Hybrid/Remote 1st/2nd Line Support Job Trends

1st/2nd Line Support
UK > Work from Home

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary for remote/hybrid work is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 429 439
Rank change year-on-year +90 +10 +203
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 35 11 47
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.23% 0.067% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.070% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 35 11 42
10th Percentile - £26,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £33,750 - -
UK median annual salary £30,000 £35,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% +3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 14,085 15,725 20,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.69% 96.08% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 9,171 9,465 17,064
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £35,573
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.74% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,474 £96,539
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring '1st/2nd Line Support' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

1st/2nd Line Support job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote 1st/2nd Line Support job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote 1st/2nd Line Support job vacancies

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 33 (94.29%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (85.71%) Customer Service
3 28 (80.00%) Mentoring
4 27 (77.14%) Analytical Thinking
4 27 (77.14%) C#
4 27 (77.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (77.14%) CRM
4 27 (77.14%) Data Privacy
4 27 (77.14%) E-Commerce
4 27 (77.14%) ERP
4 27 (77.14%) Logistics
4 27 (77.14%) QA
4 27 (77.14%) Remote Desktop
4 27 (77.14%) Root Cause Analysis
4 27 (77.14%) SaaS
4 27 (77.14%) SQL
5 8 (22.86%) Windows
6 7 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
7 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
8 5 (14.29%) Azure
8 5 (14.29%) Windows 10
9 4 (11.43%) TCP/IP
10 3 (8.57%) Data Protection
10 3 (8.57%) DHCP
10 3 (8.57%) DNS
10 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
10 3 (8.57%) Freshdesk
10 3 (8.57%) ITSM
10 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (77.14%) SaaS
2 7 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (14.29%) Azure
4 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 27 (77.14%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (11.43%) TCP/IP
3 3 (8.57%) DHCP
3 3 (8.57%) DNS
4 2 (5.71%) LAN
4 2 (5.71%) VLAN
4 2 (5.71%) VPN
4 2 (5.71%) WAN
4 2 (5.71%) WLAN
5 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) FileMaker
1 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
General
1 30 (85.71%) Social Skills
2 28 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (80.00%) Retail
3 2 (5.71%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 27 (77.14%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.86%) Windows
2 5 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (94.29%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (85.71%) Customer Service
3 28 (80.00%) Mentoring
4 27 (77.14%) Analytical Thinking
4 27 (77.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (77.14%) CRM
4 27 (77.14%) Data Privacy
4 27 (77.14%) E-Commerce
4 27 (77.14%) ERP
4 27 (77.14%) Logistics
4 27 (77.14%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (8.57%) Data Protection
5 3 (8.57%) ITSM
6 1 (2.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (2.86%) Preventative Maintenance
6 1 (2.86%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 27 (77.14%) C#
1 27 (77.14%) SQL
2 3 (8.57%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.86%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (77.14%) QA
System Software
1 6 (17.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Freshdesk
2 3 (8.57%) ServiceNow
3 2 (5.71%) HP