1st Line Support Jobs

First Line Support
UK

The median First Line Support salary in the UK is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 431 556 732
Rank change year-on-year +125 +176 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 604 431 616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.46% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.51% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 555 315 556
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,000 £19,313
25th Percentile £22,500 £22,438 £20,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £28,250 £28,750 £27,500
90th Percentile £33,650 £30,000 £30,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,500 £25,000 £23,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 9 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
England +108 536 £25,000 - 73
UK excluding London +54 521 £24,500 -2.00% 71
South East -9 140 £25,000 - 22
Midlands +30 124 £25,000 - 19
North of England +58 99 £23,500 -2.08% 10
Work from Home +22 93 £27,000 +8.00% 17
London +71 75 £32,500 +16.07% 11
East Midlands -3 64 £25,000 - 13
West Midlands +24 60 £25,000 +11.51% 6
North West +21 51 £24,000 +2.13% 6
South West -4 49 £24,000 -4.00% 6
East of England -17 49 £24,500 +2.08% 9
Yorkshire +70 41 £23,000 -4.17% 2
Scotland -42 34 £25,500 +2.00% 4
Northern Ireland - 17 £35,000 - 4
Wales +21 9 £22,000 -10.20%
North East -17 7 £22,000 -20.00% 2

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 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 featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 318 (52.65%) Windows
2 296 (49.01%) Microsoft 365
3 290 (48.01%) Microsoft
4 278 (46.03%) Customer Service
5 255 (42.22%) Social Skills
5 255 (42.22%) Active Directory
6 149 (24.67%) Microsoft Office
7 117 (19.37%) Windows 10
8 105 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (15.23%) Windows Server
10 84 (13.91%) Microsoft Exchange
11 75 (12.42%) ITIL
12 71 (11.75%) Azure
13 64 (10.60%) SharePoint
13 64 (10.60%) SLA
13 64 (10.60%) Degree
14 60 (9.93%) Driving Licence
15 59 (9.77%) Firewall
16 55 (9.11%) SQL
17 53 (8.77%) Finance
18 49 (8.11%) DNS
19 48 (7.95%) Entra ID
20 44 (7.28%) ITSM
21 43 (7.12%) Organisational Skills
22 41 (6.79%) LAN
22 41 (6.79%) Mentoring
23 40 (6.62%) Mathematics
23 40 (6.62%) Service Management
24 39 (6.46%) Telecoms
25 37 (6.13%) Wireless

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 84 (13.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 64 (10.60%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.66%) Confluence
4 4 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) JOnAS
Applications
1 149 (24.67%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.16%) Trello
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.66%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.33%) assyst
2 2 (0.33%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.33%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 296 (49.01%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (11.75%) Azure
3 48 (7.95%) Entra ID
4 11 (1.82%) Mimecast
5 10 (1.66%) AWS
6 8 (1.32%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (1.16%) SaaS
8 4 (0.66%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.33%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.33%) Google Drive
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.17%) Azure Stack
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 59 (9.77%) Firewall
2 49 (8.11%) DNS
3 41 (6.79%) LAN
4 37 (6.13%) TCP/IP
4 37 (6.13%) Wireless
5 36 (5.96%) DHCP
6 31 (5.13%) VoIP
7 23 (3.81%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (3.64%) WAN
9 20 (3.31%) Internet
10 15 (2.48%) VPN
11 13 (2.15%) VLAN
12 6 (0.99%) MPLS
12 6 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (0.99%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.83%) Broadband
14 4 (0.66%) Network Security
15 2 (0.33%) IPsec
15 2 (0.33%) Softphone
16 1 (0.17%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.83%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.33%) MS Access
4 1 (0.17%) MySQL
4 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (3.31%) JIRA
General
1 255 (42.22%) Social Skills
2 53 (8.77%) Finance
3 43 (7.12%) Organisational Skills
4 39 (6.46%) Telecoms
5 32 (5.30%) Manufacturing
6 31 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (4.30%) Retail
8 22 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (3.64%) Public Sector
9 17 (2.81%) Marketing
10 16 (2.65%) Advertising
11 15 (2.48%) Electronics
12 13 (2.15%) Banking
12 13 (2.15%) Law
13 12 (1.99%) Front Office
14 11 (1.82%) Games
15 9 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (1.16%) Legal
17 6 (0.99%) Billing
17 6 (0.99%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.99%) FIX Protocol
2 9 (1.49%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 60 (9.93%) Driving Licence
2 33 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (4.80%) Data Centre
4 18 (2.98%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.65%) Smartphone
6 12 (1.99%) CCTV
7 9 (1.49%) iPad
8 6 (0.99%) iPhone
9 5 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (0.83%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.50%) Cyberattack
10 3 (0.50%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.50%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.33%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.33%) EPoS
11 2 (0.33%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.33%) Life Science
11 2 (0.33%) NHS
11 2 (0.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 318 (52.65%) Windows
2 117 (19.37%) Windows 10
3 92 (15.23%) Windows Server
4 34 (5.63%) Linux
5 27 (4.47%) Apple iOS
6 26 (4.30%) Windows 7
7 20 (3.31%) Android
8 15 (2.48%) Windows 8
9 13 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (1.99%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.66%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.49%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (1.16%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.66%) Debian
15 3 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (46.03%) Customer Service
2 105 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (12.42%) ITIL
4 44 (7.28%) ITSM
5 41 (6.79%) Mentoring
6 40 (6.62%) Mathematics
6 40 (6.62%) Service Management
7 34 (5.63%) Customer Experience
7 34 (5.63%) Incident Management
8 22 (3.64%) Coaching
9 21 (3.48%) Collaborative Working
10 19 (3.15%) Time Management
11 18 (2.98%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (2.65%) Proactive Monitoring
12 16 (2.65%) Programme Management
12 16 (2.65%) Service Delivery
13 15 (2.48%) Digital Marketing
14 14 (2.32%) Impact Assessments
15 13 (2.15%) Active Listening
16 12 (1.99%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 55 (9.11%) SQL
2 8 (1.32%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (10.60%) Degree
2 20 (3.31%) DBS Check
2 20 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (3.15%) A+ Certification
4 18 (2.98%) MCP
5 17 (2.81%) Security Cleared
6 8 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (1.16%) MCDST
8 4 (0.66%) CCNA
8 4 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.50%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.33%) MCSE
11 1 (0.17%) CCNP
11 1 (0.17%) MCSA
11 1 (0.17%) MOS
11 1 (0.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (10.60%) SLA
2 13 (2.15%) GDPR
3 6 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.66%) QA
5 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 255 (42.22%) Active Directory
2 31 (5.13%) Hyper-V
3 28 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.32%) XenApp
5 13 (2.15%) VirtualBox
5 13 (2.15%) XenDesktop
6 6 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.50%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.33%) pfSense
9 1 (0.17%) Firmware
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (5.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (1.99%) SCCM
3 3 (0.50%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.17%) Autotask
Vendors
1 290 (48.01%) Microsoft
2 33 (5.46%) ServiceNow
2 33 (5.46%) VMware
3 23 (3.81%) Apple
4 17 (2.81%) Cisco
4 17 (2.81%) Citrix
4 17 (2.81%) Google
5 15 (2.48%) SAP
6 14 (2.32%) HP
7 13 (2.15%) Dell
8 12 (1.99%) WatchGuard
9 10 (1.66%) NetApp
10 7 (1.16%) Veeam
11 6 (0.99%) ESET
11 6 (0.99%) Meraki
11 6 (0.99%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (0.83%) Progress
13 4 (0.66%) HubSpot
13 4 (0.66%) Samsung
14 3 (0.50%) Cylance