1st Line Support Jobs in England

First Line Support
UK > England

The median First Line Support salary in England is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 412 503 670
Rank change year-on-year +91 +167 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 536 416 574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.50% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.55% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 492 300 522
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,000 £19,500
25th Percentile £22,500 £22,500 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £27,563 £28,750 £27,750
90th Percentile £29,500 £30,250 £30,250
UK median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%

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 88,935 75,643 138,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 91.23% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 65,011 49,623 75,965
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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 Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in England

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in England over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in England

1st 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 Line Support within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 -4 140 £25,000 - 24
Midlands +23 124 £25,000 - 18
North of England +46 99 £23,500 -2.08% 11
London +80 75 £32,500 +16.07% 14
East Midlands -2 64 £25,000 - 12
West Midlands +30 60 £25,000 +11.51% 6
North West +22 51 £24,000 +2.13% 6
South West -8 49 £24,000 -4.00% 6
East of England -17 49 £24,500 +2.08% 10
Yorkshire +75 41 £23,000 -4.17% 2
North East -19 7 £22,000 -20.00% 3
1st Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 England region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 297 (55.41%) Windows
2 265 (49.44%) Microsoft 365
3 258 (48.13%) Microsoft
4 248 (46.27%) Customer Service
5 245 (45.71%) Active Directory
6 230 (42.91%) Social Skills
7 143 (26.68%) Microsoft Office
8 113 (21.08%) Windows 10
9 99 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (16.79%) Windows Server
11 81 (15.11%) Microsoft Exchange
12 75 (13.99%) ITIL
13 64 (11.94%) SLA
13 64 (11.94%) Degree
14 57 (10.63%) Firewall
14 57 (10.63%) Azure
15 56 (10.45%) Driving Licence
16 55 (10.26%) SQL
17 47 (8.77%) DNS
18 44 (8.21%) ITSM
19 43 (8.02%) Entra ID
20 41 (7.65%) SharePoint
20 41 (7.65%) LAN
21 40 (7.46%) Service Management
21 40 (7.46%) Mathematics
22 38 (7.09%) Finance
23 36 (6.72%) DHCP
24 34 (6.34%) TCP/IP
24 34 (6.34%) Linux
24 34 (6.34%) Wireless

1st 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 81 (15.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 41 (7.65%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.87%) Confluence
4 4 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) JOnAS
Applications
1 143 (26.68%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.31%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.37%) assyst
2 2 (0.37%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.37%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 265 (49.44%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (10.63%) Azure
3 43 (8.02%) Entra ID
4 11 (2.05%) Mimecast
5 7 (1.31%) AWS
5 7 (1.31%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.31%) SaaS
6 4 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (0.75%) WhatsApp
7 2 (0.37%) ChatGPT
7 2 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.37%) Google Drive
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 57 (10.63%) Firewall
2 47 (8.77%) DNS
3 41 (7.65%) LAN
4 36 (6.72%) DHCP
5 34 (6.34%) TCP/IP
5 34 (6.34%) Wireless
6 28 (5.22%) VoIP
7 23 (4.29%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (4.10%) WAN
9 19 (3.54%) Internet
10 15 (2.80%) VPN
11 13 (2.43%) VLAN
12 6 (1.12%) MPLS
12 6 (1.12%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.93%) Broadband
14 4 (0.75%) Network Security
15 3 (0.56%) Remote Desktop
16 2 (0.37%) IPsec
16 2 (0.37%) Softphone
17 1 (0.19%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.93%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.37%) MS Access
4 1 (0.19%) MySQL
4 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (3.36%) JIRA
General
1 230 (42.91%) Social Skills
2 38 (7.09%) Finance
3 33 (6.16%) Organisational Skills
4 31 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.85%) Retail
6 22 (4.10%) Telecoms
7 18 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (3.17%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.99%) Advertising
10 13 (2.43%) Banking
10 13 (2.43%) Law
11 12 (2.24%) Front Office
12 9 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.31%) Legal
13 7 (1.31%) Public Sector
14 6 (1.12%) Billing
14 6 (1.12%) Games
14 6 (1.12%) Local Government
15 5 (0.93%) French Language
16 2 (0.37%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (2.24%) FIX Protocol
2 9 (1.68%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.45%) Driving Licence
2 33 (6.16%) Self-Motivation
3 29 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 18 (3.36%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.99%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.24%) CCTV
7 9 (1.68%) iPad
8 6 (1.12%) iPhone
9 5 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.56%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.56%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.56%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.37%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.37%) EPoS
11 2 (0.37%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.37%) Life Science
11 2 (0.37%) NHS
11 2 (0.37%) Renewable Energy
11 2 (0.37%) Video Conferencing
12 1 (0.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 297 (55.41%) Windows
2 113 (21.08%) Windows 10
3 90 (16.79%) Windows Server
4 34 (6.34%) Linux
5 26 (4.85%) Windows 7
6 25 (4.66%) Apple iOS
7 20 (3.73%) Android
8 15 (2.80%) Windows 8
9 13 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (2.24%) Windows Server 2012
11 10 (1.87%) Mac OS
12 9 (1.68%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.75%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (46.27%) Customer Service
2 99 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (13.99%) ITIL
4 44 (8.21%) ITSM
5 40 (7.46%) Mathematics
5 40 (7.46%) Service Management
6 24 (4.48%) Mentoring
7 19 (3.54%) Collaborative Working
7 19 (3.54%) Time Management
8 17 (3.17%) Customer Experience
9 16 (2.99%) Service Delivery
10 15 (2.80%) Incident Management
11 14 (2.61%) Impact Assessments
12 13 (2.43%) Active Listening
13 12 (2.24%) Agile
13 12 (2.24%) CRM
14 11 (2.05%) Change Control
14 11 (2.05%) Proactive Monitoring
15 9 (1.68%) Business Continuity
15 9 (1.68%) Gamification
Programming Languages
1 55 (10.26%) SQL
2 8 (1.49%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (11.94%) Degree
2 20 (3.73%) DBS Check
2 20 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (3.54%) A+ Certification
4 18 (3.36%) MCP
5 17 (3.17%) Security Cleared
6 7 (1.31%) MCDST
7 5 (0.93%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (0.75%) CCNA
8 4 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.37%) MCSE
11 1 (0.19%) CCNP
11 1 (0.19%) MCSA
11 1 (0.19%) MOS
11 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 1 (0.19%) RHCE
11 1 (0.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (11.94%) SLA
2 13 (2.43%) GDPR
3 6 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.75%) QA
5 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
System Software
1 245 (45.71%) Active Directory
2 31 (5.78%) Hyper-V
3 28 (5.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.61%) XenApp
5 13 (2.43%) VirtualBox
5 13 (2.43%) XenDesktop
6 6 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.56%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.56%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (1.87%) SCCM
3 3 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.19%) Autotask
Vendors
1 258 (48.13%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.16%) ServiceNow
2 33 (6.16%) VMware
3 21 (3.92%) Apple
4 17 (3.17%) Cisco
4 17 (3.17%) Citrix
4 17 (3.17%) Google
5 14 (2.61%) HP
6 13 (2.43%) Dell
7 12 (2.24%) WatchGuard
8 10 (1.87%) NetApp
9 7 (1.31%) Veeam
10 6 (1.12%) ESET
10 6 (1.12%) Meraki
10 6 (1.12%) Ubiquiti
11 5 (0.93%) Progress
12 4 (0.75%) Samsung
13 3 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.56%) Cylance
13 3 (0.56%) Remedy