IT Support Jobs in Kent

IT Support
South East > Kent

The median IT Support salary in Kent is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 55 76
Rank change year-on-year -2 +21 -11
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 27 16 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 2.27% 2.61% 3.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.34% 2.74% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 15 14 40
10th Percentile £23,250 £23,250 £20,745
25th Percentile £25,000 £25,750 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £26,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% -11.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £30,500 £27,875 £33,750
90th Percentile £35,200 £30,175 £38,250
South East median annual salary £29,000 £29,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year - -1.69% +5.36%

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 1,152 583 1,555
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.05% 95.11% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 600 408 731
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.53% -2.11%
75th Percentile £64,000 £60,800 £61,888
90th Percentile £73,075 £72,150 £80,250
South East median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +8.91%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in Kent

IT Support
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for IT Support in Kent

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Kent over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in Kent

IT Support
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 Support within the Kent region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Folkestone - 7 £28,000 -
Dartford +12 3 £34,000 +23.64% 1
Canterbury - 3 - -
Maidstone -3 2 £30,000 +13.21% 1
Rochester - 2 - -
Sittingbourne - 2 £24,500 -
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, IT 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 Kent region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 9 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (18.52%) French Language
3 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Windows 10
4 4 (14.81%) Azure
5 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
5 3 (11.11%) Sage
5 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
6 2 (7.41%) Bloomberg
6 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
6 2 (7.41%) VLAN
6 2 (7.41%) IP Telephony
6 2 (7.41%) Educational Technology
6 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
6 2 (7.41%) AWS
6 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
6 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
6 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
6 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
6 2 (7.41%) Android

IT Support 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 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (14.81%) Azure
3 2 (7.41%) AWS
3 2 (7.41%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.41%) IP Telephony
1 2 (7.41%) TCP/IP
1 2 (7.41%) VLAN
General
1 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (18.52%) French Language
2 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Educational Technology
1 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.70%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.41%) Android
3 2 (7.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
3 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.70%) Change Control
4 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (3.70%) Data Migration
4 1 (3.70%) Decision-Making
4 1 (3.70%) ERP
4 1 (3.70%) Logistics
4 1 (3.70%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Sage
3 2 (7.41%) Bloomberg