1st/2nd Line Support Jobs in the West Midlands

1st/2nd Line Support
England > West Midlands

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary in the West Midlands is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 268 272
Rank change year-on-year +31 +4 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 5 8 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.071% 0.12% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.13% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 11
10th Percentile - £22,750 £21,000
25th Percentile £26,500 £24,750 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £27,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £27,688 £28,313 £26,375
90th Percentile £28,025 £29,125 £30,000
England median annual salary £30,000 £29,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,646 6,198 6,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 90.07% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 5,104 3,390 4,835
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £63,563 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

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

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

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

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for 1st/2nd Line Support 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 19 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
Solihull +2 3 £27,000 -3.57%
Birmingham -4 1 - -
1st/2nd Line Support
England

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 1st/2nd 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/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
3 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) Software Deployment
3 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 3 (60.00%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (60.00%) DNS
3 3 (60.00%) Fintech
3 3 (60.00%) Hardware Maintenance
3 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (60.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Firewall
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) VPN
5 1 (20.00%) Citrix
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (20.00%) SQL
5 1 (20.00%) .NET
5 1 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (20.00%) Law

1st/2nd 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) Remote Desktop
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (60.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Fintech
1 3 (60.00%) Hardware Maintenance
1 3 (60.00%) Software Deployment
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (40.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Active Listening
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix