2nd Line Support Jobs in the Midlands

Second Line Support
England > Midlands

The median Second Line Support salary in the Midlands is £29,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 215 247 244
Rank change year-on-year +32 -3 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 100 75 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.84% 0.82% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 0.91% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 84 67 106
10th Percentile £23,750 £23,000 £21,625
25th Percentile £26,500 £24,750 £24,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £29,000 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.72% +11.54% -5.45%
75th Percentile £33,188 £33,375 £28,750
90th Percentile £37,250 £34,350 £32,875
England median annual salary £31,250 £32,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -2.34% +6.67% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,203 8,240 10,398
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 89.64% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 8,322 4,631 7,055
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,748 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in the Midlands

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support in the Midlands.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support in the Midlands

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support in the Midlands

2nd Line Support
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
West Midlands +7 60 £29,500 +7.27% 15
East Midlands +7 40 £29,000 -3.33% 6
2nd Line Support
England

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 job ads across the Midlands region featuring 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 64 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 63 (63.00%) Active Directory
2 63 (63.00%) Windows
3 51 (51.00%) Social Skills
4 50 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (32.00%) Windows 10
6 28 (28.00%) Windows Server
6 28 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
7 27 (27.00%) Microsoft Exchange
8 25 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (24.00%) Customer Service
10 19 (19.00%) ITIL
11 17 (17.00%) Degree
11 17 (17.00%) Azure
12 16 (16.00%) Driving Licence
13 15 (15.00%) Entra ID
14 14 (14.00%) Microsoft Intune
14 14 (14.00%) VMware
14 14 (14.00%) CRM
15 12 (12.00%) Firewall
16 11 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
16 11 (11.00%) Mac OS
16 11 (11.00%) SCCM
16 11 (11.00%) Agile
17 9 (9.00%) Computer Science
17 9 (9.00%) VMware Infrastructure
17 9 (9.00%) DBS Check
17 9 (9.00%) Azure Sentinel
17 9 (9.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 8 (8.00%) Documentation Skills

2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 27 (27.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (8.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.00%) IBM Notes
3 1 (1.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (4.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.00%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 50 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (17.00%) Azure
3 15 (15.00%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (7.00%) OneDrive
6 5 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (4.00%) Power Platform
8 3 (3.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.00%) Firewall
2 8 (8.00%) DNS
3 6 (6.00%) LAN
3 6 (6.00%) Network Security
3 6 (6.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (6.00%) WAN
4 5 (5.00%) DHCP
4 5 (5.00%) PBX
4 5 (5.00%) VPN
5 4 (4.00%) Ethernet
5 4 (4.00%) VLAN
5 4 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (3.00%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (3.00%) Skype
6 3 (3.00%) SMTP
6 3 (3.00%) VoIP
7 2 (2.00%) MPLS
8 1 (1.00%) Internet
8 1 (1.00%) IPsec
8 1 (1.00%) Wireless
General
1 51 (51.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (8.00%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (8.00%) Law
4 7 (7.00%) Finance
5 6 (6.00%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.00%) Digital Healthcare
7 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.00%) Driving Licence
2 8 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.00%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.00%) Replication
3 6 (6.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (6.00%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.00%) Clustering
5 3 (3.00%) iPad
5 3 (3.00%) iPhone
5 3 (3.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 2 (2.00%) BYOD
6 2 (2.00%) IoT
6 2 (2.00%) Smartphone
7 1 (1.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 63 (63.00%) Windows
2 32 (32.00%) Windows 10
3 28 (28.00%) Windows Server
4 11 (11.00%) Mac OS
5 8 (8.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (6.00%) Linux
7 5 (5.00%) CentOS
8 4 (4.00%) Android
8 4 (4.00%) Apple iOS
8 4 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (3.00%) Windows 7
9 3 (3.00%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (1.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (24.00%) Customer Service
3 19 (19.00%) ITIL
4 14 (14.00%) CRM
5 11 (11.00%) Agile
5 11 (11.00%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (9.00%) Computer Science
7 8 (8.00%) ITSM
8 7 (7.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (6.00%) Security Operations
10 5 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (5.00%) Service Management
11 4 (4.00%) ERP
11 4 (4.00%) Logistics
12 3 (3.00%) Fintech
12 3 (3.00%) Hardware Maintenance
12 3 (3.00%) Inventory Management
12 3 (3.00%) Problem Management
12 3 (3.00%) Software Deployment
13 2 (2.00%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.00%) SQL
2 6 (6.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.00%) Perl
3 1 (1.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (17.00%) Degree
2 9 (9.00%) DBS Check
3 8 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (7.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.00%) Security Cleared
5 6 (6.00%) A+ Certification
5 6 (6.00%) MCP
6 2 (2.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.00%) GDPR
2 4 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.00%) SLA
4 1 (1.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 63 (63.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.00%) Hyper-V
4 5 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (5.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 14 (14.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.00%) SCCM
3 3 (3.00%) Autotask
3 3 (3.00%) Failover Clustering
3 3 (3.00%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 64 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (14.00%) VMware
3 8 (8.00%) Veeam
4 6 (6.00%) Cisco
4 6 (6.00%) Citrix
5 5 (5.00%) Apple
5 5 (5.00%) Remedy
6 4 (4.00%) Draytek
7 3 (3.00%) Datto
7 3 (3.00%) Sage
7 3 (3.00%) Sophos
7 3 (3.00%) Webroot
8 1 (1.00%) Facebook
8 1 (1.00%) HP
8 1 (1.00%) IBM
8 1 (1.00%) Juniper
8 1 (1.00%) Lotus
8 1 (1.00%) WatchGuard