2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst Jobs

2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
UK

The median 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £38,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 690 890 978
Rank change year-on-year +200 +88 +233
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst 10 14 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.014% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.015% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 16
10th Percentile - £36,450 £35,375
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £54,296 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% +31.63% -21.43%
75th Percentile £53,750 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,500 - £36,500
% change year-on-year - - +12.31%

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 47,541 93,322 94,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 94.63% 91.54%
Number of salaries quoted 27,467 66,921 59,760
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -
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 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst.

Salary trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +180 10 £38,500 -29.09% 2
UK excluding London - 6 £38,500 - 1
East Midlands - 5 £38,500 -
Midlands - 5 £38,500 -
London +96 4 £85,000 +56.55% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £42,500 -
North of England - 1 £42,500 -

2nd/3rd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 2nd/3rd 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/3rd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
4 6 (60.00%) SharePoint
4 6 (60.00%) OneDrive
5 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
5 5 (50.00%) VoIP
5 5 (50.00%) Sage
5 5 (50.00%) Logistics
6 4 (40.00%) Firewall
6 4 (40.00%) SQL
7 3 (30.00%) ITIL
7 3 (30.00%) Linux
7 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
8 2 (20.00%) CentOS
8 2 (20.00%) FIX Protocol
8 2 (20.00%) Trayport
8 2 (20.00%) DNS
8 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
8 2 (20.00%) Finance
8 2 (20.00%) VMware
8 2 (20.00%) Patsystems
8 2 (20.00%) Ruby
8 2 (20.00%) Ubuntu
8 2 (20.00%) Banking

2nd/3rd 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 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (60.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (60.00%) OneDrive
3 1 (10.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) VoIP
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) DHCP
3 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (20.00%) FIX Connectivity
3 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (10.00%) LAN
4 1 (10.00%) VPN
4 1 (10.00%) WAN
4 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 2 (20.00%) CentOS
3 2 (20.00%) Solaris
3 2 (20.00%) Ubuntu
3 2 (20.00%) Unix
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (50.00%) Logistics
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Due Diligence
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (20.00%) Bash
3 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (20.00%) Perl
3 2 (20.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) MCP
1 1 (10.00%) MCTS
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
1 1 (10.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Sage
3 2 (20.00%) Bloomberg
3 2 (20.00%) CQG
3 2 (20.00%) ION Trading
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Patsystems
3 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (20.00%) Reuters
3 2 (20.00%) Trayport
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) Veeam