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 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 774 814 894
Rank change year-on-year +40 +80 -175
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support Analyst 120 168 337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.18% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 106 154 297
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £23,150
25th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £40,000 £37,188 £35,000
90th Percentile £46,250 £45,700 £38,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,500 £30,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year +3.28% +12.96% -1.82%

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 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
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 £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
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 11 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 11 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 +31 105 £33,500 +6.35% 17
UK excluding London -21 80 £31,500 +3.28% 10
London +97 29 £39,000 +16.42% 6
Work from Home +51 28 £30,500 -3.17% 4
North of England +48 21 £30,500 -6.15% 1
South East -11 21 £30,875 -0.40% 3
Midlands -11 17 £28,750 -1.27% 3
South West -26 12 £43,000 +43.33% 1
North West +12 11 £31,250 -4.58% 1
Yorkshire +86 10 £30,500 -2.40%
West Midlands +5 10 £34,500 +18.97% 1
East Midlands -16 7 £28,500 -8.80% 2
East of England +12 5 £35,000 +25.00% 2
Scotland -58 4 £40,000 +3.90%

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 76 (63.33%) Windows
2 74 (61.67%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (58.33%) Microsoft
4 55 (45.83%) Active Directory
5 51 (42.50%) Customer Service
6 44 (36.67%) Social Skills
7 38 (31.67%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (27.50%) Windows Server
9 32 (26.67%) Windows 10
10 30 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
11 29 (24.17%) Azure
12 28 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
12 28 (23.33%) DNS
12 28 (23.33%) ITIL
12 28 (23.33%) Citrix
13 25 (20.83%) Firewall
14 24 (20.00%) DHCP
15 23 (19.17%) VMware
16 22 (18.33%) VMware Infrastructure
17 21 (17.50%) SLA
18 20 (16.67%) ITSM
19 19 (15.83%) Windows Server 2019
20 18 (15.00%) Apple iOS
21 17 (14.17%) Service Delivery
21 17 (14.17%) SQL
22 15 (12.50%) LAN
22 15 (12.50%) AWS
23 14 (11.67%) WAN
23 14 (11.67%) Law
24 13 (10.83%) SCCM

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 30 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 28 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.33%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 74 (61.67%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (24.17%) Azure
3 15 (12.50%) AWS
4 12 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 11 (9.17%) OneDrive
6 7 (5.83%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (4.17%) GCP
8 1 (0.83%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 28 (23.33%) DNS
2 25 (20.83%) Firewall
3 24 (20.00%) DHCP
4 15 (12.50%) LAN
5 14 (11.67%) WAN
6 13 (10.83%) TCP/IP
7 12 (10.00%) VPN
8 10 (8.33%) VLAN
9 9 (7.50%) Structured Cabling
10 7 (5.83%) WLAN
11 6 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (3.33%) Intranet
12 4 (3.33%) Wireless
13 3 (2.50%) Internet
14 2 (1.67%) Cisco Firepower
14 2 (1.67%) Cisco IOS
14 2 (1.67%) SAN
14 2 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
15 1 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
15 1 (0.83%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.50%) Power BI
3 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 44 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (11.67%) Law
3 12 (10.00%) Finance
4 11 (9.17%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.17%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.67%) Legal
6 6 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.00%) Marketing
7 3 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.67%) Banking
8 2 (1.67%) Digital Healthcare
8 2 (1.67%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.67%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.83%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.50%) .NET
1 3 (2.50%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.83%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.33%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.33%) iPhone
4 4 (3.33%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.50%) CMDB
6 2 (1.67%) BYOD
6 2 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.67%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.67%) IoT
6 2 (1.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.83%) iPad
7 1 (0.83%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.83%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.83%) Replication
7 1 (0.83%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 76 (63.33%) Windows
2 33 (27.50%) Windows Server
3 32 (26.67%) Windows 10
4 19 (15.83%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (15.00%) Apple iOS
6 11 (9.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (8.33%) Android
7 10 (8.33%) Windows 7
8 8 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (3.33%) Linux
9 4 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (1.67%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.83%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (42.50%) Customer Service
2 38 (31.67%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (23.33%) ITIL
4 20 (16.67%) ITSM
5 17 (14.17%) Service Delivery
6 13 (10.83%) Mobile Device Management
7 10 (8.33%) Change Management
7 10 (8.33%) CRM
8 9 (7.50%) Data Loss Prevention
8 9 (7.50%) Incident Management
8 9 (7.50%) Service Management
9 8 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (5.83%) ERP
11 4 (3.33%) Asset Management
11 4 (3.33%) Proactive Monitoring
11 4 (3.33%) Server Virtualisation
11 4 (3.33%) Service Desk Management
11 4 (3.33%) Software Asset Management
11 4 (3.33%) Software Deployment
11 4 (3.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.17%) SQL
2 3 (2.50%) C#
2 3 (2.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (7.50%) AWS Certification
2 8 (6.67%) Degree
3 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (5.00%) A+ Certification
5 5 (4.17%) Security Cleared
6 4 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (2.50%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.67%) MCSA
9 1 (0.83%) CCNA
9 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.83%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.50%) SLA
2 6 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.67%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 55 (45.83%) Active Directory
2 22 (18.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (9.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (5.83%) Hyper-V
5 5 (4.17%) XenApp
5 5 (4.17%) XenDesktop
6 4 (3.33%) Terminal Services
6 4 (3.33%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 13 (10.83%) SCCM
2 11 (9.17%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.00%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (4.17%) WSUS
5 2 (1.67%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 70 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 28 (23.33%) Citrix
3 23 (19.17%) VMware
4 11 (9.17%) Avaya
4 11 (9.17%) Cisco
4 11 (9.17%) ServiceNow
5 9 (7.50%) Adobe
6 7 (5.83%) HP
7 6 (5.00%) Apple
7 6 (5.00%) Google
8 5 (4.17%) Dell
9 4 (3.33%) NEC
9 4 (3.33%) Symantec
10 2 (1.67%) arcserve
10 2 (1.67%) Clearswift
10 2 (1.67%) IBM
10 2 (1.67%) McAfee
10 2 (1.67%) Oracle
10 2 (1.67%) Red Hat
10 2 (1.67%) Veritas