2nd/3rd Line Support
UK

The median 2nd/3rd Line Support salary in the UK is £33,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 782 928 1150
Rank change year-on-year +146 +222 -300
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Support 108 49 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.049% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.054% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 98 49 87
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,100 £30,950
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £37,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +2.74% +7.35%
75th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £51,750 £86,000 £55,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +7.69% -

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

2nd/3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 2nd/3rd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support.

Salary trend for 2nd/3rd Line Support in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd/3rd Line Support in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Support
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Support within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England +145 101 £33,000 -12.00% 9
UK excluding London +33 81 £33,000 -5.71% 4
Work from Home +96 43 £32,500 -13.33% 3
North of England +83 34 £32,500 +18.18% 2
London +105 22 £54,296 +20.66% 4
North East +15 22 £32,500 - 1
South East +16 20 £33,000 -12.00%
West Midlands +21 11 £30,000 - 1
Midlands -4 11 £30,000 -17.81% 1
South West -17 11 £50,500 +53.03%
Yorkshire +89 7 £37,000 +34.55%
North West +9 5 £32,000 +20.75% 1
East of England - 3 £45,000 - 1
Scotland -62 1 £35,000 +7.69%
Wales - 1 £30,000 -

2nd/3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 2nd/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 featuring 2nd/3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 67 (62.04%) Microsoft
2 65 (60.19%) Windows
2 65 (60.19%) Active Directory
3 62 (57.41%) Azure
4 49 (45.37%) ITIL
5 48 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (35.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 37 (34.26%) Social Skills
8 36 (33.33%) Firewall
9 33 (30.56%) Incident Management
10 29 (26.85%) Windows Server
11 28 (25.93%) Driving Licence
12 27 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
12 27 (25.00%) Hyper-V
13 24 (22.22%) SharePoint
13 24 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
14 23 (21.30%) DNS
14 23 (21.30%) SQL Server
14 23 (21.30%) VMware
14 23 (21.30%) PowerShell
15 21 (19.44%) SAN
16 20 (18.52%) Enterprise Storage
17 18 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
17 18 (16.67%) Cisco
17 18 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
18 17 (15.74%) Organisational Skills
18 17 (15.74%) Cisco Certification
19 16 (14.81%) TCP/IP
19 16 (14.81%) Desktop Virtualisation
19 16 (14.81%) Azure Certification

2nd/3rd 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 24 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 24 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.78%) Exchange Server 2000
3 1 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (6.48%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 62 (57.41%) Azure
2 48 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (13.89%) Entra ID
4 11 (10.19%) IaaS
5 10 (9.26%) Google Workspace
5 10 (9.26%) PaaS
5 10 (9.26%) Power Platform
5 10 (9.26%) SaaS
6 9 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.63%) OneDrive
8 4 (3.70%) AWS
8 4 (3.70%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.93%) GCP
9 1 (0.93%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (33.33%) Firewall
2 23 (21.30%) DNS
3 21 (19.44%) SAN
4 16 (14.81%) TCP/IP
5 14 (12.96%) WAN
6 13 (12.04%) DHCP
7 11 (10.19%) SD-WAN
8 9 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (7.41%) Wireless
10 7 (6.48%) FIX Connectivity
11 6 (5.56%) LAN
11 6 (5.56%) VLAN
11 6 (5.56%) VoIP
12 4 (3.70%) WLAN
13 3 (2.78%) Internet
13 3 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (2.78%) VPN
14 2 (1.85%) Ethernet
14 2 (1.85%) SMTP
15 1 (0.93%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (21.30%) SQL Server
2 9 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.85%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) MSI
General
1 37 (34.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.74%) Organisational Skills
3 13 (12.04%) Finance
4 12 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (10.19%) Banking
6 5 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.63%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.78%) Games
7 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.78%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.85%) Legal
9 1 (0.93%) Law
9 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.93%) Retail
9 1 (0.93%) Social Science
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.48%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 28 (25.93%) Driving Licence
2 20 (18.52%) Enterprise Storage
3 7 (6.48%) Eurex
4 6 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (4.63%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.70%) Private Cloud
7 3 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.85%) Replication
9 1 (0.93%) Clustering
9 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.93%) iPad
9 1 (0.93%) iPhone
9 1 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.93%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 65 (60.19%) Windows
2 29 (26.85%) Windows Server
3 12 (11.11%) Linux
3 12 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 7 (6.48%) CentOS
4 7 (6.48%) Solaris
4 7 (6.48%) Ubuntu
4 7 (6.48%) Unix
4 7 (6.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (4.63%) Android
6 5 (4.63%) Apple iOS
6 5 (4.63%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (45.37%) ITIL
2 33 (30.56%) Incident Management
3 18 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (14.81%) Desktop Virtualisation
5 15 (13.89%) Mentoring
6 13 (12.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (12.04%) Proactive Maintenance
7 12 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
7 12 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 12 (11.11%) Project Management
7 12 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
8 9 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 8 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (6.48%) Client Onboarding
10 7 (6.48%) Customer Service
10 7 (6.48%) ERP
11 6 (5.56%) Security Operations
12 5 (4.63%) Migration
12 5 (4.63%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.30%) PowerShell
2 14 (12.96%) SQL
3 7 (6.48%) Bash
3 7 (6.48%) JavaScript
3 7 (6.48%) Perl
3 7 (6.48%) Python
3 7 (6.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 38 (35.19%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (15.74%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (14.81%) Azure Certification
4 12 (11.11%) CCNP
4 12 (11.11%) MCSE
5 10 (9.26%) SC Cleared
5 10 (9.26%) Security Cleared
6 8 (7.41%) Degree
7 5 (4.63%) CCNA
8 4 (3.70%) MCSA
8 4 (3.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.78%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.85%) GDPR
1 2 (1.85%) PCI DSS
1 2 (1.85%) SLA
System Software
1 65 (60.19%) Active Directory
2 27 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 18 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.93%) NFS
4 1 (0.93%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.93%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 27 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.70%) Autotask
3 3 (2.78%) SCCM
4 1 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.93%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 67 (62.04%) Microsoft
2 23 (21.30%) VMware
3 18 (16.67%) Cisco
4 8 (7.41%) Datto
4 8 (7.41%) Draytek
5 7 (6.48%) Bloomberg
5 7 (6.48%) CQG
5 7 (6.48%) ION Trading
5 7 (6.48%) Oracle
5 7 (6.48%) Patsystems
5 7 (6.48%) Red Hat
5 7 (6.48%) Reuters
5 7 (6.48%) Trayport
6 6 (5.56%) Google
6 6 (5.56%) Sophos
7 4 (3.70%) CheckPoint
7 4 (3.70%) ESET
7 4 (3.70%) LogicMonitor
7 4 (3.70%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.70%) SolarWinds