3rd Line Support Jobs in the South West

Third Line Support
England > South West

The median Third Line Support salary in the South West is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 267 297
Rank change year-on-year +15 +30 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 38 8 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.40% 0.12% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.13% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 36 6 27
10th Percentile - £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,625 £33,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,250 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -5.84% +10.00%
75th Percentile £51,750 £38,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £40,500 £44,700
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,500 £42,250
% change year-on-year -3.61% -1.78% +5.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,161 5,999 7,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.18% 89.10% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,723 3,680 5,125
10th Percentile £27,789 £29,725 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,275
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in the South West

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support in the South West.

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support in the South West

3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support in the South West over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support in the South West

3rd Line Support
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Wiltshire - 16 £50,500 - 3
Dorset -14 9 £41,250 +20.44% 1
Devon -8 4 £37,500 -
Gloucestershire -17 4 £37,500 -1.96% 1
Bristol - 4 £35,000 - 1
Somerset +4 1 £45,000 +45.16%
3rd Line Support
England

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 South West region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 30 (78.95%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (60.53%) Azure
3 22 (57.89%) Firewall
4 21 (55.26%) WAN
5 17 (44.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 16 (42.11%) DNS
6 16 (42.11%) SharePoint
7 15 (39.47%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (34.21%) IaaS
8 13 (34.21%) Windows
9 12 (31.58%) PowerShell
9 12 (31.58%) SaaS
10 11 (28.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (28.95%) Power Platform
10 11 (28.95%) SD-WAN
10 11 (28.95%) PaaS
11 10 (26.32%) ITIL
11 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
11 10 (26.32%) Windows Server
12 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2016
12 9 (23.68%) Wireless
12 9 (23.68%) Microsoft
13 8 (21.05%) Migration
13 8 (21.05%) LAN
13 8 (21.05%) Antivirus Management
13 8 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (13.16%) Degree
14 5 (13.16%) Technical Leadership
15 4 (10.53%) Entra ID
16 3 (7.89%) DHCP

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 17 (44.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (42.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.63%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (78.95%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (60.53%) Azure
3 13 (34.21%) IaaS
4 12 (31.58%) SaaS
5 11 (28.95%) PaaS
5 11 (28.95%) Power Platform
6 4 (10.53%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.26%) Mimecast
8 1 (2.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (57.89%) Firewall
2 21 (55.26%) WAN
3 16 (42.11%) DNS
4 11 (28.95%) SD-WAN
5 9 (23.68%) Wireless
6 8 (21.05%) LAN
7 3 (7.89%) DHCP
7 3 (7.89%) TCP/IP
8 2 (5.26%) VPN
9 1 (2.63%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.63%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (2.63%) SAN
9 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
General
1 8 (21.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.63%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Replication
2 1 (2.63%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 13 (34.21%) Windows
2 10 (26.32%) Windows Server
3 9 (23.68%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.26%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.63%) Linux
5 1 (2.63%) Mac OS X
5 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (26.32%) ITIL
3 8 (21.05%) Antivirus Management
3 8 (21.05%) Migration
4 5 (13.16%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (5.26%) Break/Fix
5 2 (5.26%) Customer Requirements
5 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (5.26%) Incident Response
5 2 (5.26%) Security Hardening
5 2 (5.26%) Service Management
6 1 (2.63%) Customer Service
6 1 (2.63%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (2.63%) Logistics
6 1 (2.63%) Problem Management
6 1 (2.63%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (2.63%) Project Delivery
6 1 (2.63%) Project Management
6 1 (2.63%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.26%) C#
2 2 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) DBS Check
2 1 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.26%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.63%) DFS Replication
3 1 (2.63%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (39.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (2.63%) SCCM
2 1 (2.63%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.26%) VMware
3 1 (2.63%) Draytek
3 1 (2.63%) Sage
3 1 (2.63%) WatchGuard