IT Engineer Jobs in Kent

IT Engineer
South East > Kent

The median IT Engineer salary in Kent is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 58 76
Rank change year-on-year -25 +18 -16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 27 34 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.64% 3.42% 3.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 4.06% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 26 30 57
10th Percentile £22,500 £25,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £23,125 £26,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £28,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% -18.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £33,250 £29,250 £47,500
90th Percentile £46,750 £34,325 £48,750
South East median annual salary £34,000 £31,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year +7.94% -7.35% +7.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,559 838 1,443
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 84.31% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 494 730
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £33,875 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,600 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Kent

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Kent.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Kent

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Kent over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Kent

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Dartford - 7 £31,500 -
Canterbury - 5 £24,000 -
Stansted - 3 £44,500 -
Folkestone - 3 £28,000 -
Tonbridge - 2 £25,000 - 1
West Malling - 2 £23,500 -
Maidstone -13 1 £28,000 -1.75%
Rochester - 1 £21,000 - 1
IT Engineer
South East

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT Engineer 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 Kent region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (51.85%) Windows
2 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 11 (40.74%) Azure
3 11 (40.74%) Entra ID
4 10 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (33.33%) SharePoint
5 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (29.63%) Windows 10
6 8 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (25.93%) Customer Service
7 7 (25.93%) Apple iOS
7 7 (25.93%) AWS
7 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
7 7 (25.93%) Android
8 5 (18.52%) Windows Server
8 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (11.11%) ITIL
10 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
10 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
10 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
10 3 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
10 3 (11.11%) IT Governance
10 3 (11.11%) Degree
10 3 (11.11%) SaaS
10 3 (11.11%) Meraki
11 1 (3.70%) VoIP
11 1 (3.70%) DHCP

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 9 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Azure
1 11 (40.74%) Entra ID
2 10 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (25.93%) AWS
4 3 (11.11%) SaaS
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.70%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DHCP
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) NAS
1 1 (3.70%) VoIP
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
1 1 (3.70%) Wireless
General
1 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 14 (51.85%) Windows
2 8 (29.63%) Windows 10
3 7 (25.93%) Android
3 7 (25.93%) Apple iOS
4 5 (18.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (25.93%) Customer Service
3 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.11%) Business Continuity
4 3 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (11.11%) IT Governance
4 3 (11.11%) ITIL
4 3 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (3.70%) Hardware Maintenance
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 12 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Meraki
3 1 (3.70%) Apple
3 1 (3.70%) VMware