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 1 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 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 435 | 555 | 713 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +120 | +158 | -61 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support | 589 | 436 | 620 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.56% | 0.46% | 0.37% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.59% | 0.50% | 0.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 555 | 316 | 560 |
| 10th Percentile | £21,000 | £21,000 | £19,313 |
| 25th Percentile | £22,500 | £22,375 | £20,750 |
| 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 | £33,650 | £30,250 | £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 | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| 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 | £50,244 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.48% | +5.78% |
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.
1st Line Support
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support.
1st Line Support
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing 1st Line Support over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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 1 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 |
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| England | +102 | 523 | £25,000 | - | 85 |
| UK excluding London | +66 | 507 | £24,500 | -2.00% | 82 |
| South East | -8 | 135 | £25,000 | - | 29 |
| Midlands | +44 | 120 | £25,000 | - | 22 |
| North of England | +62 | 97 | £23,000 | -4.17% | 12 |
| Work from Home | +10 | 93 | £27,000 | +8.00% | 16 |
| London | +116 | 74 | £32,500 | +16.07% | 11 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 61 | £25,000 | - | 15 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 59 | £25,000 | +11.51% | 7 |
| North West | +23 | 49 | £24,000 | +2.13% | 8 |
| East of England | -7 | 49 | £24,500 | +2.08% | 6 |
| South West | -4 | 48 | £24,000 | -4.00% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | +70 | 42 | £23,000 | -4.17% | 2 |
| Scotland | -45 | 32 | £25,500 | +6.81% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 17 | £35,000 | - | 3 |
| Wales | - | 9 | £22,000 | - | |
| North East | -15 | 6 | £22,000 | -20.00% | 2 |
1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.
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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:
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