2nd Line Support Analyst Jobs

Second Line Support Analyst
UK

The median Second Line Support Analyst salary in the UK is £33,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 774 810 919
Rank change year-on-year +36 +109 -185
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 116 167 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.18% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 102 154 292
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £23,025
25th Percentile £29,250 £27,875 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% +4.17% +7.14%
75th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
90th Percentile £46,250 £43,375 £39,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £30,500 £26,500
% change year-on-year +3.28% +15.09% -4.68%

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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

2nd Line Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst.

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support Analyst in the UK

2nd Line Support Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 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 +39 102 £34,500 +9.52% 20
UK excluding London -59 75 £31,500 +3.28% 11
London +81 29 £39,000 +20.00% 10
Work from Home +41 27 £30,500 -1.61% 5
North of England +59 21 £30,500 -6.15% 1
South East -16 18 £30,750 -0.81% 4
Midlands -16 16 £29,000 +1.75% 3
South West -23 12 £43,000 +43.33% 1
North West +12 11 £31,250 -4.58% 1
Yorkshire +85 10 £30,500 -6.15%
West Midlands +4 10 £34,500 +23.21% 1
East Midlands -7 6 £28,750 -4.17% 2
East of England -3 5 £35,000 +26.13% 2
Scotland -64 3 £40,000 +29.03%

2nd Line Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 2nd 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 2nd Line Support Analyst in the job title.

1 73 (62.93%) Windows
2 71 (61.21%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (59.48%) Microsoft
4 54 (46.55%) Active Directory
5 49 (42.24%) Customer Service
6 42 (36.21%) Social Skills
7 37 (31.90%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (28.45%) Windows Server
9 31 (26.72%) Windows 10
10 29 (25.00%) Citrix
10 29 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
10 29 (25.00%) ITIL
11 28 (24.14%) Azure
12 27 (23.28%) Microsoft Office
12 27 (23.28%) DNS
13 24 (20.69%) Firewall
14 23 (19.83%) DHCP
15 21 (18.10%) SLA
15 21 (18.10%) VMware
16 20 (17.24%) ITSM
16 20 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
17 18 (15.52%) Apple iOS
18 17 (14.66%) Windows Server 2019
18 17 (14.66%) Service Delivery
19 16 (13.79%) SQL
20 15 (12.93%) AWS
21 14 (12.07%) LAN
21 14 (12.07%) Law
22 13 (11.21%) SCCM
22 13 (11.21%) WAN

2nd 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (23.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 71 (61.21%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (24.14%) Azure
3 15 (12.93%) AWS
4 12 (10.34%) Entra ID
5 11 (9.48%) OneDrive
6 6 (5.17%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.31%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (4.31%) GCP
8 1 (0.86%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 27 (23.28%) DNS
2 24 (20.69%) Firewall
3 23 (19.83%) DHCP
4 14 (12.07%) LAN
5 13 (11.21%) TCP/IP
5 13 (11.21%) WAN
6 11 (9.48%) VPN
7 9 (7.76%) Structured Cabling
7 9 (7.76%) VLAN
8 7 (6.03%) WLAN
9 6 (5.17%) Remote Desktop
10 4 (3.45%) Internet
11 3 (2.59%) Intranet
12 2 (1.72%) Cisco Firepower
12 2 (1.72%) Cisco IOS
12 2 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (1.72%) Wireless
13 1 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (0.86%) NAS
13 1 (0.86%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (2.59%) JIRA
General
1 42 (36.21%) Social Skills
2 14 (12.07%) Law
3 12 (10.34%) Finance
4 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.48%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.90%) Legal
6 6 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.17%) Marketing
7 5 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.72%) Banking
9 2 (1.72%) Digital Healthcare
9 2 (1.72%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.86%) Back Office
10 1 (0.86%) Billing
10 1 (0.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.59%) .NET
1 3 (2.59%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.76%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (6.90%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (4.31%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.45%) CMDB
4 4 (3.45%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.45%) iPhone
4 4 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.72%) BYOD
5 2 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.72%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.72%) IoT
5 2 (1.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.86%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.86%) iPad
6 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.86%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.86%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.86%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 73 (62.93%) Windows
2 33 (28.45%) Windows Server
3 31 (26.72%) Windows 10
4 18 (15.52%) Apple iOS
5 17 (14.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (8.62%) Android
6 10 (8.62%) Windows 7
7 9 (7.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (6.03%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (3.45%) Linux
9 4 (3.45%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (1.72%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (42.24%) Customer Service
2 37 (31.90%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (25.00%) ITIL
4 20 (17.24%) ITSM
5 17 (14.66%) Service Delivery
6 13 (11.21%) Mobile Device Management
7 10 (8.62%) Change Management
7 10 (8.62%) CRM
7 10 (8.62%) Service Management
8 9 (7.76%) Data Loss Prevention
8 9 (7.76%) Incident Management
9 7 (6.03%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (5.17%) ERP
11 4 (3.45%) Asset Management
11 4 (3.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (3.45%) Server Virtualisation
11 4 (3.45%) Service Desk Management
11 4 (3.45%) Software Asset Management
11 4 (3.45%) Software Deployment
11 4 (3.45%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (13.79%) SQL
2 3 (2.59%) C#
2 3 (2.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (7.76%) AWS Certification
2 8 (6.90%) Degree
3 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (5.17%) A+ Certification
5 5 (4.31%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.59%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.59%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.72%) MCSA
8 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (18.10%) SLA
2 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.72%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 54 (46.55%) Active Directory
2 20 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (9.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (5.17%) Hyper-V
5 5 (4.31%) Terminal Services
5 5 (4.31%) XenApp
5 5 (4.31%) XenDesktop
6 4 (3.45%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (11.21%) SCCM
2 12 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.17%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (4.31%) WSUS
5 2 (1.72%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.72%) Nessus
Vendors
1 69 (59.48%) Microsoft
2 29 (25.00%) Citrix
3 21 (18.10%) VMware
4 11 (9.48%) Avaya
4 11 (9.48%) ServiceNow
5 9 (7.76%) Adobe
5 9 (7.76%) Cisco
6 7 (6.03%) HP
7 6 (5.17%) Google
8 5 (4.31%) Apple
9 4 (3.45%) Dell
9 4 (3.45%) NEC
9 4 (3.45%) Symantec
10 2 (1.72%) arcserve
10 2 (1.72%) Clearswift
10 2 (1.72%) F5
10 2 (1.72%) IBM
10 2 (1.72%) McAfee
10 2 (1.72%) Oracle
10 2 (1.72%) Veritas