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

1st/2nd Line Support
England > West Midlands

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary in the West Midlands is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 194 182
Rank change year-on-year +29 -12 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 8 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.048% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.052% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 6
10th Percentile - - £24,563
25th Percentile £28,000 - £25,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 - £27,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.70%
75th Percentile £29,500 - £27,500
90th Percentile - - £30,000
England median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +11.11% +5.00%

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 4,708 3,866 3,553
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 93.34% 93.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,707 1,848 2,958
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.51% -5.75%

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

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

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

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

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

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

1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 January 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 - 4 £28,000 - 2
Worcestershire - 4 £29,000 -
1st/2nd Line Support
England

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, 1st/2nd 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 West Midlands region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Android
1 4 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) T-SQL
1 4 (50.00%) Windows

1st/2nd Line Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Advertising
1 4 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Android
1 4 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
1 4 (50.00%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft