1st Line Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

First Line Support
UK > Work from Home

The median First Line Support salary in Work from Home is £26,568 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 488 518 699
Rank change year-on-year +30 +181 -193
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 98 145 153
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.35% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.36% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 94 132 143
10th Percentile £21,075 £22,000 £19,550
25th Percentile £22,813 £23,250 £20,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,568 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £28,750 £28,125 £27,375
90th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £29,500
UK median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,295 39,912 66,911
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,770 28,336 41,924
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,733 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,025 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

1st Line Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

1st Line Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 1st Line Support.

1st Line Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 1st Line Support over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

1st Line Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 jobs with remote work options featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 59 (60.20%) Windows
2 49 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 49 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 48 (48.98%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (42.86%) Customer Service
5 34 (34.69%) Active Directory
6 30 (30.61%) Microsoft Office
7 23 (23.47%) Windows Server
8 22 (22.45%) Windows 10
9 19 (19.39%) Azure
9 19 (19.39%) Microsoft Intune
10 17 (17.35%) ITIL
11 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (15.31%) Microsoft Exchange
13 14 (14.29%) VMware
13 14 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
14 13 (13.27%) DHCP
14 13 (13.27%) TCP/IP
15 12 (12.24%) Hyper-V
16 11 (11.22%) A+ Certification
16 11 (11.22%) DNS
16 11 (11.22%) Service Management
17 10 (10.20%) ITSM
17 10 (10.20%) Degree
17 10 (10.20%) Mentoring
17 10 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
18 9 (9.18%) JIRA
18 9 (9.18%) SCCM
18 9 (9.18%) Apple iOS
19 8 (8.16%) Finance

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 15 (15.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (30.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (3.06%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.04%) Sage 200
2 2 (2.04%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 48 (48.98%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (19.39%) Azure
3 7 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
3 7 (7.14%) AWS
4 4 (4.08%) Entra ID
5 3 (3.06%) Mimecast
6 2 (2.04%) WhatsApp
7 1 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (13.27%) DHCP
1 13 (13.27%) TCP/IP
2 11 (11.22%) DNS
3 6 (6.12%) LAN
3 6 (6.12%) Wireless
4 4 (4.08%) Firewall
4 4 (4.08%) VPN
5 3 (3.06%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (3.06%) WAN
6 2 (2.04%) ADSL
6 2 (2.04%) Broadband
6 2 (2.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.04%) MS Access
3 1 (1.02%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (9.18%) JIRA
General
1 49 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.16%) Finance
3 5 (5.10%) Manufacturing
3 5 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.06%) Law
4 3 (3.06%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.06%) Retail
5 2 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.04%) Legal
5 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.08%) Driving Licence
1 4 (4.08%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.06%) Mobile App
2 3 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.04%) iPad
3 2 (2.04%) iPhone
3 2 (2.04%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.02%) NHS
4 1 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 59 (60.20%) Windows
2 23 (23.47%) Windows Server
3 22 (22.45%) Windows 10
4 9 (9.18%) Apple iOS
5 8 (8.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (6.12%) Windows 7
7 5 (5.10%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (3.06%) Linux
8 3 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (2.04%) Android
9 2 (2.04%) Windows 8
9 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (42.86%) Customer Service
2 17 (17.35%) ITIL
3 11 (11.22%) Service Management
4 10 (10.20%) ITSM
4 10 (10.20%) Mentoring
4 10 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (7.14%) B2B
5 7 (7.14%) CRM
6 6 (6.12%) Information Security
7 5 (5.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (5.10%) Incident Management
8 4 (4.08%) Application Virtualisation
8 4 (4.08%) Fintech
9 3 (3.06%) Break/Fix
9 3 (3.06%) Customer Experience
9 3 (3.06%) Data Protection
9 3 (3.06%) Email Filtering
9 3 (3.06%) Kalman Filter
9 3 (3.06%) Service Delivery
9 3 (3.06%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (11.22%) A+ Certification
3 10 (10.20%) Degree
4 6 (6.12%) MCDST
5 4 (4.08%) CCNA
5 4 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.08%) MCITP
5 4 (4.08%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.04%) MCSE
7 1 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.02%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.02%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.08%) SLA
2 2 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 34 (34.69%) Active Directory
2 14 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (12.24%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.06%) VMware Server
4 3 (3.06%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 19 (19.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.18%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.29%) VMware
3 7 (7.14%) Apple
4 6 (6.12%) Meraki
5 3 (3.06%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (3.06%) Cylance
5 3 (3.06%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.04%) Cisco
6 2 (2.04%) ConnectWise
6 2 (2.04%) N-able
6 2 (2.04%) Sage
6 2 (2.04%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.04%) Sophos
6 2 (2.04%) Veeam
6 2 (2.04%) Xero
7 1 (1.02%) Citrix
7 1 (1.02%) iManage