Second Line Support
UK

The median Second Line Support salary in the UK is £30,688 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 353 395 509
Rank change year-on-year +42 +114 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 797 858 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.80% 0.85% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.93% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 736 773 946
10th Percentile £26,000 £24,900 £24,125
25th Percentile £27,000 £27,000 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,688 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% +5.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £35,250 £36,250 £35,000
90th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £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
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 2nd Line Support in the UK

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 2nd Line Support in the UK

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 2nd Line Support over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 2nd Line Support in the UK

2nd 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 2nd Line Support within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +41 720 £31,000 -2.08% 129
UK excluding London +24 650 £30,000 - 106
South East -24 173 £30,000 -1.64% 35
Work from Home -5 163 £31,250 -0.79% 40
North of England +61 133 £30,000 +5.26% 14
London 0 128 £35,000 +6.72% 25
East of England +66 107 £31,000 -4.62% 16
Midlands +12 100 £29,500 +1.72% 18
South West -3 82 £33,500 -4.29% 19
North West +5 65 £30,000 +5.26% 10
West Midlands +2 60 £29,500 +7.27% 13
Yorkshire +87 46 £31,250 +13.22% 4
Scotland -47 41 £29,000 +14.85% 3
East Midlands +9 40 £29,000 -3.33% 5
North East +5 22 £32,250 -0.77%
Wales +7 12 £27,500 - 3
Northern Ireland +23 2 £38,750 +19.23%

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, 2nd 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 2nd Line Support in the job title.

1 502 (62.99%) Windows
2 488 (61.23%) Microsoft
3 483 (60.60%) Microsoft 365
4 470 (58.97%) Active Directory
5 316 (39.65%) Social Skills
6 250 (31.37%) Azure
7 244 (30.61%) Windows Server
8 232 (29.11%) Customer Service
9 223 (27.98%) Problem-Solving
10 203 (25.47%) Windows 10
11 190 (23.84%) Microsoft Exchange
12 185 (23.21%) VMware
13 160 (20.08%) Firewall
14 157 (19.70%) ITIL
14 157 (19.70%) Microsoft Office
15 143 (17.94%) VMware Infrastructure
16 140 (17.57%) SharePoint
17 122 (15.31%) Microsoft Intune
18 110 (13.80%) Hyper-V
19 107 (13.43%) Entra ID
20 106 (13.30%) DNS
21 88 (11.04%) Citrix
22 86 (10.79%) DHCP
23 83 (10.41%) SLA
23 83 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
24 79 (9.91%) Microsoft Certification
25 72 (9.03%) WAN
26 70 (8.78%) LAN
27 68 (8.53%) SQL
27 68 (8.53%) Driving Licence

2nd 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:

Application Platforms
1 190 (23.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 140 (17.57%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.38%) IIS
3 11 (1.38%) SharePoint 2010
3 11 (1.38%) SharePoint 2013
4 6 (0.75%) Confluence
5 4 (0.50%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.25%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 157 (19.70%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.25%) InCopy
4 2 (0.25%) InDesign
4 2 (0.25%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.50%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.38%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 3 (0.38%) Shopify
4 2 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 483 (60.60%) Microsoft 365
2 250 (31.37%) Azure
3 107 (13.43%) Entra ID
4 51 (6.40%) OneDrive
5 47 (5.90%) AWS
6 29 (3.64%) GCP
7 15 (1.88%) Google Workspace
8 14 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (1.51%) Power Platform
10 11 (1.38%) Mimecast
11 9 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (0.88%) SaaS
13 2 (0.25%) WhatsApp
14 1 (0.13%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.13%) IaaS
14 1 (0.13%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 160 (20.08%) Firewall
2 106 (13.30%) DNS
3 86 (10.79%) DHCP
4 72 (9.03%) WAN
5 70 (8.78%) LAN
6 62 (7.78%) Wi-Fi
7 51 (6.40%) TCP/IP
8 40 (5.02%) VPN
9 38 (4.77%) VLAN
10 35 (4.39%) VoIP
11 34 (4.27%) Internet
12 24 (3.01%) Remote Desktop
13 22 (2.76%) Network Security
14 21 (2.63%) SAN
15 17 (2.13%) Intranet
15 17 (2.13%) Wireless
16 15 (1.88%) WLAN
17 9 (1.13%) Structured Cabling
18 8 (1.00%) NAS
19 6 (0.75%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (5.65%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.00%) MariaDB
3 8 (1.00%) MySQL
4 7 (0.88%) Power BI
5 4 (0.50%) Metabase
6 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (2.01%) JIRA
2 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (0.25%) Hudson
General
1 316 (39.65%) Social Skills
2 83 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
3 62 (7.78%) Organisational Skills
4 60 (7.53%) Finance
5 35 (4.39%) Law
6 29 (3.64%) Manufacturing
7 26 (3.26%) Legal
8 21 (2.63%) Telecoms
9 20 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.25%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.00%) Marketing
12 8 (1.00%) Retail
13 6 (0.75%) Banking
14 5 (0.63%) French Language
14 5 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.63%) Publishing
15 4 (0.50%) Advertising
15 4 (0.50%) German Language
16 2 (0.25%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (1.38%) .NET
2 4 (0.50%) Cocoa
3 3 (0.38%) ASP.NET
3 3 (0.38%) XML
4 2 (0.25%) CSS
4 2 (0.25%) JSON
5 1 (0.13%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.13%) EDI
5 1 (0.13%) HTML
5 1 (0.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.53%) Driving Licence
2 28 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (3.26%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.51%) EPoS
5 17 (2.13%) iPad
5 17 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
6 15 (1.88%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.88%) Smartphone
7 12 (1.51%) iPhone
8 11 (1.38%) Enterprise Storage
9 8 (1.00%) Clustering
10 6 (0.75%) BYOD
10 6 (0.75%) Replication
10 6 (0.75%) Security Operations Centre
11 5 (0.63%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.50%) Raspberry Pi
13 3 (0.38%) Apple TV
13 3 (0.38%) CMDB
13 3 (0.38%) Handset
13 3 (0.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 502 (62.99%) Windows
2 244 (30.61%) Windows Server
3 203 (25.47%) Windows 10
4 51 (6.40%) Apple iOS
5 50 (6.27%) Linux
6 41 (5.14%) Mac OS
7 40 (5.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 40 (5.02%) Windows Server 2019
8 38 (4.77%) Android
8 38 (4.77%) Windows 7
9 32 (4.02%) Windows Server 2016
10 20 (2.51%) Windows 8
11 13 (1.63%) Windows Server 2008
12 7 (0.88%) Unix
13 6 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (0.63%) CentOS
14 5 (0.63%) Mac OS X
15 4 (0.50%) VMS
16 2 (0.25%) AIX
17 1 (0.13%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 232 (29.11%) Customer Service
2 223 (27.98%) Problem-Solving
3 157 (19.70%) ITIL
4 47 (5.90%) Mobile Device Management
5 45 (5.65%) Service Delivery
6 38 (4.77%) ITSM
7 35 (4.39%) Incident Management
8 31 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (3.26%) Computer Science
10 25 (3.14%) Mentoring
11 23 (2.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (2.89%) CRM
12 22 (2.76%) Line Management
12 22 (2.76%) Service Management
13 21 (2.63%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (2.51%) Change Management
15 18 (2.26%) Asset Management
15 18 (2.26%) Server Management
15 18 (2.26%) Server Virtualisation
15 18 (2.26%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 68 (8.53%) SQL
2 38 (4.77%) PowerShell
3 4 (0.50%) Python
4 3 (0.38%) C#
5 2 (0.25%) Bash
6 1 (0.13%) Bicep
6 1 (0.13%) C++
6 1 (0.13%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.13%) Perl
Qualifications
1 79 (9.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 66 (8.28%) Degree
3 61 (7.65%) Security Cleared
4 34 (4.27%) A+ Certification
5 33 (4.14%) DBS Check
6 32 (4.02%) SC Cleared
7 27 (3.39%) MCP
8 24 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 19 (2.38%) DV Cleared
10 18 (2.26%) Azure Certification
11 17 (2.13%) MCSE
12 15 (1.88%) Network+ Certification
13 13 (1.63%) MCITP
14 10 (1.25%) AWS Certification
14 10 (1.25%) CCNA
14 10 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (0.75%) HND
16 6 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
17 4 (0.50%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (10.41%) SLA
2 14 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (0.88%) GDPR
5 6 (0.75%) QA
6 4 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 470 (58.97%) Active Directory
2 143 (17.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 110 (13.80%) Hyper-V
4 31 (3.89%) Virtual Desktop
4 31 (3.89%) XenApp
5 29 (3.64%) XenDesktop
6 21 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (2.63%) vSphere
7 13 (1.63%) VirtualBox
8 10 (1.25%) VMware Workstation
9 7 (0.88%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.13%) Firmware
11 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 122 (15.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (6.40%) SCCM
3 19 (2.38%) WSUS
4 16 (2.01%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (1.00%) Autotask
5 8 (1.00%) Failover Clustering
6 7 (0.88%) McAfee ePO
6 7 (0.88%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.75%) SmoothWall
8 3 (0.38%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 3 (0.38%) NetBackup
8 3 (0.38%) SCDPM
9 2 (0.25%) Nessus
9 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.13%) Ansible
10 1 (0.13%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.13%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.13%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 488 (61.23%) Microsoft
2 185 (23.21%) VMware
3 88 (11.04%) Citrix
4 50 (6.27%) Cisco
5 41 (5.14%) Apple
6 38 (4.77%) Google
7 32 (4.02%) HP
8 29 (3.64%) Veeam
9 27 (3.39%) Sophos
10 25 (3.14%) Dell
11 19 (2.38%) ServiceNow
12 17 (2.13%) Symantec
13 11 (1.38%) Adobe
13 11 (1.38%) Avaya
13 11 (1.38%) Datto
14 8 (1.00%) Acronis
15 7 (0.88%) Draytek
15 7 (0.88%) McAfee
15 7 (0.88%) Oracle
15 7 (0.88%) Ubiquiti