3rd Line Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Third Line Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Third Line Support salary in the UK excluding London is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 415 555 627
Rank change year-on-year +140 +72 -165
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 409 175 251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.51% 0.32% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.36% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 376 163 235
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,100 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,400 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +0.48%
75th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £46,250
90th Percentile £52,125 £53,750 £52,400
UK median annual salary £40,000 £40,942 £42,000
% change year-on-year -2.30% -2.52% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +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%

3rd Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Support in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for 3rd Line Support in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 3rd Line Support in the UK excluding London

3rd 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 3rd Line Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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 +63 161 £37,500 -6.25% 5
North of England +41 82 £36,000 -15.29% 12
Midlands +6 65 £40,000 +7.38% 10
West Midlands +19 45 £37,500 +0.67% 9
South West -3 45 £43,750 +20.69% 3
Yorkshire +76 33 £40,000 -10.11% 5
North East +10 31 £32,500 -5.11% 6
East of England +3 28 £41,250 +3.77% 6
Scotland -49 25 £40,000 +1.27% 4
East Midlands -15 20 £46,250 +1.09% 1
North West -30 18 £35,000 -17.65% 1
Wales +13 3 £45,000 +25.00%
3rd Line Support
UK

3rd Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring 3rd Line Support in the job title.

1 225 (55.01%) Microsoft
2 222 (54.28%) Windows
3 221 (54.03%) Microsoft 365
4 199 (48.66%) Azure
5 187 (45.72%) Active Directory
6 163 (39.85%) Firewall
7 159 (38.88%) VMware
8 154 (37.65%) Windows Server
9 131 (32.03%) Hyper-V
10 127 (31.05%) VMware Infrastructure
11 116 (28.36%) Microsoft Exchange
12 113 (27.63%) Social Skills
13 97 (23.72%) ITIL
14 86 (21.03%) Microsoft Intune
15 85 (20.78%) SharePoint
16 84 (20.54%) Citrix
17 75 (18.34%) Veeam
18 72 (17.60%) DNS
19 70 (17.11%) SQL
19 70 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
20 67 (16.38%) SQL Server
20 67 (16.38%) Cisco
21 66 (16.14%) Microsoft Certification
22 63 (15.40%) SAN
23 56 (13.69%) WAN
24 51 (12.47%) DHCP
24 51 (12.47%) Degree
25 45 (11.00%) Entra ID
25 45 (11.00%) LAN
26 43 (10.51%) Cisco Certification

