1st Line Support Jobs in the North of England

First Line Support
England > North of England

The median First Line Support salary in the North of England is £26,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 306 359
Rank change year-on-year +46 +53 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 73 103 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.62% 0.51% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.53% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 73 91 42
10th Percentile £22,425 £19,500 £20,775
25th Percentile £23,500 £21,000 £21,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £23,350 £23,750
Median % change year-on-year +13.49% -1.68% +7.95%
75th Percentile £28,750 £25,250 £28,313
90th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
England median annual salary £27,500 £25,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 10,515 19,259 13,892
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.30% 94.97% 89.28%
Number of salaries quoted 5,506 14,467 7,910
10th Percentile £25,086 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,136
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,259
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.88% +0.43%

1st Line Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured 1st Line Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for 1st Line Support in the North of England

1st Line Support
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 1st Line Support in the North of England.

Salary trend for 1st Line Support in the North of England

1st Line Support
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 1st Line Support within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 June 2025. 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
North West +1 32 £24,000 - 14
Yorkshire +50 30 £27,750 +20.65% 7
North East +56 11 £27,000 +21.35% 1
1st Line Support
England

1st Line Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 15 June 2025, 1st 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 North of England region featuring 1st Line Support in the job title.

1 47 (64.38%) Social Skills
2 45 (61.64%) Customer Service
3 40 (54.79%) Windows
4 32 (43.84%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (38.36%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (38.36%) Microsoft
6 19 (26.03%) Customer-Centricity
6 19 (26.03%) Windows Server
7 16 (21.92%) Windows 10
7 16 (21.92%) CRM
8 15 (20.55%) Service Delivery
9 14 (19.18%) EPoS
9 14 (19.18%) Pharmaceutical
9 14 (19.18%) Active Directory
9 14 (19.18%) Time Management
10 13 (17.81%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (16.44%) Microsoft Office
12 11 (15.07%) VoIP
13 10 (13.70%) Telecoms
14 9 (12.33%) SLA
15 8 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
16 7 (9.59%) Azure
16 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Intune
17 6 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
18 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
18 5 (6.85%) LAN
18 5 (6.85%) ITIL
18 5 (6.85%) VB
18 5 (6.85%) VBA
18 5 (6.85%) Automotive

1st Line Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (16.44%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (38.36%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (9.59%) Azure
3 5 (6.85%) SaaS
4 3 (4.11%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.74%) AWS
5 2 (2.74%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.07%) VoIP
2 8 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (6.85%) LAN
4 4 (5.48%) DHCP
4 4 (5.48%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
General
1 47 (64.38%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.18%) Pharmaceutical
3 10 (13.70%) Telecoms
4 5 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.85%) Automotive
5 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.11%) Retail
7 2 (2.74%) Law
7 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.18%) EPoS
2 5 (6.85%) Public Cloud
3 4 (5.48%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.11%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.74%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 40 (54.79%) Windows
2 19 (26.03%) Windows Server
3 16 (21.92%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.48%) Mac OS
5 2 (2.74%) Android
6 1 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (61.64%) Customer Service
2 32 (43.84%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (26.03%) Customer-Centricity
4 16 (21.92%) CRM
5 15 (20.55%) Service Delivery
6 14 (19.18%) Time Management
7 13 (17.81%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (6.85%) Asset Management
9 5 (6.85%) ITIL
9 5 (6.85%) Server Management
10 4 (5.48%) ITSM
11 3 (4.11%) Customer Experience
11 3 (4.11%) Mathematics
11 3 (4.11%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 3 (4.11%) Practice Management
12 2 (2.74%) Data Privacy
12 2 (2.74%) Exploratory Testing
12 2 (2.74%) Mobile Device Management
12 2 (2.74%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.85%) VB
1 5 (6.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (6.85%) DBS Check
2 3 (4.11%) A+ Certification
2 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.11%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (1.37%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.37%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.33%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (19.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.37%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.11%) Autotask
Vendors
1 28 (38.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) Logitech
3 4 (5.48%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.74%) Zoho
5 1 (1.37%) VMware
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