2nd Line Technical Support Jobs

Second Line Technical Support
UK

The median Second Line Technical Support salary in the UK is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 October 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 765 759 1146
Rank change year-on-year -6 +387 -101
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Technical Support 25 18 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.030% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.031% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 17 15 19
10th Percentile - £26,175 £24,325
25th Percentile - £29,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +8.47% +7.27%
75th Percentile £34,250 £38,250 £40,000
90th Percentile £34,950 £38,550 £42,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £34,500 £27,250
% change year-on-year -13.04% +26.61% -0.91%

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 74,810 57,979 138,131
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.63% 95.77% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 39,846 41,905 78,856
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £44,615
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +6.19%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

2nd Line Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

2nd Line Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Technical Support in the UK

2nd Line Technical Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Technical Support over the 6 months to 11 October 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Technical Support in the UK

2nd Line Technical Support
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Technical Support within the UK over the 6 months to 11 October 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
UK excluding London -21 19 £30,000 -13.04% 1
England -41 14 £33,500 -10.67%
Work from Home +28 13 £30,000 -20.00% 1
Scotland - 10 £30,000 - 1
South East -47 7 £33,500 -10.67%
London +8 5 £36,000 +12.50%
Yorkshire +30 1 - -
North of England -5 1 - -
East of England - 1 £45,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 October 2024, 2nd Line Technical Support 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 Technical Support in the job title.

1 14 (56.00%) Customer Service
2 9 (36.00%) French Language
2 9 (36.00%) German Language
3 8 (32.00%) CRM
4 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (24.00%) Windows
5 6 (24.00%) Windows Server
6 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (20.00%) VMware
6 5 (20.00%) Firewall
6 5 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
7 4 (16.00%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
7 4 (16.00%) Datto
7 4 (16.00%) Autotask
7 4 (16.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
7 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
7 4 (16.00%) Salesforce
7 4 (16.00%) Azure
7 4 (16.00%) AWS
7 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Management
8 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (8.00%) Strategic Thinking
9 2 (8.00%) SLA
9 2 (8.00%) Automotive
9 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
9 2 (8.00%) ITIL

2nd Line Technical Support 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 4 (16.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) AWS
1 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) IaaS
3 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (4.00%) DHCP
2 1 (4.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (36.00%) French Language
1 9 (36.00%) German Language
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Automotive
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) IoT
2 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (24.00%) Windows
1 6 (24.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Customer Service
2 8 (32.00%) CRM
3 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (16.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 2 (8.00%) ITIL
6 2 (8.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (8.00%) Telematics
7 1 (4.00%) Asset Management
7 1 (4.00%) B2B
7 1 (4.00%) Document Management
7 1 (4.00%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (4.00%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (4.00%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.00%) Software Asset Management
7 1 (4.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.00%) C#
1 1 (4.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 4 (16.00%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Autotask
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) VMware
2 4 (16.00%) Datto
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.00%) Citrix