3rd 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
1 116 (28.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (20.78%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.67%) IIS
4 6 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2000
4 6 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (1.22%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (0.98%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (9.29%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 221 (54.03%) Microsoft 365
2 199 (48.66%) Azure
3 45 (11.00%) Entra ID
4 23 (5.62%) OneDrive
5 21 (5.13%) IaaS
6 17 (4.16%) AWS
6 17 (4.16%) SaaS
7 13 (3.18%) Power Platform
8 12 (2.93%) PaaS
9 9 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
9 9 (2.20%) Google Workspace
10 8 (1.96%) Mimecast
11 4 (0.98%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.49%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.49%) OpenDNS
13 1 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 163 (39.85%) Firewall
2 72 (17.60%) DNS
3 63 (15.40%) SAN
4 56 (13.69%) WAN
5 51 (12.47%) DHCP
6 45 (11.00%) LAN
7 41 (10.02%) VPN
7 41 (10.02%) Wi-Fi
8 38 (9.29%) TCP/IP
9 31 (7.58%) VLAN
10 28 (6.85%) Wireless
11 18 (4.40%) Remote Desktop
12 16 (3.91%) VoIP
13 14 (3.42%) WLAN
14 13 (3.18%) SD-WAN
15 12 (2.93%) IPsec
15 12 (2.93%) OSPF
16 11 (2.69%) HSRP
17 10 (2.44%) BGP
17 10 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (16.38%) SQL Server
2 32 (7.82%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.49%) MariaDB
3 2 (0.49%) MySQL
3 2 (0.49%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Hudson
2 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 113 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 39 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
3 20 (4.89%) Law
4 16 (3.91%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (2.69%) Games
5 11 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (2.44%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.20%) French Language
8 8 (1.96%) German Language
9 7 (1.71%) Finance
10 4 (0.98%) Legal
10 4 (0.98%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.98%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.73%) Retail
12 2 (0.49%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.20%) 802.1X
2 2 (0.49%) LAMP
2 2 (0.49%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 38 (9.29%) Driving Licence
2 32 (7.82%) Replication
3 23 (5.62%) Enterprise Storage
4 18 (4.40%) Clustering
4 18 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.42%) Management Information System
6 11 (2.69%) Client/Server
6 11 (2.69%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.47%) iPad
7 6 (1.47%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.22%) Low-Code
9 4 (0.98%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.49%) PKI
10 2 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 2 (0.49%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.24%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.24%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.24%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 222 (54.28%) Windows
2 154 (37.65%) Windows Server
3 41 (10.02%) Windows 10
4 33 (8.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 24 (5.87%) Linux
6 22 (5.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 18 (4.40%) Windows 7
7 18 (4.40%) Windows 8
8 16 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (2.20%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (1.47%) Debian
11 5 (1.22%) Android
11 5 (1.22%) Apple iOS
11 5 (1.22%) Mac OS X
12 4 (0.98%) CentOS
12 4 (0.98%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.98%) Windows XP
13 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (23.72%) ITIL
2 70 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (10.51%) Customer Service
4 40 (9.78%) Incident Management
5 35 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 33 (8.07%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (6.36%) Service Management
8 23 (5.62%) Migration
9 20 (4.89%) Mentoring
9 20 (4.89%) Remote Monitoring and Management
10 19 (4.65%) Problem Management
10 19 (4.65%) Project Management
11 18 (4.40%) Root Cause Analysis
12 17 (4.16%) Project Delivery
13 16 (3.91%) Change Management
14 15 (3.67%) Change Control
14 15 (3.67%) Proactive Maintenance
15 14 (3.42%) Disaster Recovery
15 14 (3.42%) Multi-Factor Authentication
15 14 (3.42%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 70 (17.11%) SQL
2 39 (9.54%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.49%) C#
Qualifications
1 66 (16.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 51 (12.47%) Degree
3 43 (10.51%) Cisco Certification
4 31 (7.58%) MCSE
5 26 (6.36%) Security Cleared
6 25 (6.11%) CCNP
7 22 (5.38%) CCNA
8 21 (5.13%) Azure Certification
9 19 (4.65%) SC Cleared
10 14 (3.42%) MCSA
11 10 (2.44%) MCP
12 9 (2.20%) DBS Check
13 7 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.98%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.98%) RHCT
15 3 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (0.73%) DV Cleared
16 2 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
17 1 (0.24%) CCENT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.47%) SLA
2 5 (1.22%) QA
3 4 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (0.73%) GDPR
5 2 (0.49%) NIST
5 2 (0.49%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.24%) GxP
System Software
1 187 (45.72%) Active Directory
2 131 (32.03%) Hyper-V
3 127 (31.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (4.89%) VMware ESXi
5 15 (3.67%) Terminal Services
5 15 (3.67%) XenApp
6 14 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (3.42%) VirtualBox
6 14 (3.42%) vSphere
6 14 (3.42%) XenDesktop
7 7 (1.71%) Firmware
8 4 (0.98%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (0.98%) KVM
9 2 (0.49%) Docker
9 2 (0.49%) pfSense
9 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.24%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.24%) NFS
Systems Management
1 86 (21.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 29 (7.09%) SCCM
3 14 (3.42%) Microsoft Clustering
3 14 (3.42%) SCOM
4 8 (1.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 7 (1.71%) NetBackup
6 6 (1.47%) Autotask
6 6 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.73%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.73%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.49%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.49%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.49%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.49%) SCDPM
9 1 (0.24%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.24%) OPNET
9 1 (0.24%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.24%) WSUS
9 1 (0.24%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 225 (55.01%) Microsoft
2 159 (38.88%) VMware
3 84 (20.54%) Citrix
4 75 (18.34%) Veeam
5 67 (16.38%) Cisco
6 32 (7.82%) HP
7 25 (6.11%) Sophos
8 19 (4.65%) Datto
9 18 (4.40%) Dell
10 15 (3.67%) Meraki
11 13 (3.18%) WatchGuard
12 12 (2.93%) Draytek
13 10 (2.44%) Juniper
14 9 (2.20%) F5
15 7 (1.71%) ConnectWise
15 7 (1.71%) McAfee
16 6 (1.47%) Acronis
17 5 (1.22%) Aruba
17 5 (1.22%) SolarWinds
17 5 (1.22%) Ubiquiti