1st Line Support Analyst Jobs

First Line Support Analyst
UK

The median First Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £25,500 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 805 852 1044
Rank change year-on-year +47 +192 -186
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Analyst 117 93 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.100% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.11% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 108 87 209
10th Percentile £21,350 £20,900 £19,313
25th Percentile £23,000 £22,375 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £25,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £29,313 £27,626 £27,750
90th Percentile £37,875 £30,350 £30,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,500 £25,000 £22,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% +2.27%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

1st Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Top 15 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 Analyst within the UK 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
England +52 113 £25,500 +0.99% 7
UK excluding London -55 86 £24,500 -2.00% 8
South East -6 40 £25,500 -0.97% 1
London +83 31 £32,500 +8.33% 1
North of England +47 26 £24,000 +10.34% 1
Work from Home +31 17 £29,250 +12.50% 1
Yorkshire +79 16 £24,500 +4.26%
North West -1 9 £21,000 +6.33% 1
East of England -12 7 £23,500 +4.44% 1
East Midlands -37 5 £27,000 +1.89% 1
Midlands -45 5 £27,000 +8.00% 2
South West -28 4 £27,500 +10.00% 1
Scotland -65 2 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 £31,500 -
North East -15 1 £20,000 -27.27%

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, 1st Line Support Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 72 (61.54%) Windows
2 69 (58.97%) Active Directory
3 60 (51.28%) Microsoft
4 58 (49.57%) Microsoft Office
5 56 (47.86%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (42.74%) Social Skills
7 39 (33.33%) Customer Service
8 35 (29.91%) SLA
9 29 (24.79%) SharePoint
10 24 (20.51%) Windows 10
11 21 (17.95%) Finance
12 20 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (16.24%) ITIL
14 18 (15.38%) DHCP
14 18 (15.38%) DNS
15 17 (14.53%) Degree
16 16 (13.68%) Incident Management
16 16 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
17 15 (12.82%) ServiceNow
17 15 (12.82%) Azure
17 15 (12.82%) Firewall
17 15 (12.82%) Management Information System
18 14 (11.97%) ITSM
18 14 (11.97%) Linux
18 14 (11.97%) SQL
18 14 (11.97%) Apple iOS
19 13 (11.11%) Security Cleared
19 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
20 12 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
20 12 (10.26%) Front Office

1st Line Support Analyst 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 29 (24.79%) SharePoint
2 13 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 58 (49.57%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (10.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (8.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.71%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 56 (47.86%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (12.82%) Azure
3 10 (8.55%) Mimecast
4 6 (5.13%) SaaS
5 4 (3.42%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.71%) AWS
7 1 (0.85%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.38%) DHCP
1 18 (15.38%) DNS
2 15 (12.82%) Firewall
3 7 (5.98%) VoIP
4 3 (2.56%) LAN
4 3 (2.56%) VPN
4 3 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.85%) NAS
6 1 (0.85%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.85%) MySQL
2 1 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (6.84%) JIRA
General
1 50 (42.74%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.95%) Finance
3 16 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.26%) Banking
4 12 (10.26%) Front Office
5 8 (6.84%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.13%) Law
7 4 (3.42%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.56%) Legal
8 3 (2.56%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.71%) Electronics
9 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.71%) Marketing
10 1 (0.85%) Back Office
10 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.85%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.26%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.82%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.55%) Data Centre
2 10 (8.55%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.42%) iPad
4 3 (2.56%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.56%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.71%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.85%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.85%) Life Science
6 1 (0.85%) NHS
6 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 72 (61.54%) Windows
2 24 (20.51%) Windows 10
3 14 (11.97%) Apple iOS
3 14 (11.97%) Linux
4 12 (10.26%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.71%) Android
7 1 (0.85%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 20 (17.09%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (16.24%) ITIL
4 16 (13.68%) Incident Management
5 14 (11.97%) ITSM
6 11 (9.40%) Proactive Monitoring
7 9 (7.69%) Business Continuity
7 9 (7.69%) Gamification
8 8 (6.84%) Information Security
9 7 (5.98%) Service Management
10 6 (5.13%) Analytics
11 5 (4.27%) Customer Experience
11 5 (4.27%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (3.42%) Cloud Security
12 4 (3.42%) Coaching
12 4 (3.42%) Time Management
13 3 (2.56%) Service Delivery
14 2 (1.71%) Business Intelligence
14 2 (1.71%) Computer Science
14 2 (1.71%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.97%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (14.53%) Degree
2 13 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.98%) A+ Certification
4 7 (5.98%) MCDST
5 3 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.85%) MCP
7 1 (0.85%) MCSA
7 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (29.91%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (58.97%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.71%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (8.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (51.28%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.82%) ServiceNow
3 12 (10.26%) WatchGuard
4 11 (9.40%) Cisco
5 10 (8.55%) Dell
5 10 (8.55%) HP
5 10 (8.55%) NetApp
6 9 (7.69%) Apple
7 4 (3.42%) Veeam
8 3 (2.56%) VMware
9 2 (1.71%) Citrix
9 2 (1.71%) Remedy
9 2 (1.71%) SAP
10 1 (0.85%) Bloomberg