1st Line Support Jobs in the East of England

First Line Support
England > East of England

The median First Line Support salary in the East of England is £26,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 115 228
Rank change year-on-year -38 +113 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 39 22 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.86% 1.03% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.08% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 24 21 27
10th Percentile £22,000 - £21,150
25th Percentile £24,000 £21,000 £22,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £23,500 £23,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.64% - +11.90%
75th Percentile £28,000 £25,250 £25,000
90th Percentile £29,625 £27,000 £26,550
England median annual salary £27,000 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 4,209 2,040 5,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 95.55% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,003 1,407 2,731
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,855
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,795 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the East of England

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the East of England

1st Line Support
Job Locations in the East of 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Cambridgeshire -23 10 £26,000 +18.18% 1
Norfolk - 10 £28,000 -
Suffolk -11 8 £24,000 +1.05%
Hertfordshire -26 7 £26,000 +4.00%
Essex 0 2 £25,000 - 6
Bedfordshire -28 2 £32,500 -
1st Line Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 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 East of England region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 23 (58.97%) Active Directory
2 19 (48.72%) Windows
2 19 (48.72%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (35.90%) Microsoft
4 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
5 11 (28.21%) Firewall
5 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (25.64%) SharePoint
6 10 (25.64%) VPN
6 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (23.08%) DNS
7 9 (23.08%) Azure
7 9 (23.08%) Entra ID
8 8 (20.51%) Driving Licence
9 5 (12.82%) Windows Server
9 5 (12.82%) Customer Service
9 5 (12.82%) Health Technology
9 5 (12.82%) NHS
9 5 (12.82%) SLA
9 5 (12.82%) LAN
9 5 (12.82%) WAN
9 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
10 4 (10.26%) Windows 10
11 3 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
11 3 (7.69%) Degree
11 3 (7.69%) Time Management
12 2 (5.13%) Android
12 2 (5.13%) ITSM
12 2 (5.13%) ITIL
12 2 (5.13%) CRM

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of 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 10 (25.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (25.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (23.08%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.21%) Firewall
2 10 (25.64%) VPN
3 9 (23.08%) DNS
4 5 (12.82%) LAN
4 5 (12.82%) WAN
5 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.13%) Wireless
6 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Health Technology
3 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.13%) Tech for Good
4 1 (2.56%) Advertising
4 1 (2.56%) Automotive
4 1 (2.56%) Legal
4 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.56%) Publishing
4 1 (2.56%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Driving Licence
2 5 (12.82%) NHS
3 1 (2.56%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.56%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 19 (48.72%) Windows
2 5 (12.82%) Windows Server
3 4 (10.26%) Windows 10
4 2 (5.13%) Android
5 1 (2.56%) Linux
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (12.82%) Customer Service
3 3 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
3 3 (7.69%) Time Management
4 2 (5.13%) CRM
4 2 (5.13%) Customer Experience
4 2 (5.13%) Decision-Making
4 2 (5.13%) ITIL
4 2 (5.13%) ITSM
4 2 (5.13%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.56%) Agile
5 1 (2.56%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (2.56%) Integration Testing
5 1 (2.56%) Logistics
5 1 (2.56%) Manual Testing
5 1 (2.56%) Mentoring
5 1 (2.56%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (2.56%) Regression Testing
5 1 (2.56%) Software Testing
5 1 (2.56%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (58.97%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (35.90%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Citrix
2 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.56%) VMware