1st Line Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

First Line Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median First Line Support salary in the UK excluding London is £24,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 354 408 488
Rank change year-on-year +54 +80 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 521 358 444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.66% 0.64% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.72% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 485 252 399
10th Percentile £20,925 £21,000 £19,000
25th Percentile £22,350 £22,250 £20,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,500 £25,000 £23,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £27,500 £27,313 £26,500
90th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £30,000
UK median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%

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 74,927 49,444 72,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 88.83% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 29,284 42,904
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
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 Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

1st Line Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

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

1st 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 Line Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 -9 140 £25,000 - 22
Midlands +30 124 £25,000 - 19
North of England +58 99 £23,500 -2.08% 10
East Midlands -3 64 £25,000 - 13
West Midlands +24 60 £25,000 +11.51% 6
North West +21 51 £24,000 +2.13% 6
South West -4 49 £24,000 -4.00% 6
East of England -17 49 £24,500 +2.08% 9
Yorkshire +70 41 £23,000 -4.17% 2
Scotland -42 34 £25,500 +2.00% 4
Northern Ireland - 17 £35,000 - 4
Wales +21 9 £22,000 -10.20%
North East -17 7 £22,000 -20.00% 2
1st Line Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 272 (52.21%) Windows
2 262 (50.29%) Microsoft 365
3 257 (49.33%) Microsoft
4 243 (46.64%) Customer Service
5 219 (42.03%) Active Directory
6 216 (41.46%) Social Skills
7 120 (23.03%) Microsoft Office
8 100 (19.19%) Windows 10
9 96 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
10 84 (16.12%) Windows Server
11 71 (13.63%) Microsoft Exchange
12 65 (12.48%) ITIL
13 61 (11.71%) SharePoint
14 59 (11.32%) SLA
15 58 (11.13%) Firewall
16 52 (9.98%) Degree
17 51 (9.79%) Azure
18 50 (9.60%) Driving Licence
19 46 (8.83%) DNS
20 43 (8.25%) SQL
20 43 (8.25%) Entra ID
20 43 (8.25%) Organisational Skills
21 41 (7.87%) Mentoring
21 41 (7.87%) LAN
22 40 (7.68%) Mathematics
23 39 (7.49%) Telecoms
24 34 (6.53%) ITSM
25 33 (6.33%) Service Management
25 33 (6.33%) DHCP
25 33 (6.33%) TCP/IP

1st 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 71 (13.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (11.71%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.92%) Confluence
4 1 (0.19%) CMS
4 1 (0.19%) JOnAS
Applications
1 120 (23.03%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (2.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.34%) Trello
5 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.38%) assyst
3 2 (0.38%) Sage 200
3 2 (0.38%) Sage 50
4 1 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 262 (50.29%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (9.79%) Azure
3 43 (8.25%) Entra ID
4 10 (1.92%) Mimecast
5 7 (1.34%) OneDrive
5 7 (1.34%) SaaS
6 3 (0.58%) AWS
7 2 (0.38%) ChatGPT
7 2 (0.38%) Google Drive
7 2 (0.38%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.19%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.19%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 58 (11.13%) Firewall
2 46 (8.83%) DNS
3 41 (7.87%) LAN
4 33 (6.33%) DHCP
4 33 (6.33%) TCP/IP
5 31 (5.95%) VoIP
6 28 (5.37%) Wireless
7 23 (4.41%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (4.22%) WAN
9 15 (2.88%) VPN
10 13 (2.50%) VLAN
11 12 (2.30%) Internet
12 6 (1.15%) MPLS
12 6 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (1.15%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.96%) Broadband
14 4 (0.77%) Network Security
15 2 (0.38%) IPsec
15 2 (0.38%) Softphone
16 1 (0.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (0.96%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.38%) MS Access
4 1 (0.19%) MySQL
4 1 (0.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (2.30%) JIRA
General
1 216 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 43 (8.25%) Organisational Skills
3 39 (7.49%) Telecoms
4 32 (6.14%) Finance
5 31 (5.95%) Manufacturing
6 26 (4.99%) Retail
7 24 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
8 22 (4.22%) Public Sector
9 21 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (3.26%) Marketing
11 16 (3.07%) Advertising
12 15 (2.88%) Electronics
13 11 (2.11%) Games
14 9 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.54%) Law
16 6 (1.15%) Billing
16 6 (1.15%) Local Government
17 5 (0.96%) French Language
18 3 (0.58%) Legal
19 1 (0.19%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (1.73%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 50 (9.60%) Driving Licence
2 29 (5.57%) Data Centre
2 29 (5.57%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.30%) CCTV
5 11 (2.11%) Smartphone
6 5 (0.96%) iPad
6 5 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (0.58%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.58%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.38%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.38%) EPoS
8 2 (0.38%) iPhone
8 2 (0.38%) Life Science
8 2 (0.38%) NHS
8 2 (0.38%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.19%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.19%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 272 (52.21%) Windows
2 100 (19.19%) Windows 10
3 84 (16.12%) Windows Server
4 26 (4.99%) Windows 7
5 19 (3.65%) Linux
6 15 (2.88%) Windows 8
7 13 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 12 (2.30%) Android
9 10 (1.92%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.54%) Apple iOS
10 8 (1.54%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
13 4 (0.77%) Debian
14 3 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (46.64%) Customer Service
2 96 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (12.48%) ITIL
4 41 (7.87%) Mentoring
5 40 (7.68%) Mathematics
6 34 (6.53%) ITSM
7 33 (6.33%) Service Management
8 32 (6.14%) Customer Experience
9 29 (5.57%) Incident Management
10 22 (4.22%) Coaching
11 20 (3.84%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (3.45%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (3.45%) Time Management
13 16 (3.07%) Proactive Monitoring
13 16 (3.07%) Programme Management
14 15 (2.88%) Digital Marketing
15 14 (2.69%) Impact Assessments
16 13 (2.50%) Active Listening
17 11 (2.11%) Agile
17 11 (2.11%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.25%) SQL
2 8 (1.54%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.77%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (9.98%) Degree
2 20 (3.84%) DBS Check
3 17 (3.26%) MCP
4 14 (2.69%) Security Cleared
5 12 (2.30%) A+ Certification
6 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.77%) CCNA
7 4 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.77%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.38%) MCSE
10 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.19%) CCNP
10 1 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.19%) RHCE
10 1 (0.19%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (11.32%) SLA
2 13 (2.50%) GDPR
3 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (0.77%) QA
5 2 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 219 (42.03%) Active Directory
2 31 (5.95%) Hyper-V
3 28 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.50%) VirtualBox
4 13 (2.50%) XenApp
4 13 (2.50%) XenDesktop
5 6 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.58%) VMware Server
6 3 (0.58%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (0.38%) pfSense
8 1 (0.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.19%) Autotask
3 1 (0.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 257 (49.33%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.14%) ServiceNow
3 29 (5.57%) VMware
4 16 (3.07%) Apple
4 16 (3.07%) Cisco
4 16 (3.07%) Google
5 15 (2.88%) SAP
6 14 (2.69%) Citrix
6 14 (2.69%) HP
7 13 (2.50%) Dell
8 12 (2.30%) WatchGuard
9 10 (1.92%) NetApp
10 7 (1.34%) Veeam
11 6 (1.15%) ESET
11 6 (1.15%) Meraki
11 6 (1.15%) Ubiquiti
12 5 (0.96%) Progress
13 4 (0.77%) HubSpot
14 3 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
14 3 (0.58%) Remedy