1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Job Trends in the West Midlands

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 March 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 - 240
Rank change year-on-year - - +36
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.043% - 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% - 0.016%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £27,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.92%
75th Percentile £33,750 - £27,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £29,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% +25.86% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 6,383 3,001 6,226
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 88.58% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,987 1,819 4,869
10th Percentile £29,900 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.60%

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st/2nd Line Support Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
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/2nd Line Support Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 March 2026. 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
Warwickshire - 3 £32,500 - 1
1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
England

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 30 March 2026, 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer 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 West Midlands region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server

1st/2nd Line Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware