First Line Support
UK

The median First Line Support salary in the UK is £25,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 561 694
Rank change year-on-year +140 +133 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 593 475 614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.60% 0.47% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.51% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 565 349 554
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,250 £19,250
25th Percentile £22,500 £22,750 £20,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £28,250 £28,750 £27,500
90th Percentile £33,100 £33,350 £30,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,500 £25,000 £23,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support in the UK

1st Line Support
Top 17 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +138 530 £25,000 - 79
UK excluding London +79 516 £24,500 -2.00% 81
South East +2 148 £25,000 - 23
Midlands +47 117 £25,000 - 16
Work from Home +28 98 £26,637 +6.55% 21
North of England +75 97 £23,500 -4.08% 20
London +94 72 £32,500 +16.07% 9
West Midlands +49 59 £25,000 +4.17% 4
East Midlands +4 57 £25,000 - 12
North West +34 49 £23,750 +1.06% 12
South West -6 49 £24,000 -4.00% 3
East of England +9 47 £25,000 +5.26% 8
Yorkshire +96 42 £23,500 -9.62% 5
Scotland -47 31 £26,568 -3.39% 6
Northern Ireland +44 18 £35,000 +34.62% 2
Wales - 9 £22,000 - 5
North East -9 6 £22,000 -20.00% 3

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 311 (52.45%) Windows
2 300 (50.59%) Microsoft 365
3 296 (49.92%) Microsoft
4 277 (46.71%) Customer Service
5 257 (43.34%) Active Directory
6 248 (41.82%) Social Skills
7 158 (26.64%) Microsoft Office
8 126 (21.25%) Windows 10
9 104 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
10 92 (15.51%) Windows Server
11 84 (14.17%) Microsoft Exchange
12 76 (12.82%) ITIL
13 66 (11.13%) Azure
14 62 (10.46%) SharePoint
14 62 (10.46%) SLA
15 59 (9.95%) Driving Licence
16 58 (9.78%) Degree
17 54 (9.11%) SQL
17 54 (9.11%) Firewall
18 49 (8.26%) Finance
19 47 (7.93%) DNS
19 47 (7.93%) Entra ID
20 46 (7.76%) LAN
20 46 (7.76%) ITSM
21 43 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
22 42 (7.08%) Mentoring
23 41 (6.91%) Telecoms
24 40 (6.75%) Wireless
25 39 (6.58%) Service Management
26 37 (6.24%) VMware

