1st Line Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

First Line Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median First Line Support salary in the UK excluding London is £24,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 421 459
Rank change year-on-year +66 +38 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 507 361 452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.64% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.72% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 485 252 406
10th Percentile £20,800 £21,000 £19,000
25th Percentile £22,000 £22,250 £20,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £25,000 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £27,500 £27,313 £26,500
90th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st Line Support
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East -8 135 £25,000 - 29
Midlands +44 120 £25,000 - 22
North of England +62 97 £23,000 -4.17% 12
East Midlands +8 61 £25,000 - 15
West Midlands +19 59 £25,000 +11.51% 7
North West +23 49 £24,000 +2.13% 8
East of England -7 49 £24,500 +2.08% 6
South West -4 48 £24,000 -4.00% 6
Yorkshire +70 42 £23,000 -4.17% 2
Scotland -45 32 £25,500 +6.81% 6
Northern Ireland - 17 £35,000 - 3
Wales - 9 £22,000 -
North East -15 6 £22,000 -20.00% 2
1st Line Support
UK

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 265 (52.27%) Windows
2 255 (50.30%) Microsoft 365
3 253 (49.90%) Microsoft
4 237 (46.75%) Customer Service
5 216 (42.60%) Active Directory
6 207 (40.83%) Social Skills
7 121 (23.87%) Microsoft Office
8 100 (19.72%) Windows 10
9 92 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
10 82 (16.17%) Windows Server
11 69 (13.61%) Microsoft Exchange
12 64 (12.62%) ITIL
13 60 (11.83%) SharePoint
14 56 (11.05%) SLA
14 56 (11.05%) Firewall
15 49 (9.66%) Driving Licence
15 49 (9.66%) Azure
16 48 (9.47%) Degree
17 46 (9.07%) DNS
18 44 (8.68%) SQL
19 43 (8.48%) Organisational Skills
20 42 (8.28%) LAN
21 41 (8.09%) Mentoring
21 41 (8.09%) Entra ID
22 39 (7.69%) Mathematics
23 38 (7.50%) Telecoms
24 33 (6.51%) ITSM
24 33 (6.51%) Service Management
24 33 (6.51%) DHCP
24 33 (6.51%) TCP/IP

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 69 (13.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 60 (11.83%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.97%) Confluence
4 1 (0.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.20%) JOnAS
Applications
1 121 (23.87%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.38%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) assyst
3 2 (0.39%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.39%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 255 (50.30%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (9.66%) Azure
3 41 (8.09%) Entra ID
4 10 (1.97%) Mimecast
5 7 (1.38%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.38%) SaaS
6 3 (0.59%) AWS
7 2 (0.39%) ChatGPT
7 2 (0.39%) Google Drive
7 2 (0.39%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.20%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.20%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 56 (11.05%) Firewall
2 46 (9.07%) DNS
3 42 (8.28%) LAN
4 33 (6.51%) DHCP
4 33 (6.51%) TCP/IP
5 29 (5.72%) Wireless
6 28 (5.52%) VoIP
7 23 (4.54%) WAN
8 22 (4.34%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (2.96%) VPN
10 12 (2.37%) VLAN
11 11 (2.17%) Internet
12 6 (1.18%) MPLS
12 6 (1.18%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (1.18%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.99%) Broadband
14 4 (0.79%) Network Security
15 2 (0.39%) IPsec
15 2 (0.39%) Softphone
16 1 (0.20%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.99%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.39%) MS Access
4 1 (0.20%) MySQL
4 1 (0.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 207 (40.83%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.48%) Organisational Skills
3 38 (7.50%) Telecoms
4 31 (6.11%) Finance
4 31 (6.11%) Manufacturing
5 26 (5.13%) Retail
6 23 (4.54%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (4.34%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.35%) Marketing
10 15 (2.96%) Advertising
10 15 (2.96%) Electronics
11 11 (2.17%) Games
12 9 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (1.78%) Law
13 6 (1.18%) Billing
13 6 (1.18%) Local Government
14 5 (0.99%) French Language
15 2 (0.39%) Legal
16 1 (0.20%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.78%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 49 (9.66%) Driving Licence
2 29 (5.72%) Data Centre
3 28 (5.52%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 12 (2.37%) CCTV
6 11 (2.17%) Smartphone
7 5 (0.99%) iPad
8 4 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.59%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.59%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.39%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.39%) EPoS
10 2 (0.39%) iPhone
10 2 (0.39%) Life Science
10 2 (0.39%) NHS
10 2 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.20%) FMCG
11 1 (0.20%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.20%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 265 (52.27%) Windows
2 100 (19.72%) Windows 10
3 82 (16.17%) Windows Server
4 25 (4.93%) Windows 7
5 18 (3.55%) Linux
6 16 (3.16%) Windows 8
7 13 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (2.17%) Android
9 10 (1.97%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.58%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.38%) Apple iOS
11 7 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.79%) Debian
14 3 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (46.75%) Customer Service
2 92 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (12.62%) ITIL
4 41 (8.09%) Mentoring
5 39 (7.69%) Mathematics
6 33 (6.51%) ITSM
6 33 (6.51%) Service Management
7 32 (6.31%) Customer Experience
8 29 (5.72%) Incident Management
9 21 (4.14%) Coaching
10 19 (3.75%) Collaborative Working
11 18 (3.55%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (3.35%) Time Management
13 16 (3.16%) Proactive Monitoring
13 16 (3.16%) Programme Management
14 15 (2.96%) Digital Marketing
15 14 (2.76%) Impact Assessments
16 13 (2.56%) Active Listening
17 11 (2.17%) Agile
17 11 (2.17%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.68%) SQL
2 8 (1.58%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.79%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (9.47%) Degree
2 19 (3.75%) DBS Check
3 16 (3.16%) MCP
4 14 (2.76%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.17%) A+ Certification
6 10 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.79%) CCNA
7 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.39%) MCSE
9 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.20%) CCNP
9 1 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.20%) RHCE
9 1 (0.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.05%) SLA
2 13 (2.56%) GDPR
3 6 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.79%) QA
5 2 (0.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 216 (42.60%) Active Directory
2 32 (6.31%) Hyper-V
3 29 (5.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.76%) VirtualBox
4 14 (2.76%) XenApp
4 14 (2.76%) XenDesktop
5 6 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.59%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.59%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.39%) pfSense
8 1 (0.20%) Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 253 (49.90%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.11%) ServiceNow
3 30 (5.92%) VMware
4 16 (3.16%) Apple
4 16 (3.16%) Google
5 15 (2.96%) Cisco
5 15 (2.96%) Citrix
5 15 (2.96%) SAP
6 12 (2.37%) HP
6 12 (2.37%) WatchGuard
7 11 (2.17%) Dell
8 10 (1.97%) NetApp
9 7 (1.38%) Veeam
10 6 (1.18%) ESET
10 6 (1.18%) Meraki
10 6 (1.18%) Ubiquiti
11 4 (0.79%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.79%) Progress
12 3 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.59%) Cylance