1st/2nd Line Support Jobs in England

1st/2nd Line Support
UK > England

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary in England is £30,000 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 681 784 932
Rank change year-on-year +103 +148 -211
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 148 142 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 136 134 224
10th Percentile £24,125 £23,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £24,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,750 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% +7.84%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,750 £33,000
90th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £37,200
UK median annual salary £30,000 £29,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% +7.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 82,670 80,142 132,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.50% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,486 50,956 74,862
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in England

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in England.

Salary trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in England

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st/2nd Line Support in England

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support within the England 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
London +106 58 £34,000 +4.62% 5
South East +4 33 £27,500 -1.79% 5
North of England +53 22 £29,500 +7.27%
East of England +16 22 £31,000 +12.73%
North West +20 21 £29,000 +18.37%
Midlands -2 13 £27,250 +0.93% 2
West Midlands +12 7 £27,000 - 2
East Midlands -3 6 £28,500 +3.64%
South West -21 3 £24,000 -17.24% 1
Yorkshire +77 1 £30,000 +9.09%
1st/2nd Line Support
UK

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 1st/2nd 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 England region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 107 (72.30%) Windows
2 104 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
3 102 (68.92%) Active Directory
4 85 (57.43%) Microsoft
5 79 (53.38%) Social Skills
6 59 (39.86%) Windows 10
7 57 (38.51%) Customer Service
8 41 (27.70%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
10 29 (19.59%) DNS
11 28 (18.92%) SharePoint
12 27 (18.24%) Microsoft Exchange
12 27 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
13 23 (15.54%) Windows Server
14 21 (14.19%) Azure
14 21 (14.19%) DHCP
15 20 (13.51%) Firewall
15 20 (13.51%) Wi-Fi
15 20 (13.51%) EPoS
16 19 (12.84%) Organisational Skills
17 18 (12.16%) Finance
18 17 (11.49%) VMware
19 15 (10.14%) TCP/IP
19 15 (10.14%) Entra ID
20 14 (9.46%) OneDrive
20 14 (9.46%) SLA
20 14 (9.46%) ITIL
21 13 (8.78%) VLAN
21 13 (8.78%) Driving Licence
21 13 (8.78%) Apple iOS

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 28 (18.92%) SharePoint
2 27 (18.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.68%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (27.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.03%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (2.03%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 104 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (14.19%) Azure
3 15 (10.14%) Entra ID
4 14 (9.46%) OneDrive
5 7 (4.73%) AWS
6 5 (3.38%) Power Platform
7 4 (2.70%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.68%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 29 (19.59%) DNS
2 21 (14.19%) DHCP
3 20 (13.51%) Firewall
3 20 (13.51%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (10.14%) TCP/IP
5 13 (8.78%) VLAN
6 8 (5.41%) Wireless
7 7 (4.73%) Internet
8 6 (4.05%) Unified Communications
8 6 (4.05%) VPN
9 5 (3.38%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (2.70%) LAN
10 4 (2.70%) VoIP
11 3 (2.03%) Intranet
11 3 (2.03%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (1.35%) WAN
13 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
13 1 (0.68%) SAN
13 1 (0.68%) Skype
13 1 (0.68%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.38%) Power BI
2 3 (2.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 79 (53.38%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (12.84%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (12.16%) Finance
5 8 (5.41%) Law
6 5 (3.38%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.38%) Legal
6 5 (3.38%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.38%) Publishing
7 3 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.35%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.68%) Automotive
9 1 (0.68%) Back Office
9 1 (0.68%) Banking
9 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.68%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.68%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 20 (13.51%) EPoS
2 13 (8.78%) Driving Licence
3 7 (4.73%) Management Information System
3 7 (4.73%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.70%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (2.03%) Apple TV
5 3 (2.03%) iPhone
5 3 (2.03%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.68%) CMDB
6 1 (0.68%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.68%) iPad
6 1 (0.68%) Tandem
6 1 (0.68%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 107 (72.30%) Windows
2 59 (39.86%) Windows 10
3 23 (15.54%) Windows Server
4 13 (8.78%) Apple iOS
5 11 (7.43%) Android
6 7 (4.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.70%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (2.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.35%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.68%) Linux
10 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (38.51%) Customer Service
2 41 (27.70%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (9.46%) ITIL
4 12 (8.11%) ITSM
5 11 (7.43%) Change Management
5 11 (7.43%) Service Delivery
6 8 (5.41%) Customer Experience
6 8 (5.41%) Software Deployment
7 7 (4.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (4.73%) ERP
7 7 (4.73%) Mobile Device Management
8 6 (4.05%) Time Management
9 5 (3.38%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (3.38%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (3.38%) Email Filtering
9 5 (3.38%) Incident Management
9 5 (3.38%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (3.38%) Performance Management
9 5 (3.38%) Web Development
10 4 (2.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.41%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (4.73%) Degree
2 5 (3.38%) AWS Certification
2 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.70%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.03%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.03%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (2.03%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.35%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.68%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.46%) SLA
System Software
1 102 (68.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.03%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.35%) XenApp
6 1 (0.68%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (6.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (2.03%) WSUS
4 2 (1.35%) SCCM
5 1 (0.68%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 85 (57.43%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.49%) VMware
3 10 (6.76%) Citrix
4 7 (4.73%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.05%) Apple
6 5 (3.38%) Adobe
6 5 (3.38%) Avaya
7 3 (2.03%) Barracuda Networks
7 3 (2.03%) Cisco
7 3 (2.03%) HP
7 3 (2.03%) JD Edwards
7 3 (2.03%) NETGEAR
7 3 (2.03%) Oracle
7 3 (2.03%) Sophos
7 3 (2.03%) WatchGuard
8 2 (1.35%) Dell
8 2 (1.35%) Google
8 2 (1.35%) Mitel
8 2 (1.35%) Veeam
9 1 (0.68%) Ivanti