IT Support Job Trends in Kent

IT Support
South East > Kent

The median IT Support salary in Kent is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 54 51
Rank change year-on-year +43 -3 +31
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 89 28 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 11.73% 2.60% 2.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.24% 2.69% 2.90%
Number of salaries quoted 89 16 15
10th Percentile £25,250 £23,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £28,000 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +5.66% -11.67%
75th Percentile £38,750 £30,250 £28,125
90th Percentile £42,456 £34,750 £31,900
South East median annual salary £30,000 £28,498 £28,750
% change year-on-year +5.27% -0.88% -0.86%

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 584 1,042 587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 76.94% 96.66% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 378 582 410
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £37,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,600
90th Percentile £75,000 £74,875 £72,050
South East median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

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

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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
Sittingbourne +3 20 £30,000 +22.45%
Rochester +18 17 £25,500 - 2
Tunbridge Wells - 6 £42,456 -
Westgate-on-Sea - 5 £29,500 -
Whitstable - 5 £28,500 -
Chatham - 5 £45,000 - 1
Canterbury +3 2 £40,000 - 4
Maidstone +2 2 £29,500 -1.67%
Gravesend - 1 £45,000 -
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 54 (60.67%) Windows
2 38 (42.70%) Active Directory
3 37 (41.57%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (37.08%) Windows Server
4 33 (37.08%) Social Skills
5 29 (32.58%) Microsoft
6 25 (28.09%) Cisco
6 25 (28.09%) Meraki
7 24 (26.97%) Windows 10
8 22 (24.72%) Customer Service
8 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Office
8 22 (24.72%) Firewall
9 20 (22.47%) Entra ID
9 20 (22.47%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (22.47%) Azure
10 19 (21.35%) DHCP
10 19 (21.35%) DNS
11 18 (20.22%) Microsoft Exchange
11 18 (20.22%) VLAN
11 18 (20.22%) Microsoft Intune
12 16 (17.98%) Hyper-V
12 16 (17.98%) TCP/IP
12 16 (17.98%) VPN
13 14 (15.73%) SharePoint
13 14 (15.73%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (14.61%) Degree
15 12 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
16 11 (12.36%) WordPress
16 11 (12.36%) Driving Licence
16 11 (12.36%) GDPR

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 18 (20.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (15.73%) SharePoint
3 11 (12.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (24.72%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.49%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 20 (22.47%) Azure
1 20 (22.47%) Entra ID
1 20 (22.47%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.25%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 22 (24.72%) Firewall
2 19 (21.35%) DHCP
2 19 (21.35%) DNS
3 18 (20.22%) VLAN
4 16 (17.98%) TCP/IP
4 16 (17.98%) VPN
5 14 (15.73%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (4.49%) VoIP
6 4 (4.49%) Wireless
7 2 (2.25%) LAN
7 2 (2.25%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.25%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (37.08%) Social Skills
2 11 (12.36%) Legal
3 6 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.62%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.49%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.49%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.25%) Marketing
7 1 (1.12%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.36%) CSS
1 11 (12.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.36%) Driving Licence
2 4 (4.49%) AS400
2 4 (4.49%) Data Centre
3 3 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.25%) iPhone
4 2 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.12%) CCTV
5 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 54 (60.67%) Windows
2 33 (37.08%) Windows Server
3 24 (26.97%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.25%) Android
4 2 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (41.57%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (24.72%) Customer Service
3 12 (13.48%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (12.36%) Workflow
5 10 (11.24%) ERP
6 6 (6.74%) Decision-Making
6 6 (6.74%) Project Delivery
7 4 (4.49%) Mathematics
8 2 (2.25%) Asset Management
8 2 (2.25%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (2.25%) Data Centre Operations
8 2 (2.25%) Desktop Virtualisation
8 2 (2.25%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.25%) ITSM
8 2 (2.25%) Migration
8 2 (2.25%) Preventative Maintenance
9 1 (1.12%) Critical Thinking
9 1 (1.12%) Data Protection
9 1 (1.12%) Software Licensing
9 1 (1.12%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (12.36%) JavaScript
1 11 (12.36%) PHP
2 6 (6.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (14.61%) Degree
2 5 (5.62%) A+ Certification
2 5 (5.62%) MCP
2 5 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 38 (42.70%) Active Directory
2 16 (17.98%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.25%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (20.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (32.58%) Microsoft
2 25 (28.09%) Cisco
2 25 (28.09%) Meraki
3 8 (8.99%) VMware
4 6 (6.74%) Aruba
4 6 (6.74%) Fortinet
4 6 (6.74%) Sage
4 6 (6.74%) SAP
4 6 (6.74%) Veeam
5 4 (4.49%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.25%) Citrix
6 2 (2.25%) Ivanti
6 2 (2.25%) WatchGuard
6 2 (2.25%) Zoho