2nd/3rd Line Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

2nd/3rd Line Support
UK > Work from Home

The median 2nd/3rd Line Support salary for remote or hybrid work is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 557 621 876
Rank change year-on-year +64 +255 -293
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Support 45 14 15
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.037% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.039% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 45 14 15
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £30,050
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £36,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.96% +1.39% +17.07%
75th Percentile £37,000 £38,750 £43,125
90th Percentile £47,500 £40,875 £46,000
UK median annual salary £33,000 £37,500 £37,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +1.35% +8.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,116 36,108 73,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,883 26,404 42,665
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

2nd/3rd Line Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured 2nd/3rd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

2nd/3rd Line Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

2nd/3rd Line Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 2nd/3rd Line Support.

2nd/3rd Line Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

2nd/3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 2nd/3rd Line Support over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

2nd/3rd Line Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

2nd/3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, 2nd/3rd 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 jobs with remote work options featuring 2nd/3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 38 (84.44%) Microsoft
2 34 (75.56%) Azure
3 33 (73.33%) Active Directory
4 31 (68.89%) Social Skills
5 27 (60.00%) ITIL
6 26 (57.78%) Driving Licence
7 22 (48.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (46.67%) SAN
8 21 (46.67%) Windows
8 21 (46.67%) Hyper-V
9 20 (44.44%) Enterprise Storage
9 20 (44.44%) Incident Management
10 18 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (31.11%) Windows Server
11 14 (31.11%) Desktop Virtualisation
11 14 (31.11%) SQL Server
11 14 (31.11%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (31.11%) Azure Certification
12 13 (28.89%) VMware
13 11 (24.44%) Microsoft Exchange
14 9 (20.00%) Firewall
14 9 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
15 8 (17.78%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (17.78%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 7 (15.56%) Wireless
16 7 (15.56%) SQL
16 7 (15.56%) Windows 10
17 6 (13.33%) Entra ID
17 6 (13.33%) Draytek

2nd/3rd Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 11 (24.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.67%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (2.22%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 34 (75.56%) Azure
2 18 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.67%) AWS
4 3 (6.67%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.44%) Google Workspace
6 1 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 21 (46.67%) SAN
2 9 (20.00%) Firewall
3 8 (17.78%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (15.56%) Wireless
5 3 (6.67%) Internet
5 3 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (6.67%) VoIP
6 2 (4.44%) DHCP
6 2 (4.44%) DNS
6 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.44%) WAN
7 1 (2.22%) iSCSI
7 1 (2.22%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.22%) VLAN
7 1 (2.22%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (31.11%) SQL Server
2 9 (20.00%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 31 (68.89%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.11%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (6.67%) Games
3 3 (6.67%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.44%) Finance
4 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 26 (57.78%) Driving Licence
2 20 (44.44%) Enterprise Storage
3 5 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.22%) iPad
5 1 (2.22%) iPhone
5 1 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (2.22%) Replication
5 1 (2.22%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (46.67%) Windows
2 14 (31.11%) Windows Server
3 7 (15.56%) Windows 10
4 5 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
4 5 (11.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.22%) Linux
5 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (60.00%) ITIL
2 20 (44.44%) Incident Management
3 14 (31.11%) Desktop Virtualisation
4 8 (17.78%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 4 (8.89%) Migration
5 4 (8.89%) Service Delivery
6 3 (6.67%) Agile
6 3 (6.67%) Data Privacy
6 3 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (6.67%) ERP
6 3 (6.67%) Escalation Management
6 3 (6.67%) Mentoring
6 3 (6.67%) Problem Management
6 3 (6.67%) Threat Management
6 3 (6.67%) Time Management
6 3 (6.67%) Trend Analysis
7 2 (4.44%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (4.44%) Service Management
8 1 (2.22%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) SQL
2 2 (4.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (48.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (31.11%) Azure Certification
3 5 (11.11%) Degree
4 3 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (4.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) GDPR
1 2 (4.44%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (73.33%) Active Directory
2 21 (46.67%) Hyper-V
3 9 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.22%) NFS
4 1 (2.22%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.44%) Autotask
3 1 (2.22%) SCCM
3 1 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.22%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 38 (84.44%) Microsoft
2 13 (28.89%) VMware
3 6 (13.33%) Cisco
3 6 (13.33%) Draytek
4 5 (11.11%) Datto
5 3 (6.67%) ConnectWise
5 3 (6.67%) ESET
5 3 (6.67%) HP
5 3 (6.67%) Sophos
5 3 (6.67%) Ubiquiti
5 3 (6.67%) WatchGuard
6 1 (2.22%) Fortinet