2nd Line Desktop Support Job Trends in the West Midlands

Second Line Desktop Support
England > West Midlands

The median Second Line Desktop Support salary in the West Midlands is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 - 164
Rank change year-on-year - - +128
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Desktop Support 4 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.076% - 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% - 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 12
10th Percentile - - £25,500
25th Percentile £31,500 - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 - £27,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.42%
75th Percentile £34,500 - £27,125
90th Percentile - - £27,500
England median annual salary £30,000 £55,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year -45.45% +71.88% +3.23%

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 4,711 3,980 3,231
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.51% 93.30% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,707 1,911 2,729
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £34,643
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.02% -4.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

2nd Line Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

2nd Line Desktop Support job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

2nd Line Desktop Support
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for 2nd Line Desktop Support job vacancies in the West Midlands

2nd Line Desktop 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 2nd Line Desktop Support within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
Birmingham - 4 £33,000 -
2nd Line Desktop Support
England

2nd Line Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, 2nd Line Desktop 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 2nd Line Desktop Support in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Apple
2 3 (75.00%) BitLocker
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Firmware
2 3 (75.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Line Management
2 3 (75.00%) McAfee
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (75.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (75.00%) MobileIron
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) Remedy
2 3 (75.00%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (25.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) Quality Management

2nd Line Desktop 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (75.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Line Management
2 3 (75.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (75.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) BitLocker
1 3 (75.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Apple
1 3 (75.00%) HP
1 3 (75.00%) McAfee
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) MobileIron
1 3 (75.00%) Remedy