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 84 (14.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 62 (10.46%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.69%) Confluence
4 4 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.17%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) JOnAS
Applications
1 158 (26.64%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.18%) Trello
5 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.67%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.34%) assyst
2 2 (0.34%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.34%) Sage 50
3 1 (0.17%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 300 (50.59%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (11.13%) Azure
3 47 (7.93%) Entra ID
4 13 (2.19%) Mimecast
5 9 (1.52%) AWS
6 8 (1.35%) OneDrive
6 8 (1.35%) SaaS
7 7 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (0.67%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.34%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.34%) Google Drive
9 2 (0.34%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.17%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 54 (9.11%) Firewall
2 47 (7.93%) DNS
3 46 (7.76%) LAN
4 40 (6.75%) Wireless
5 36 (6.07%) DHCP
6 35 (5.90%) TCP/IP
7 28 (4.72%) VoIP
8 27 (4.55%) WAN
9 22 (3.71%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (2.53%) Internet
11 14 (2.36%) VPN
12 11 (1.85%) VLAN
13 8 (1.35%) Remote Desktop
14 7 (1.18%) Broadband
15 6 (1.01%) MPLS
15 6 (1.01%) SD-WAN
16 4 (0.67%) Network Security
17 2 (0.34%) ADSL
17 2 (0.34%) IPsec
17 2 (0.34%) Softphone
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.84%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.34%) MS Access
4 1 (0.17%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.17%) MySQL
4 1 (0.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (3.54%) JIRA
General
1 248 (41.82%) Social Skills
2 49 (8.26%) Finance
3 43 (7.25%) Organisational Skills
4 41 (6.91%) Telecoms
5 33 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 32 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (4.55%) Retail
8 23 (3.88%) Public Sector
9 21 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (3.20%) Marketing
11 16 (2.70%) Electronics
11 16 (2.70%) Law
12 13 (2.19%) Advertising
13 11 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.85%) Games
14 10 (1.69%) Banking
15 9 (1.52%) Front Office
16 8 (1.35%) French Language
17 7 (1.18%) Legal
18 6 (1.01%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.52%) .NET
1 9 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 59 (9.95%) Driving Licence
2 29 (4.89%) Data Centre
3 27 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (3.04%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.70%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.02%) CCTV
7 9 (1.52%) iPad
8 6 (1.01%) iPhone
9 4 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.51%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.51%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.51%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.34%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.34%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.34%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.34%) EPoS
11 2 (0.34%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.34%) Life Science
11 2 (0.34%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.17%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 311 (52.45%) Windows
2 126 (21.25%) Windows 10
3 92 (15.51%) Windows Server
4 30 (5.06%) Windows 7
5 25 (4.22%) Apple iOS
5 25 (4.22%) Linux
6 22 (3.71%) Windows 8
7 18 (3.04%) Android
8 14 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (1.85%) Mac OS
11 10 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
11 10 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.67%) Debian
13 3 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (46.71%) Customer Service
2 104 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (12.82%) ITIL
4 46 (7.76%) ITSM
5 42 (7.08%) Mentoring
6 39 (6.58%) Service Management
7 37 (6.24%) Mathematics
8 33 (5.56%) Customer Experience
8 33 (5.56%) Incident Management
9 21 (3.54%) Coaching
10 20 (3.37%) Collaborative Working
11 19 (3.20%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (3.04%) Time Management
13 17 (2.87%) Service Delivery
14 16 (2.70%) Digital Marketing
14 16 (2.70%) Proactive Monitoring
14 16 (2.70%) Programme Management
15 14 (2.36%) Impact Assessments
16 13 (2.19%) Active Listening
16 13 (2.19%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 54 (9.11%) SQL
2 9 (1.52%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (9.78%) Degree
2 25 (4.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (3.20%) DBS Check
4 18 (3.04%) A+ Certification
5 17 (2.87%) Security Cleared
6 16 (2.70%) MCP
7 8 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
8 7 (1.18%) MCDST
9 5 (0.84%) CCNA
9 5 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.67%) MCITP
11 3 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.34%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.34%) CompTIA Security+
12 2 (0.34%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.34%) MCSE
13 1 (0.17%) MCSA
13 1 (0.17%) MOS
13 1 (0.17%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (10.46%) SLA
2 13 (2.19%) GDPR
3 6 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.67%) QA
5 2 (0.34%) Accessibility
System Software
1 257 (43.34%) Active Directory
2 34 (5.73%) Hyper-V
3 32 (5.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (2.70%) XenApp
5 15 (2.53%) VirtualBox
5 15 (2.53%) XenDesktop
6 6 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.51%) VMware Server
7 3 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.34%) pfSense
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 33 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (1.52%) SCCM
3 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 296 (49.92%) Microsoft
2 37 (6.24%) VMware
3 29 (4.89%) ServiceNow
4 27 (4.55%) Apple
5 19 (3.20%) Google
6 18 (3.04%) Citrix
7 17 (2.87%) SAP
8 16 (2.70%) Cisco
9 12 (2.02%) WatchGuard
10 11 (1.85%) HP
11 10 (1.69%) Dell
11 10 (1.69%) NetApp
12 8 (1.35%) Veeam
13 7 (1.18%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (1.01%) ESET
14 6 (1.01%) Meraki
15 4 (0.67%) HubSpot
15 4 (0.67%) Samsung
15 4 (0.67%) SolarWinds
16 3 (0.51%) Cylance