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 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 783 846 986
Rank change year-on-year +63 +140 -164
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support Analyst 118 113 238
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 113 105 210
10th Percentile £21,050 £20,950 £19,313
25th Percentile £23,000 £22,375 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,500 £26,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £29,250 £30,000 £27,750
90th Percentile £34,550 £39,500 £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 93,937 92,745 151,578
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.52% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,282 58,546 84,308
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £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%

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 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 1st Line Support Analyst in the UK

1st Line Support Analyst
Top 16 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 12 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 +95 115 £25,500 -1.92% 8
UK excluding London -11 87 £24,500 -2.00% 8
South East +11 45 £25,500 -0.97% 4
London +139 31 £32,500 - 2
North of England +73 27 £24,000 +1.05% 1
Work from Home +53 20 £27,500 +5.77% 2
Yorkshire +98 18 £24,500 -27.94%
North West +9 8 £21,000 +6.33% 1
East of England +9 6 £23,750 +7.95% 1
Midlands -19 4 £26,500 +6.00% 1
West Midlands +16 2 £27,500 +11.11% 1
East Midlands -17 2 £26,000 -1.89%
South West -27 2 £23,500 -32.86%
Northern Ireland - 2 £31,500 - 1
North East -5 1 £20,000 -27.27%
Scotland -60 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 78 (66.10%) Windows
2 71 (60.17%) Active Directory
3 66 (55.93%) Microsoft Office
4 61 (51.69%) Microsoft
4 61 (51.69%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (44.92%) Social Skills
6 41 (34.75%) Customer Service
7 35 (29.66%) SLA
8 30 (25.42%) Windows 10
9 29 (24.58%) SharePoint
10 20 (16.95%) DHCP
11 19 (16.10%) ITIL
11 19 (16.10%) Finance
11 19 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (15.25%) DNS
13 17 (14.41%) ITSM
13 17 (14.41%) Degree
14 16 (13.56%) Incident Management
15 15 (12.71%) Management Information System
15 15 (12.71%) Firewall
15 15 (12.71%) Microsoft Exchange
16 14 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
16 14 (11.86%) Apple iOS
16 14 (11.86%) Microsoft Excel
16 14 (11.86%) Azure
17 13 (11.02%) Security Cleared
17 13 (11.02%) Cisco
17 13 (11.02%) Windows Server
18 12 (10.17%) ServiceNow
18 12 (10.17%) Mimecast

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 (24.58%) SharePoint
2 15 (12.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 66 (55.93%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (11.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (10.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) assyst
2 1 (0.85%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 61 (51.69%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (11.86%) Azure
3 12 (10.17%) Mimecast
4 8 (6.78%) SaaS
5 4 (3.39%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.69%) AWS
7 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.95%) DHCP
2 18 (15.25%) DNS
3 15 (12.71%) Firewall
4 10 (8.47%) VoIP
5 6 (5.08%) LAN
6 5 (4.24%) TCP/IP
6 5 (4.24%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (2.54%) VPN
7 3 (2.54%) WAN
8 2 (1.69%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.69%) Wireless
9 1 (0.85%) ADSL
9 1 (0.85%) Broadband
9 1 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.85%) NAS
9 1 (0.85%) Network Security
9 1 (0.85%) SAN
9 1 (0.85%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.54%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (0.85%) MySQL
2 1 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (7.63%) JIRA
General
1 53 (44.92%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.10%) Finance
3 14 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.63%) Banking
4 9 (7.63%) Front Office
4 9 (7.63%) Telecoms
5 8 (6.78%) Law
6 5 (4.24%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.54%) Marketing
7 3 (2.54%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.54%) Retail
8 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Electronics
8 2 (1.69%) Legal
9 1 (0.85%) Back Office
9 1 (0.85%) Games
9 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.63%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.71%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.47%) Data Centre
2 10 (8.47%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.39%) iPad
4 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.54%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.54%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.69%) e-Learning
5 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.85%) CMDB
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%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 78 (66.10%) Windows
2 30 (25.42%) Windows 10
3 14 (11.86%) Apple iOS
4 13 (11.02%) Windows Server
5 11 (9.32%) Linux
6 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (2.54%) Windows 7
7 3 (2.54%) Windows 8
8 2 (1.69%) Android
8 2 (1.69%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (34.75%) Customer Service
2 19 (16.10%) ITIL
2 19 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (14.41%) ITSM
4 16 (13.56%) Incident Management
5 11 (9.32%) Proactive Monitoring
6 9 (7.63%) Business Continuity
6 9 (7.63%) Gamification
7 8 (6.78%) Service Management
8 7 (5.93%) Analytics
9 6 (5.08%) Customer Experience
9 6 (5.08%) Information Security
10 5 (4.24%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (3.39%) Cloud Security
11 4 (3.39%) Service Delivery
11 4 (3.39%) Time Management
12 2 (1.69%) Break/Fix
12 2 (1.69%) Coaching
12 2 (1.69%) Cybersecurity
12 2 (1.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (14.41%) Degree
2 13 (11.02%) Security Cleared
3 12 (10.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.93%) A+ Certification
4 7 (5.93%) MCDST
5 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.54%) MCITP
6 1 (0.85%) CCNA
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.85%) MCP
6 1 (0.85%) MCSA
6 1 (0.85%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (29.66%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (60.17%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (8.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (7.63%) SCCM
Vendors
1 61 (51.69%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.02%) Cisco
3 12 (10.17%) ServiceNow
3 12 (10.17%) WatchGuard
4 11 (9.32%) Apple
5 10 (8.47%) Dell
5 10 (8.47%) HP
5 10 (8.47%) NetApp
6 5 (4.24%) VMware
7 4 (3.39%) Veeam
8 3 (2.54%) SAP
9 2 (1.69%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.69%) N-able
9 2 (1.69%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.69%) Sophos
10 1 (0.85%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.85%) Citrix
10 1 (0.85%) Sage
10 1 (0.85%) Salesforce