.00%) C#
9 12 (30.00%) SQL
9 12 (30.00%) CRM
9 12 (30.00%) E-Commerce
9 12 (30.00%) ERP
9 12 (30.00%) Data Privacy
9 12 (30.00%) Mentoring
9 12 (30.00%) SaaS
9 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
9 12 (30.00%) Logistics
9 12 (30.00%) Remote Desktop
9 12 (30.00%) Analytical Thinking
10 11 (27.50%) VMware Infrastructure
10 11 (27.50%) Azure
10 11 (27.50%) VMware
11 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (20.00%) Mac OS
12 8 (20.00%) Finance
12 8 (20.00%) Legal

2nd Line Support Technician 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 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.00%) Confluence
4 1 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (2.50%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 16 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (30.00%) SaaS
3 11 (27.50%) Azure
4 8 (20.00%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.50%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (30.00%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (20.00%) Firewall
3 2 (5.00%) DNS
3 2 (5.00%) VLAN
4 1 (2.50%) DHCP
4 1 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 29 (72.50%) Social Skills
2 20 (50.00%) Retail
3 15 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (20.00%) Finance
4 8 (20.00%) Legal
5 4 (10.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 20 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.50%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.50%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.00%) Mac OS
2 6 (15.00%) Windows
3 1 (2.50%) Linux
3 1 (2.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.50%) Windows 8
3 1 (2.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (92.50%) Customer Service
2 31 (77.50%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (30.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 12 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (30.00%) CRM
3 12 (30.00%) Data Privacy
3 12 (30.00%) E-Commerce
3 12 (30.00%) ERP
3 12 (30.00%) Logistics
3 12 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 12 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (15.00%) Client Onboarding
4 6 (15.00%) ITIL
5 4 (10.00%) Time Management
6 3 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.00%) Project Management
7 2 (5.00%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.50%) Asset Management
8 1 (2.50%) IT Asset Management
8 1 (2.50%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.00%) C#
1 12 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) SLA
2 6 (15.00%) QA
3 3 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 14 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (27.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (17.50%) Hyper-V
4 3 (7.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (5.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (22.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.50%) Autotask
Vendors
1 18 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (27.50%) VMware
3 3 (7.50%) Cisco
3 3 (7.50%) Citrix
3 3 (7.50%) Dell
3 3 (7.50%) Veeam
4 2 (5.00%) SonicWALL
5 1 (2.50%) Apple
5 1 (2.50%) Datto
5 1 (2.50%) Google