IT Support Job Trends in Kent

IT Support
South East > Kent

The median IT Support salary in Kent is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 11 44
Rank change year-on-year -25 +33 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 63 83 46
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 4.00% 11.20% 3.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.24% 14.93% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 55 83 25
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £23,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £30,000 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +7.14% +5.66%
75th Percentile £34,625 £37,750 £30,500
90th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £35,200
South East median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% +1.75%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,485 556 1,221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 75.03% 96.52%
Number of salaries quoted 964 386 815
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,625 £29,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% -12.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,950 £70,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

IT Support job vacancy trend in Kent

IT Support
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies in Kent

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Kent over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

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 4 August 2026. 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
Maidstone +4 15 £30,000 -3.23% 1
Ramsgate - 12 £31,500 -
Sittingbourne -1 10 £31,000 +3.33%
Aylesford - 6 £35,000 -
Whitstable -2 3 £30,000 +5.26%
Stansted - 3 £35,000 - 1
Dartford -9 1 - -
Chatham -15 1 £26,000 -42.22%
Canterbury -21 1 £26,000 -35.00% 1
Sevenoaks - 1 £27,500 -
IT Support
South East

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, IT Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Kent region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 39 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 30 (47.62%) Windows
3 29 (46.03%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (28.57%) VPN
5 16 (25.40%) Disaster Recovery
6 14 (22.22%) LAN
7 12 (19.05%) Active Directory
7 12 (19.05%) Azure
7 12 (19.05%) Customer Service
7 12 (19.05%) ITIL
8 11 (17.46%) Business Continuity
8 11 (17.46%) Process Improvement
8 11 (17.46%) WAN
9 10 (15.87%) Microsoft Office
10 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 9 (14.29%) VMware
11 8 (12.70%) AWS
11 8 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (12.70%) Data Protection
11 8 (12.70%) GDPR
11 8 (12.70%) Hyper-V
11 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (12.70%) Windows Server
12 7 (11.11%) DHCP
12 7 (11.11%) DNS
12 7 (11.11%) Firewall
12 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
12 7 (11.11%) Service Management
13 6 (9.52%) Cisco
13 6 (9.52%) Entra ID

IT Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 29 (46.03%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (19.05%) Azure
3 8 (12.70%) AWS
4 6 (9.52%) Entra ID
5 4 (6.35%) GCP
6 2 (3.17%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (28.57%) VPN
2 14 (22.22%) LAN
3 11 (17.46%) WAN
4 7 (11.11%) DHCP
4 7 (11.11%) DNS
4 7 (11.11%) Firewall
5 4 (6.35%) NAS
5 4 (6.35%) SAN
5 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.76%) VLAN
6 3 (4.76%) VoIP
6 3 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (4.76%) Wireless
7 2 (3.17%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.59%) BGP
8 1 (1.59%) IPsec
8 1 (1.59%) WLAN
General
1 9 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.94%) Legal
3 4 (6.35%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Finance
6 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.59%) Law
6 1 (1.59%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 4 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.17%) Smartcard
5 1 (1.59%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (47.62%) Windows
2 8 (12.70%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.94%) Linux
4 4 (6.35%) Ubuntu
5 3 (4.76%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.40%) Disaster Recovery
2 12 (19.05%) Customer Service
2 12 (19.05%) ITIL
3 11 (17.46%) Business Continuity
3 11 (17.46%) Process Improvement
4 8 (12.70%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (12.70%) Data Protection
4 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 7 (11.11%) Service Management
6 6 (9.52%) Workflow
7 4 (6.35%) Asset Management
7 4 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (6.35%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (6.35%) User Experience
8 2 (3.17%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (3.17%) Customer Requirements
8 2 (3.17%) Server Building
9 1 (1.59%) Proactive Maintenance
9 1 (1.59%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (7.94%) Degree
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (6.35%) A+ Certification
2 4 (6.35%) CCNA
2 4 (6.35%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (3.17%) DBS Check
3 2 (3.17%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) GDPR
2 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.59%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 8 (12.70%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (6.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 39 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.29%) VMware
3 6 (9.52%) Cisco
3 6 (9.52%) Meraki
4 4 (6.35%) Citrix
4 4 (6.35%) Facebook
4 4 (6.35%) Google
4 4 (6.35%) HP
4 4 (6.35%) Instagram
5 3 (4.76%) Veeam