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 leading to 20 September 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 476 725
Rank change year-on-year -3 +249 -67
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 292 276 429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.40% 0.49% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.52% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 183 247 382
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,000 £20,250
25th Percentile £22,750 £22,500 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £27,250
90th Percentile £33,150 £32,000 £30,000
UK median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 69,088 53,050 124,485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.38% 94.36% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 39,631 39,423 73,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 20 September 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 20 September 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
North of England +39 66 £23,000 -5.15% 11
Midlands +1 61 £25,000 +1.01% 8
South East -41 61 £25,500 -3.77% 12
London -8 41 £29,500 +7.27% 8
Yorkshire +36 39 £23,000 -4.17% 2
West Midlands -11 32 £25,000 +11.11% 4
East of England -28 32 £25,000 +11.11% 11
East Midlands -14 29 £25,000 -9.09% 4
South West -2 27 £24,000 +2.13% 7
North West -5 18 £23,000 -6.12% 6
North East -15 9 £25,750 -0.96% 3
1st Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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.

1 158 (54.11%) Windows
2 142 (48.63%) Social Skills
3 135 (46.23%) Microsoft 365
4 123 (42.12%) Active Directory
5 122 (41.78%) Microsoft
6 112 (38.36%) Customer Service
7 74 (25.34%) Microsoft Office
8 65 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (19.18%) Windows 10
10 43 (14.73%) Microsoft Exchange
11 41 (14.04%) Firewall
12 40 (13.70%) Windows Server
13 39 (13.36%) SLA
14 35 (11.99%) Degree
15 34 (11.64%) DNS
16 32 (10.96%) TCP/IP
17 31 (10.62%) Azure
18 29 (9.93%) SharePoint
19 28 (9.59%) Driving Licence
20 27 (9.25%) Linux
21 22 (7.53%) Cisco
22 21 (7.19%) Internet
23 20 (6.85%) Dell
23 20 (6.85%) ITSM
23 20 (6.85%) Mathematics
23 20 (6.85%) Finance
23 20 (6.85%) Entra ID
23 20 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
24 19 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
24 19 (6.51%) Microsoft Excel

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 43 (14.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (9.93%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.68%) Confluence
3 2 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.34%) CMS
4 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 74 (25.34%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (6.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (2.40%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 135 (46.23%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (10.62%) Azure
3 20 (6.85%) Entra ID
4 9 (3.08%) Mimecast
5 5 (1.71%) SaaS
6 3 (1.03%) Azure Stack
6 3 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.68%) ChatGPT
8 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.34%) AWS
8 1 (0.34%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.04%) Firewall
2 34 (11.64%) DNS
3 32 (10.96%) TCP/IP
4 21 (7.19%) Internet
5 18 (6.16%) DHCP
5 18 (6.16%) Wireless
6 16 (5.48%) LAN
7 15 (5.14%) VoIP
8 14 (4.79%) VLAN
9 13 (4.45%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (4.11%) VPN
11 7 (2.40%) WAN
12 5 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
13 4 (1.37%) Broadband
14 2 (0.68%) Softphone
15 1 (0.34%) ADSL
15 1 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
15 1 (0.34%) Network Security
15 1 (0.34%) Telnet
15 1 (0.34%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Git
General
1 142 (48.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (6.85%) Finance
3 19 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.16%) Manufacturing
5 15 (5.14%) Legal
6 14 (4.79%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.77%) Banking
8 10 (3.42%) Advertising
8 10 (3.42%) Front Office
9 6 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.71%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Law
12 3 (1.03%) Billing
12 3 (1.03%) French Language
13 2 (0.68%) Back Office
13 2 (0.68%) Retail
13 2 (0.68%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.34%) Automotive
14 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.77%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (0.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.59%) Driving Licence
2 20 (6.85%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.08%) Data Centre
3 9 (3.08%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (1.71%) NHS
6 4 (1.37%) CCTV
7 3 (1.03%) EPoS
7 3 (1.03%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.03%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.03%) Social Media
8 2 (0.68%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.34%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.34%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.34%) Handset
9 1 (0.34%) iPad
9 1 (0.34%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.34%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.34%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 158 (54.11%) Windows
2 56 (19.18%) Windows 10
3 40 (13.70%) Windows Server
4 27 (9.25%) Linux
5 10 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.40%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.05%) Windows 7
8 6 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (1.71%) Android
9 5 (1.71%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.71%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.68%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (38.36%) Customer Service
2 65 (22.26%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (6.85%) ITSM
3 20 (6.85%) Mathematics
4 14 (4.79%) ITIL
5 13 (4.45%) Incident Management
5 13 (4.45%) Service Management
6 11 (3.77%) Proactive Monitoring
6 11 (3.77%) Time Management
7 9 (3.08%) Customer Experience
8 8 (2.74%) Analytics
9 6 (2.05%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (2.05%) Migration
9 6 (2.05%) Mobile Device Management
9 6 (2.05%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 6 (2.05%) Service Delivery
10 5 (1.71%) CRM
10 5 (1.71%) Customer-Centricity
10 5 (1.71%) Statistics
11 4 (1.37%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.82%) SQL
2 4 (1.37%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.37%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.34%) Bash
3 1 (0.34%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (11.99%) Degree
2 10 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (2.74%) DBS Check
4 7 (2.40%) A+ Certification
5 5 (1.71%) MCP
5 5 (1.71%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.68%) CCNA
7 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) CCNP
8 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.34%) MCDST
8 1 (0.34%) MCSA
8 1 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.34%) RHCE
8 1 (0.34%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (13.36%) SLA
2 3 (1.03%) QA
3 2 (0.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 123 (42.12%) Active Directory
2 14 (4.79%) Hyper-V
3 10 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.03%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.34%) Firmware
5 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.40%) SCCM
3 3 (1.03%) Autotask
4 2 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.34%) Grafana
5 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 122 (41.78%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.53%) Cisco
3 20 (6.85%) Dell
4 18 (6.16%) ServiceNow
5 14 (4.79%) HP
6 12 (4.11%) VMware
7 9 (3.08%) NetApp
8 8 (2.74%) Progress
9 6 (2.05%) Dell KACE
9 6 (2.05%) ESET
9 6 (2.05%) Google
9 6 (2.05%) Remedy
9 6 (2.05%) Ubiquiti
10 4 (1.37%) Citrix
11 3 (1.03%) Adobe
11 3 (1.03%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.03%) WatchGuard
12 2 (0.68%) Apple
13 1 (0.34%) Atlassian
13 1 (0.34%) Bloomberg