1st Line Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

First Line Support
UK > Work from Home

The median First Line Support salary in Work from Home is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 514 519 727
Rank change year-on-year +5 +208 -189
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 93 128 165
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.33% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.35% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 88 119 155
10th Percentile £22,350 £21,271 £19,750
25th Percentile £24,438 £23,250 £20,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £29,313 £28,000 £28,000
90th Percentile £33,975 £29,400 £30,000
UK median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 33,433 36,956 72,909
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 95.95% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,465 26,837 42,708
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,242 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.61% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

1st Line Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

1st Line Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 1st Line Support.

1st Line Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 1st Line Support over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

1st Line Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 June 2024, 1st 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 remote work options featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 57 (61.29%) Windows
2 49 (52.69%) Social Skills
3 43 (46.24%) Microsoft
3 43 (46.24%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (38.71%) Customer Service
5 32 (34.41%) Active Directory
6 27 (29.03%) Microsoft Office
7 21 (22.58%) Windows Server
8 19 (20.43%) Windows 10
8 19 (20.43%) Azure
9 18 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (19.35%) ITIL
10 13 (13.98%) Microsoft Exchange
11 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (12.90%) VMware
11 12 (12.90%) Hyper-V
11 12 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
11 12 (12.90%) Degree
12 11 (11.83%) SCCM
12 11 (11.83%) Apple iOS
12 11 (11.83%) Service Management
12 11 (11.83%) A+ Certification
12 11 (11.83%) DNS
12 11 (11.83%) DHCP
13 10 (10.75%) TCP/IP
13 10 (10.75%) ITSM
13 10 (10.75%) Mentoring
13 10 (10.75%) JIRA
14 9 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
15 8 (8.60%) Windows Server 2019

1st 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 13 (13.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 27 (29.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (3.23%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.15%) Sage 200
2 2 (2.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 43 (46.24%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (20.43%) Azure
3 7 (7.53%) Amazon EC2
3 7 (7.53%) AWS
4 5 (5.38%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.15%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.08%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.83%) DHCP
1 11 (11.83%) DNS
2 10 (10.75%) TCP/IP
3 4 (4.30%) VPN
4 3 (3.23%) Firewall
4 3 (3.23%) LAN
5 2 (2.15%) Wireless
6 1 (1.08%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.30%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.15%) MS Access
3 1 (1.08%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (10.75%) JIRA
General
1 49 (52.69%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.60%) Finance
3 5 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.23%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.23%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.15%) Law
5 2 (2.15%) Legal
5 2 (2.15%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.38%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.30%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.15%) iPad
4 2 (2.15%) iPhone
4 2 (2.15%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.08%) NHS
5 1 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 57 (61.29%) Windows
2 21 (22.58%) Windows Server
3 19 (20.43%) Windows 10
4 11 (11.83%) Apple iOS
5 8 (8.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (6.45%) Windows 7
7 5 (5.38%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (4.30%) Linux
9 3 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (2.15%) Android
10 2 (2.15%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (38.71%) Customer Service
2 18 (19.35%) ITIL
3 11 (11.83%) Service Management
4 10 (10.75%) ITSM
4 10 (10.75%) Mentoring
5 9 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (7.53%) B2B
6 7 (7.53%) CRM
6 7 (7.53%) Incident Management
6 7 (7.53%) Information Security
7 4 (4.30%) Application Virtualisation
7 4 (4.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (4.30%) Customer Experience
7 4 (4.30%) Fintech
7 4 (4.30%) Service Delivery
8 3 (3.23%) Break/Fix
8 3 (3.23%) Data Protection
8 3 (3.23%) Email Filtering
8 3 (3.23%) Kalman Filter
9 2 (2.15%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (12.90%) Degree
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (11.83%) A+ Certification
3 6 (6.45%) MCDST
4 2 (2.15%) CCNA
4 2 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.15%) MCSE
4 2 (2.15%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.08%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.08%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.15%) QA
1 2 (2.15%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (34.41%) Active Directory
2 12 (12.90%) Hyper-V
2 12 (12.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.23%) VMware Server
3 3 (3.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 18 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 43 (46.24%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.90%) VMware
3 7 (7.53%) Apple
4 6 (6.45%) Meraki
5 3 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (3.23%) Cylance
5 3 (3.23%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.15%) Sage
6 2 (2.15%) Veeam
6 2 (2.15%) Xero
7 1 (1.08%) Citrix
7 1 (1.08%) iManage
7 1 (1.08%) Remedy
7 1 (1.08%) ServiceNow