3rd Line Support Jobs in Dorset

Third Line Support
South West > Dorset

The median Third Line Support salary in Dorset is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 69 95
Rank change year-on-year -23 +26 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 11 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 0.85% 0.33% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.40% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 4
10th Percentile - £30,175 £36,708
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,188 £37,394
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £34,250 £39,550
Median % change year-on-year +20.44% -13.40% -9.08%
75th Percentile £43,750 £37,188 £41,494
90th Percentile - £38,125 £41,798
South West median annual salary £43,750 £36,250 £39,025
% change year-on-year +20.69% -7.11% +11.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 1,235 501 770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 81.60% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 734 340 559
10th Percentile £28,833 £31,925 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,813 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in Dorset

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support in Dorset.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support in Dorset

3rd Line Support
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Bournemouth -40 6 £40,000 +16.79%
3rd Line Support
South West

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 3rd 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 Dorset region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Azure
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (45.45%) DNS
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
2 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
3 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 3 (27.27%) DHCP
3 3 (27.27%) SAN
3 3 (27.27%) Terminal Services
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft
3 3 (27.27%) Service Management
3 3 (27.27%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (27.27%) IaaS
3 3 (27.27%) Wireless
3 3 (27.27%) Replication
3 3 (27.27%) Clustering
3 3 (27.27%) Logistics
3 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 3 (27.27%) Problem Management
3 3 (27.27%) SCCM
3 3 (27.27%) SCOM
3 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
3 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) DBS Check
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) IaaS
3 2 (18.18%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) DNS
1 5 (45.45%) TCP/IP
2 3 (27.27%) DHCP
2 3 (27.27%) Fibre Channel
2 3 (27.27%) SAN
2 3 (27.27%) Wireless
3 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) VPN
3 2 (18.18%) WAN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Clustering
1 3 (27.27%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) ITIL
1 3 (27.27%) Logistics
1 3 (27.27%) Problem Management
1 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
1 3 (27.27%) Project Management
1 3 (27.27%) Service Management
2 2 (18.18%) Break/Fix
2 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
2 2 (18.18%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) DBS Check
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Clustering
1 3 (27.27%) SCCM
1 3 (27.27%) SCOM
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft