IT Support Analyst
| Posting date: | 13 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £30,485 per year |
| Additional salary information: | The successful candidate will be required to participate in an out-of-hours on-call rota once they are suitably trained and experienced, including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays; attracting an allowance of £3,000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 February 2026 |
| Location: | Southampton |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 446682/1 |
Summary
Do you enjoy supporting users when systems really matter?
Can you deliver exceptional experiences and customer service?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is seeking an IT Support Analyst to join our IT Support function. The IT Service Desk Team is the first point of contact for providing IT support, guidance, and advice to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on a 24/7 basis. The team facilitate IT service requests and key communications as the face of our IT teams.
Joining our department comes with many benefits, including:
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at: Maritime and Coastguard Agency - Department for Transport Careers
As an IT Support Analyst, you will be providing exceptional experiences and customer service to all our business users in the delivery of IT incident, IT problem and service request management, working closely with the IT system Engineers.
Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to:
Manage IT incidents and Service Requests through to resolution within agreed timeframes. Provide first line response and resolution to internal and external customer incidents and queries (by phone, email, chat, in person and more) for all IT systems and devices. Capture and update call information within the IT Service Management tool. Create, maintain, review and share knowledge documentation. Remain technically adept with IT platforms, equipment, and IT applications used. Configuration, packaging, and distribution of IT equipment to customers. Capture frequent and quality data updates to key system information (including systems and devices). Contribute to and partake in high priority incident management activities.For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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