2nd Line Desktop Support Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Second Line Desktop Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Second Line Desktop Support salary for remote or hybrid work is £29,000 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 450 605 625
Rank change year-on-year +155 +20 +249
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Desktop Support 13 3 6
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.067% 0.008% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.009% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 6
10th Percentile - £26,800 £30,862
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,250 £32,730
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £28,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -20.00% -15.66%
75th Percentile £29,500 £32,750 £48,500
90th Percentile £41,900 £35,600 £53,375
UK median annual salary £31,500 £32,500 £34,222
% change year-on-year -3.08% -5.03% +5.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 17,798 34,345 35,611
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 96.29% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9,732 25,947 26,063
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,250 £36,875
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

2nd Line Desktop Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured 2nd Line Desktop Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

2nd Line Desktop Support trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

2nd Line Desktop Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 2nd Line Desktop Support.

2nd Line Desktop Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Desktop Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing 2nd Line Desktop Support over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

2nd Line Desktop Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

2nd Line Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 15 June 2025, 2nd Line Desktop 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring 2nd Line Desktop Support in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (84.62%) Customer Service
3 10 (76.92%) SLA
4 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
5 8 (61.54%) ITIL
5 8 (61.54%) Windows Server
6 7 (53.85%) Apple
6 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (53.85%) Android
7 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (23.08%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (23.08%) Kalman Filter
8 3 (23.08%) Firewall
8 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
9 2 (15.38%) Azure
9 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (7.69%) DocuSign
10 1 (7.69%) Elite 3E
10 1 (7.69%) Intapp
10 1 (7.69%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
10 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (7.69%) Change Control
10 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
10 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
10 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
10 1 (7.69%) Ticket Management
10 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
10 1 (7.69%) iManage

2nd Line Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (53.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (7.69%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) DHCP
2 1 (7.69%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) LAN
2 1 (7.69%) VPN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
2 1 (7.69%) Wireless
General
1 1 (7.69%) Finance
1 1 (7.69%) Law
1 1 (7.69%) Legal
1 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (61.54%) Windows Server
3 7 (53.85%) Android
4 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Customer Service
2 8 (61.54%) ITIL
3 3 (23.08%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (23.08%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.69%) Change Control
4 1 (7.69%) Change Management
4 1 (7.69%) Document Management
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Migration
4 1 (7.69%) Practice Management
4 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
4 1 (7.69%) Service Management
4 1 (7.69%) Ticket Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (76.92%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Apple
2 1 (7.69%) Citrix
2 1 (7.69%) DocuSign
2 1 (7.69%) iManage
2 1 (7.69%) Intapp
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow
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