2nd Line Support Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Second Line Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Second Line Support salary for remote or hybrid work is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 418 427
Rank change year-on-year +138 +9 +174
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 139 170 259
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.92% 0.50% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.52% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 127 166 247
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £31,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -1.59% +5.00%
75th Percentile £34,000 £36,938 £36,000
90th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
UK median annual salary £31,500 £30,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year +3.28% -3.17% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid 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 13,761 32,474 40,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,932 24,947 29,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,008 £36,711
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

2nd Line Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured 2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

2nd Line Support trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 2nd Line Support.

2nd Line Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing 2nd Line Support over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

2nd Line Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 98 (70.50%) Microsoft 365
2 85 (61.15%) Active Directory
3 74 (53.24%) Windows
4 68 (48.92%) Microsoft
5 64 (46.04%) Azure
6 53 (38.13%) Microsoft Exchange
7 51 (36.69%) Social Skills
8 50 (35.97%) Customer Service
9 48 (34.53%) Windows Server
10 46 (33.09%) Firewall
11 39 (28.06%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (24.46%) DNS
13 31 (22.30%) SharePoint
14 29 (20.86%) ITIL
15 28 (20.14%) SLA
16 26 (18.71%) Driving Licence
17 22 (15.83%) Microsoft Intune
18 21 (15.11%) VPN
19 20 (14.39%) DHCP
20 19 (13.67%) OneDrive
20 19 (13.67%) Entra ID
21 17 (12.23%) VMware
22 15 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
22 15 (10.79%) Mentoring
22 15 (10.79%) VMware Infrastructure
22 15 (10.79%) Network+ Certification
23 14 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
24 13 (9.35%) Windows 10
24 13 (9.35%) Finance
24 13 (9.35%) Wi-Fi

2nd 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 53 (38.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 31 (22.30%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 12 (8.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.72%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.72%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 98 (70.50%) Microsoft 365
2 64 (46.04%) Azure
3 19 (13.67%) Entra ID
3 19 (13.67%) OneDrive
4 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (3.60%) AWS
6 2 (1.44%) Google Workspace
6 2 (1.44%) IaaS
6 2 (1.44%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 46 (33.09%) Firewall
2 34 (24.46%) DNS
3 21 (15.11%) VPN
4 20 (14.39%) DHCP
5 13 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (5.76%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (5.76%) VoIP
7 7 (5.04%) WAN
8 6 (4.32%) LAN
9 5 (3.60%) VLAN
10 4 (2.88%) Wireless
11 3 (2.16%) TCP/IP
12 2 (1.44%) SAN
13 1 (0.72%) Network Security
13 1 (0.72%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.72%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
General
1 51 (36.69%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.35%) Finance
4 10 (7.19%) Legal
5 9 (6.47%) Retail
6 8 (5.76%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (4.32%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.60%) Games
8 5 (3.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.44%) Law
10 1 (0.72%) Back Office
10 1 (0.72%) Banking
10 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.44%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (18.71%) Driving Licence
2 9 (6.47%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.76%) FMCG
4 7 (5.04%) EPoS
5 4 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.16%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.44%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.44%) PKI
8 1 (0.72%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.72%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.72%) Handset
8 1 (0.72%) iPhone
8 1 (0.72%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 74 (53.24%) Windows
2 48 (34.53%) Windows Server
3 13 (9.35%) Mac OS
3 13 (9.35%) Windows 10
4 9 (6.47%) Windows 7
4 9 (6.47%) Windows Server 2019
5 7 (5.04%) Android
6 6 (4.32%) Linux
7 3 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.72%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.72%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (35.97%) Customer Service
2 39 (28.06%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (20.86%) ITIL
4 15 (10.79%) Mentoring
5 14 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
6 12 (8.63%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (7.91%) Service Management
7 11 (7.91%) Ticket Management
8 9 (6.47%) Change Management
9 8 (5.76%) Case Management
9 8 (5.76%) ITSM
10 6 (4.32%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (3.60%) Patch Management
11 5 (3.60%) Process Improvement
11 5 (3.60%) Service Delivery
12 4 (2.88%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (2.88%) Mobile Device Management
12 4 (2.88%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 3 (2.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 3 (2.16%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.16%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (10.79%) Network+ Certification
2 13 (9.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (7.19%) MCITP
4 6 (4.32%) CCNA
4 6 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (4.32%) Degree
5 5 (3.60%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.16%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.44%) CCNP
7 2 (1.44%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.72%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (20.14%) SLA
System Software
1 85 (61.15%) Active Directory
2 15 (10.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.91%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.60%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (15.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.72%) Nagios
4 1 (0.72%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 68 (48.92%) Microsoft
2 17 (12.23%) VMware
3 10 (7.19%) Apple
4 4 (2.88%) Datto
5 3 (2.16%) Cisco
5 3 (2.16%) Citrix
5 3 (2.16%) iManage
5 3 (2.16%) Intapp
5 3 (2.16%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.16%) Sophos
6 2 (1.44%) Adobe
6 2 (1.44%) SonicWALL
6 2 (1.44%) Veeam
6 2 (1.44%) WatchGuard
7 1 (0.72%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.72%) Google
7 1 (0.72%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.72%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.72%) Symantec
7 1 (0.72%) TippingPoint