Third Line Support Specialist
UK
The median Third Line Support Specialist salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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 15 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 713 | 864 | 898 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +151 | +34 | +361 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support Specialist | 10 | 25 | 5 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.017% | 0.024% | 0.006% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.019% | 0.026% | 0.006% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 23 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,450 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £44,000 | £36,250 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +31.25% | -11.11% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £43,750 | £48,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £47,875 | £51,150 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £46,000 | £40,000 | £42,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.00% | -5.88% | +6.25% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 53,712 | 98,006 | 78,209 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.50% | 94.80% | 91.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29,684 | 68,592 | 53,678 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £29,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £38,750 | £44,192 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,274 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £52,700 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.12% | +3.33% |
3rd Line Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
3rd Line Support Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Support Specialist.
3rd Line Support Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support Specialist over the 6 months to 15 July 2025.
3rd Line Support Specialist
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +145 | 8 | £46,000 | +15.00% | |
| UK excluding London | +142 | 6 | £46,000 | +15.00% | |
| London | +95 | 4 | £60,000 | +50.00% | |
| South West | +100 | 3 | £46,000 | +15.00% | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 2 | £52,500 | - | |
| Work from Home | +83 | 1 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | +43 | 1 | - | - | |
| North of England | +39 | 1 | - | - |
3rd Line Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 15 July 2025, 3rd Line Support Specialist 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 3rd Line Support Specialist in the job title.
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3rd Line Support Specialist 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: