1st Line Support Engineer Jobs

First Line Support Engineer
UK

The median First Line Support Engineer salary in the UK is £27,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 801 821 1154
Rank change year-on-year +20 +333 -281
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Engineer 116 125 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.15% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 112 116 116
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,250 £19,750
25th Percentile £22,497 £23,250 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £25,000 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £27,250
90th Percentile £36,500 £30,375 £29,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,500 £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 101,029 85,188 163,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 91.21% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 71,463 55,074 85,023
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in the UK

1st Line Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support Engineer in the UK

1st Line Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support Engineer over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support Engineer in the UK

1st Line Support Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
UK excluding London -26 93 £25,500 +2.00% 39
England +9 81 £25,250 +1.00% 42
Work from Home +11 27 £27,500 +10.00% 7
South East 0 27 £24,000 -2.04% 17
North of England +28 21 £22,826 -17.00% 8
London +86 20 £27,500 -5.17% 6
North West +9 15 £22,826 -12.21% 3
Northern Ireland - 15 £35,000 - 3
Scotland -63 12 £27,500 +20.88% 1
South West -38 5 £25,000 - 3
Wales - 5 £22,000 -
North East - 5 £22,000 - 2
East of England -29 4 £24,750 -1.00% 4
Midlands -42 4 £25,500 +2.00% 6
West Midlands -23 3 £27,500 +27.91% 1
Yorkshire +59 1 £21,500 -21.82% 3
East Midlands -43 1 £22,500 -10.00% 5

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 2024, 1st Line Support Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 72 (62.07%) Windows
2 68 (58.62%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (43.97%) Social Skills
4 50 (43.10%) Active Directory
5 49 (42.24%) Customer Service
6 44 (37.93%) Microsoft
7 33 (28.45%) Windows Server
8 23 (19.83%) Azure
9 19 (16.38%) Finance
10 18 (15.52%) Manufacturing
10 18 (15.52%) SharePoint
11 17 (14.66%) Degree
12 16 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
12 16 (13.79%) Windows 10
13 15 (12.93%) Customer Experience
13 15 (12.93%) Microsoft Exchange
13 15 (12.93%) VoIP
13 15 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (12.93%) Telecoms
13 15 (12.93%) Mentoring
13 15 (12.93%) Coaching
13 15 (12.93%) Incident Management
14 14 (12.07%) Public Sector
15 13 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (11.21%) Entra ID
15 13 (11.21%) Marketing
15 13 (11.21%) Digital Marketing
15 13 (11.21%) Programme Management
15 13 (11.21%) Electronics
15 13 (11.21%) SAP

1st Line Support Engineer 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 18 (15.52%) SharePoint
2 15 (12.93%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (3.45%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 16 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (7.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 68 (58.62%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (19.83%) Azure
3 13 (11.21%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.90%) AWS
5 7 (6.03%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.45%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.86%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.93%) VoIP
2 12 (10.34%) Firewall
3 11 (9.48%) VPN
4 7 (6.03%) VLAN
4 7 (6.03%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (5.17%) TCP/IP
6 5 (4.31%) Internet
6 5 (4.31%) WAN
7 4 (3.45%) DHCP
7 4 (3.45%) DNS
8 3 (2.59%) Broadband
8 3 (2.59%) Wireless
9 2 (1.72%) IPsec
9 2 (1.72%) LAN
9 2 (1.72%) Network Security
10 1 (0.86%) Intranet
10 1 (0.86%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.86%) Skype
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 51 (43.97%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.38%) Finance
3 18 (15.52%) Manufacturing
4 15 (12.93%) Telecoms
5 14 (12.07%) Public Sector
6 13 (11.21%) Electronics
6 13 (11.21%) Marketing
7 11 (9.48%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.31%) Retail
9 4 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.59%) Games
11 1 (0.86%) Automotive
11 1 (0.86%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.86%) Legal
11 1 (0.86%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.31%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.86%) NHS
3 1 (0.86%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 72 (62.07%) Windows
2 33 (28.45%) Windows Server
3 16 (13.79%) Windows 10
4 12 (10.34%) Linux
5 4 (3.45%) Debian
5 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.72%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.86%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (42.24%) Customer Service
2 15 (12.93%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (12.93%) Coaching
2 15 (12.93%) Customer Experience
2 15 (12.93%) Incident Management
2 15 (12.93%) Mentoring
3 13 (11.21%) Digital Marketing
3 13 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (11.21%) Programme Management
4 8 (6.90%) ITIL
4 8 (6.90%) Service Delivery
5 7 (6.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (5.17%) Customer-Centricity
7 5 (4.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (4.31%) Customer-Centric Approach
7 5 (4.31%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (4.31%) Web Design
8 4 (3.45%) Change Control
8 4 (3.45%) Service Management
8 4 (3.45%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.31%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (14.66%) Degree
2 5 (4.31%) DBS Check
3 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.45%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.59%) CCNA
4 3 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.59%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.72%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.86%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.45%) GDPR
1 4 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (43.10%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.59%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.86%) Firmware
4 1 (0.86%) VirtualBox
4 1 (0.86%) XenApp
4 1 (0.86%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 44 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.21%) SAP
3 7 (6.03%) VMware
4 6 (5.17%) Apple
4 6 (5.17%) Cisco
5 5 (4.31%) Progress
6 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.86%) Aruba
7 1 (0.86%) Citrix
7 1 (0.86%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.86%) HP
7 1 (0.86%) Remedy