2nd/3rd Line Support
UK

The median 2nd/3rd Line Support salary in the UK is £33,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 801 924 1112
Rank change year-on-year +123 +188 -280
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Support 93 61 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.095% 0.058% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.063% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 83 61 84
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £35,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +6.38% +3.68%
75th Percentile £43,125 £45,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £73,139 £55,000 £53,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £35,000 £32,250
% change year-on-year -5.71% +8.53% +0.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

2nd/3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

2nd/3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

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

2nd/3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

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

2nd/3rd Line Support
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/3rd Line Support within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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 +153 86 £33,000 -12.00% 9
UK excluding London +66 65 £33,000 -5.71% 7
Work from Home +113 36 £32,500 -13.33% 5
North of England +74 25 £32,500 +22.64% 3
London +146 23 £64,648 +43.66% 2
South East +30 18 £33,000 -5.71% 1
North East +21 18 £32,500 - 1
West Midlands +39 10 £30,000 - 1
Midlands +8 10 £30,000 -17.81% 1
South West -7 8 £50,500 +53.03% 1
Yorkshire +94 5 £37,000 +42.31%
North West +12 2 £37,500 +41.51% 2
East of England - 2 £45,000 - 1
Scotland -58 1 £35,000 +7.69%
Wales - 1 £30,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 2nd/3rd Line 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/3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 59 (63.44%) Microsoft
2 58 (62.37%) Active Directory
3 57 (61.29%) Windows
4 53 (56.99%) Azure
5 47 (50.54%) ITIL
6 40 (43.01%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (36.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 30 (32.26%) Incident Management
8 30 (32.26%) Social Skills
9 29 (31.18%) Firewall
10 25 (26.88%) Microsoft Exchange
11 24 (25.81%) SQL Server
12 23 (24.73%) Microsoft Intune
13 22 (23.66%) Driving Licence
14 21 (22.58%) Windows Server
14 21 (22.58%) PowerShell
15 19 (20.43%) SharePoint
15 19 (20.43%) DNS
15 19 (20.43%) Hyper-V
16 18 (19.35%) SAN
16 18 (19.35%) VMware
17 17 (18.28%) Enterprise Storage
17 17 (18.28%) Organisational Skills
18 16 (17.20%) Azure Certification
18 16 (17.20%) Desktop Virtualisation
19 15 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
19 15 (16.13%) TCP/IP
19 15 (16.13%) Cisco
19 15 (16.13%) Mentoring
19 15 (16.13%) Problem-Solving

2nd/3rd Line 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 25 (26.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (20.43%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.23%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (1.08%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (8.60%) Fidessa
2 1 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 53 (56.99%) Azure
2 40 (43.01%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (15.05%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.68%) Google Workspace
5 8 (8.60%) Azure Sentinel
6 7 (7.53%) IaaS
6 7 (7.53%) PaaS
6 7 (7.53%) Power Platform
6 7 (7.53%) SaaS
7 4 (4.30%) AWS
7 4 (4.30%) OneDrive
8 3 (3.23%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.08%) GCP
9 1 (1.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (31.18%) Firewall
2 19 (20.43%) DNS
3 18 (19.35%) SAN
4 15 (16.13%) TCP/IP
5 12 (12.90%) DHCP
6 11 (11.83%) WAN
7 8 (8.60%) FIX Connectivity
7 8 (8.60%) SD-WAN
8 6 (6.45%) VLAN
8 6 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (5.38%) LAN
9 5 (5.38%) Wireless
10 3 (3.23%) VoIP
10 3 (3.23%) WLAN
11 2 (2.15%) VPN
12 1 (1.08%) Broadband
12 1 (1.08%) Ethernet
12 1 (1.08%) iSCSI
12 1 (1.08%) SMTP
12 1 (1.08%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (25.81%) SQL Server
2 9 (9.68%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.15%) JIRA
2 1 (1.08%) MSI
General
1 30 (32.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.28%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (15.05%) Finance
4 12 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (12.90%) Banking
5 4 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.30%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.23%) Games
6 3 (3.23%) Legal
7 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Law
7 1 (1.08%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.08%) Retail
7 1 (1.08%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.60%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 22 (23.66%) Driving Licence
2 17 (18.28%) Enterprise Storage
3 8 (8.60%) Eurex
4 6 (6.45%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (5.38%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.38%) Video Conferencing
6 3 (3.23%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.08%) Clustering
7 1 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.08%) iPad
7 1 (1.08%) iPhone
7 1 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.08%) Replication
7 1 (1.08%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 57 (61.29%) Windows
2 21 (22.58%) Windows Server
3 12 (12.90%) Linux
4 10 (10.75%) Windows 10
5 8 (8.60%) CentOS
5 8 (8.60%) Solaris
5 8 (8.60%) Ubuntu
5 8 (8.60%) Unix
6 5 (5.38%) Android
6 5 (5.38%) Apple iOS
7 4 (4.30%) Mac OS
8 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (50.54%) ITIL
2 30 (32.26%) Incident Management
3 16 (17.20%) Desktop Virtualisation
4 15 (16.13%) Mentoring
4 15 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (13.98%) Proactive Maintenance
6 12 (12.90%) Performance Optimisation
6 12 (12.90%) Process Improvement
6 12 (12.90%) Project Management
6 12 (12.90%) Strategic Planning
7 10 (10.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 8 (8.60%) Client Onboarding
8 8 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (7.53%) ERP
10 6 (6.45%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 6 (6.45%) Security Operations
11 5 (5.38%) Migration
11 5 (5.38%) Service Delivery
12 4 (4.30%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (4.30%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (22.58%) PowerShell
2 12 (12.90%) SQL
3 8 (8.60%) Bash
3 8 (8.60%) JavaScript
3 8 (8.60%) Perl
3 8 (8.60%) Python
3 8 (8.60%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (36.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (17.20%) Azure Certification
3 15 (16.13%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (12.90%) CCNP
4 12 (12.90%) MCSE
5 10 (10.75%) SC Cleared
5 10 (10.75%) Security Cleared
6 7 (7.53%) Degree
7 3 (3.23%) CCNA
7 3 (3.23%) DBS Check
7 3 (3.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (3.23%) MCSA
7 3 (3.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.15%) GDPR
1 2 (2.15%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.08%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (62.37%) Active Directory
2 19 (20.43%) Hyper-V
3 13 (13.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.08%) NFS
4 1 (1.08%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.08%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 23 (24.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.30%) Autotask
3 3 (3.23%) SCCM
4 1 (1.08%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.08%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 59 (63.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (19.35%) VMware
3 15 (16.13%) Cisco
4 8 (8.60%) Bloomberg
4 8 (8.60%) CQG
4 8 (8.60%) ION Trading
4 8 (8.60%) Oracle
4 8 (8.60%) Patsystems
4 8 (8.60%) Red Hat
4 8 (8.60%) Reuters
4 8 (8.60%) Trayport
5 6 (6.45%) Google
6 4 (4.30%) CheckPoint
6 4 (4.30%) Datto
6 4 (4.30%) Draytek
6 4 (4.30%) Palo Alto
7 3 (3.23%) LogicMonitor
7 3 (3.23%) SolarWinds
7 3 (3.23%) WatchGuard
8 2 (2.15%) Webroot