1st/2nd Line Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median 1st/2nd Line Support salary in the UK excluding London is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 690 681
Rank change year-on-year +27 -9 -97
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st/2nd Line Support 98 80 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.14% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.15% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 87 74 157
10th Percentile £23,000 £22,000 £21,250
25th Percentile £25,000 £24,102 £23,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £27,500 £26,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% +5.26%
75th Percentile £32,000 £30,438 £28,750
90th Percentile £37,700 £33,750 £33,100
UK median annual salary £30,000 £29,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% +7.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st/2nd Line Support in the UK excluding London

1st/2nd Line Support
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st/2nd Line Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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 33 £27,500 -1.79% 5
North of England +53 22 £29,500 +7.27%
East of England +16 22 £31,000 +12.73%
North West +20 21 £29,000 +18.37%
Midlands -2 13 £27,250 +0.93% 2
West Midlands +12 7 £27,000 - 2
East Midlands -3 6 £28,500 +3.64%
Scotland -57 4 £29,500 +5.36%
South West -21 3 £24,000 -17.24% 1
Yorkshire +77 1 £30,000 +9.09%
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 -
1st/2nd Line Support
UK

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 1st/2nd 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 UK excluding London region featuring 1st/2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 73 (74.49%) Windows
2 71 (72.45%) Active Directory
3 70 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (65.31%) Microsoft
5 52 (53.06%) Social Skills
6 39 (39.80%) Customer Service
7 36 (36.73%) Windows 10
8 31 (31.63%) Microsoft Office
9 26 (26.53%) SharePoint
10 25 (25.51%) DNS
10 25 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (23.47%) Microsoft Exchange
12 21 (21.43%) Windows Server
13 18 (18.37%) Firewall
14 16 (16.33%) DHCP
14 16 (16.33%) VMware
15 15 (15.31%) Azure
16 13 (13.27%) VLAN
16 13 (13.27%) TCP/IP
16 13 (13.27%) Entra ID
17 12 (12.24%) Finance
18 11 (11.22%) Service Delivery
19 10 (10.20%) Mobile Device Management
19 10 (10.20%) OneDrive
19 10 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
20 9 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
21 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
21 8 (8.16%) Degree
21 8 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
21 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification

1st/2nd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (26.53%) SharePoint
2 23 (23.47%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (31.63%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.04%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 3 (3.06%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (15.31%) Azure
3 13 (13.27%) Entra ID
4 10 (10.20%) OneDrive
5 5 (5.10%) AWS
5 5 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.06%) Mimecast
7 1 (1.02%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 25 (25.51%) DNS
2 18 (18.37%) Firewall
3 16 (16.33%) DHCP
4 13 (13.27%) TCP/IP
4 13 (13.27%) VLAN
5 8 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (6.12%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (5.10%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (5.10%) VPN
8 4 (4.08%) VoIP
9 3 (3.06%) LAN
9 3 (3.06%) Unified Communications
10 2 (2.04%) Intranet
10 2 (2.04%) Wireless
11 1 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (1.02%) Internet
11 1 (1.02%) NAS
11 1 (1.02%) SAN
11 1 (1.02%) SSL
11 1 (1.02%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.10%) Power BI
2 3 (3.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 52 (53.06%) Social Skills
2 12 (12.24%) Finance
3 9 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (5.10%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.10%) Publishing
6 4 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.06%) Law
7 3 (3.06%) Legal
8 2 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.02%) Electronics
9 1 (1.02%) Marketing
9 1 (1.02%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.02%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.02%) .NET
1 1 (1.02%) CSS
1 1 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.16%) EPoS
2 7 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 6 (6.12%) Driving Licence
4 5 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.06%) Apple TV
5 3 (3.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.02%) CMDB
6 1 (1.02%) Tandem
6 1 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 73 (74.49%) Windows
2 36 (36.73%) Windows 10
3 21 (21.43%) Windows Server
4 7 (7.14%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (5.10%) Apple iOS
6 3 (3.06%) Android
6 3 (3.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.02%) Linux
7 1 (1.02%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (39.80%) Customer Service
2 25 (25.51%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (11.22%) Service Delivery
4 10 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (10.20%) Mobile Device Management
5 7 (7.14%) Change Management
5 7 (7.14%) ERP
6 6 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (6.12%) ITIL
7 5 (5.10%) Customer Experience
7 5 (5.10%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (5.10%) Email Filtering
7 5 (5.10%) Incident Management
7 5 (5.10%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (5.10%) Performance Management
7 5 (5.10%) Time Management
7 5 (5.10%) Web Development
8 4 (4.08%) IT Strategy
8 4 (4.08%) Software Deployment
9 3 (3.06%) Hardware Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.10%) SQL
2 4 (4.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (8.16%) Degree
1 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (7.14%) A+ Certification
3 5 (5.10%) AWS Certification
4 3 (3.06%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.06%) MCDST
4 3 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (3.06%) Security Cleared
5 2 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.04%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.10%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (72.45%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.06%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.06%) WSUS
3 2 (2.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 64 (65.31%) Microsoft
2 16 (16.33%) VMware
3 7 (7.14%) Citrix
4 5 (5.10%) Adobe
4 5 (5.10%) Avaya
5 4 (4.08%) Apple
6 3 (3.06%) Barracuda Networks
6 3 (3.06%) HP
6 3 (3.06%) JD Edwards
6 3 (3.06%) NETGEAR
6 3 (3.06%) Oracle
6 3 (3.06%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.06%) WatchGuard
7 2 (2.04%) Cisco
7 2 (2.04%) Dell
7 2 (2.04%) Mitel
7 2 (2.04%) Sophos
7 2 (2.04%) Veeam
8 1 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.02%) SAP