3rd Line Support Job Trends in Wakefield

Third Line Support
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median Third Line Support salary in Wakefield is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 5.97% - 3.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.35% - 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £46,500
75th Percentile £42,500 - £47,250
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 - £46,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wakefield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 63 32 62
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.03% 100.00% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 30 16 50
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,875 £32,900
25th Percentile £38,125 £46,250 £37,699
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -1.02% +15.88%
75th Percentile £70,000 £54,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,750 £58,750 £73,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,233 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.22% -5.45% -

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

3rd Line Support job vacancy trend in Wakefield

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Wakefield.

Salary distribution trend for 3rd Line Support job vacancies in Wakefield

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield

For the 6 months to 26 December 2025, 3rd Line Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wakefield region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) VLAN
2 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) VLAN
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (75.00%) Advertising
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Data Security
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VMware