1st Line Support Jobs in the West Midlands

First Line Support
England > West Midlands

The median First Line Support salary in the West Midlands is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 199 247
Rank change year-on-year +22 +48 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 20 59 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.46% 0.80% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.85% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 19 57 23
10th Percentile £25,000 £14,300 £20,500
25th Percentile £25,750 £22,500 £20,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £26,750
90th Percentile - £29,250 £27,626
England median annual salary £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,968 6,948 5,767
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.59% 94.16% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,798 5,218 3,277
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,387 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the West Midlands

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the West Midlands

1st Line Support
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Birmingham +35 6 £29,000 +16.00%
Staffordshire +17 6 £27,500 +10.00%
West Bromwich - 4 £26,000 -
Worcestershire +20 2 £25,500 +82.14%
Coventry 0 2 £27,000 -1.82%
1st Line Support
England

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 1st 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 across the West Midlands region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 18 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 15 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
5 13 (65.00%) Windows
6 12 (60.00%) Customer Service
7 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (30.00%) Azure
8 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
9 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
10 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
10 4 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (15.00%) Finance
12 2 (10.00%) Retail
12 2 (10.00%) SCCM
12 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
12 2 (10.00%) Coaching
13 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
13 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
13 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
13 1 (5.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
13 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
13 1 (5.00%) Nexthink
13 1 (5.00%) Citrix
13 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (90.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (30.00%) Azure
2 6 (30.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (5.00%) DHCP
3 1 (5.00%) DNS
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) Internet
3 1 (5.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Electronics
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 13 (65.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (10.00%) Coaching
3 2 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (5.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (5.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco
2 1 (5.00%) Citrix
2 1 (5.00%) Nexthink
2 1 (5.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow