1st Line Support Jobs in England

First Line Support
UK > England

The median First Line Support salary in England is £27,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 July 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 370 427 523
Rank change year-on-year +57 +96 +185
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 365 515 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.55% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 0.58% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 290 465 287
10th Percentile £22,750 £21,000 £21,000
25th Percentile £25,250 £22,500 £22,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,750
90th Percentile £37,275 £30,000 £30,100
UK median annual salary £27,000 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% - +4.17%

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 46,001 89,053 72,349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 94.65% 91.17%
Number of salaries quoted 25,119 64,627 48,533
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 1 July 2025.

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 1 July 2025. 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 +37 88 £28,000 +12.00% 37
North of England +48 80 £26,500 +11.58% 57
Midlands +30 69 £27,500 +10.00% 21
East of England +55 65 £30,000 +25.00% 9
East Midlands +35 49 £27,500 +10.00% 15
London +77 41 £32,000 +6.67% 33
Yorkshire +49 34 £27,750 +20.65% 19
North West +5 33 £24,000 - 35
South West +81 20 £26,000 +8.33% 8
West Midlands +32 20 £27,500 +10.00% 6
North East +50 13 £27,000 +22.73% 3
1st Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 July 2025, 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.

1 219 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 211 (57.81%) Social Skills
3 177 (48.49%) Microsoft
4 166 (45.48%) Windows
5 143 (39.18%) Problem-Solving
6 142 (38.90%) Microsoft 365
7 114 (31.23%) Active Directory
8 80 (21.92%) Microsoft Office
9 66 (18.08%) Azure
10 61 (16.71%) Windows Server
11 43 (11.78%) ITIL
12 41 (11.23%) VoIP
12 41 (11.23%) Service Delivery
13 39 (10.68%) Entra ID
13 39 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
14 36 (9.86%) Firewall
15 34 (9.32%) SLA
15 34 (9.32%) CRM
15 34 (9.32%) Microsoft Exchange
15 34 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
16 33 (9.04%) Windows 10
17 32 (8.77%) Time Management
18 31 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
18 31 (8.49%) LAN
19 30 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
20 27 (7.40%) Driving Licence
20 27 (7.40%) Customer-Centricity
21 26 (7.12%) Onboarding
21 26 (7.12%) Microsoft Intune
21 26 (7.12%) SharePoint

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 34 (9.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (7.12%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.64%) WordPress
4 4 (1.10%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (1.10%) IBM Domino
5 3 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 80 (21.92%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (8.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 142 (38.90%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (18.08%) Azure
3 39 (10.68%) Entra ID
4 14 (3.84%) OneDrive
5 10 (2.74%) Power Platform
6 7 (1.92%) AWS
6 7 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.64%) SaaS
8 5 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (1.37%) GCP
9 4 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.55%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.55%) IaaS
11 1 (0.27%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.23%) VoIP
2 36 (9.86%) Firewall
3 31 (8.49%) LAN
4 20 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
5 15 (4.11%) DNS
5 15 (4.11%) TCP/IP
6 14 (3.84%) DHCP
6 14 (3.84%) VPN
7 11 (3.01%) Remote Desktop
7 11 (3.01%) WAN
8 6 (1.64%) Ethernet
9 5 (1.37%) BGP
9 5 (1.37%) OSPF
9 5 (1.37%) Wireless
10 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.74%) Power BI
2 4 (1.10%) SQL Server
General
1 211 (57.81%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.68%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (6.58%) Telecoms
4 22 (6.03%) Law
5 17 (4.66%) Finance
6 14 (3.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 13 (3.56%) Legal
8 12 (3.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.74%) Manufacturing
10 9 (2.47%) Public Sector
11 8 (2.19%) Automotive
11 8 (2.19%) Retail
11 8 (2.19%) Spanish Language
12 7 (1.92%) German Language
12 7 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.82%) Advertising
13 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.82%) Electronics
14 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.64%) CSS
1 6 (1.64%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.40%) Driving Licence
2 26 (7.12%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (3.84%) EPoS
5 8 (2.19%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.64%) IoT
6 6 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
7 5 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.37%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.82%) Digital Signage
8 3 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.55%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.55%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.55%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 166 (45.48%) Windows
2 61 (16.71%) Windows Server
3 33 (9.04%) Windows 10
4 21 (5.75%) Mac OS
5 13 (3.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (2.47%) Android
7 7 (1.92%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.37%) Linux
9 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 143 (39.18%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (11.78%) ITIL
4 41 (11.23%) Service Delivery
5 34 (9.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 34 (9.32%) CRM
6 32 (8.77%) Time Management
7 27 (7.40%) Customer-Centricity
8 25 (6.85%) Mentoring
9 22 (6.03%) Coaching
10 20 (5.48%) Customer Experience
11 18 (4.93%) Cybersecurity
12 16 (4.38%) ITSM
13 15 (4.11%) Asset Management
13 15 (4.11%) Server Management
14 14 (3.84%) Data Protection
14 14 (3.84%) Process Improvement
15 13 (3.56%) Case Management
16 11 (3.01%) Service Management
17 10 (2.74%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (1.64%) JavaScript
1 6 (1.64%) PHP
1 6 (1.64%) SQL
2 5 (1.37%) C#
2 5 (1.37%) VB
2 5 (1.37%) VBA
3 1 (0.27%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (8.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 25 (6.85%) A+ Certification
3 17 (4.66%) DBS Check
3 17 (4.66%) Degree
4 10 (2.74%) Security Cleared
5 9 (2.47%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.64%) CCNA
6 6 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.82%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.27%) CCENT
8 1 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (9.32%) SLA
2 8 (2.19%) GDPR
3 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 114 (31.23%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (2.74%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 26 (7.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.37%) Terraform
3 3 (0.82%) Autotask
4 2 (0.55%) SCCM
5 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 177 (48.49%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.38%) Cisco
3 15 (4.11%) Meraki
4 10 (2.74%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.47%) VMware
6 7 (1.92%) Google
7 5 (1.37%) Apple
7 5 (1.37%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.37%) Juniper
7 5 (1.37%) Logitech
7 5 (1.37%) Sage
8 4 (1.10%) IBM
9 2 (0.55%) Acronis
9 2 (0.55%) ConnectWise
9 2 (0.55%) Datto
9 2 (0.55%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.55%) Zoho
10 1 (0.27%) Snow
10 1 (0.27%) Veeam
10 1 (0.27%) Yardi