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 12 July 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 11 47
Rank change year-on-year -16 +36 +7
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 73 69 60
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 4.92% 9.39% 3.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.20% 13.19% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 64 67 37
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,250 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,200 £25,875 £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 £35,000 £36,750 £31,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £39,250 £37,700
South East median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +1.69% -0.72%

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 1,405 523 1,505
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 71.16% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 912 366 1,083
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -8.05% -8.42%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,625 £70,000 £71,500
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 12 July 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 12 July 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
Ramsgate - 17 £27,500 -
Maidstone +1 12 £30,000 +13.21% 1
Sittingbourne +1 10 £31,000 +3.33%
Aylesford - 6 £35,000 - 1
Stansted - 3 £35,000 -
Whitstable - 3 £30,000 -
Sevenoaks -5 2 £30,750 -
Dartford -5 1 - -
Chatham - 1 £26,000 -
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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 44 (60.27%) Microsoft
2 35 (47.95%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (47.95%) Windows
3 22 (30.14%) VPN
4 19 (26.03%) Disaster Recovery
5 18 (24.66%) Azure
6 17 (23.29%) Active Directory
6 17 (23.29%) Windows Server
7 16 (21.92%) Customer Service
7 16 (21.92%) ITIL
8 15 (20.55%) LAN
9 14 (19.18%) Hyper-V
10 13 (17.81%) Microsoft Exchange
10 13 (17.81%) Microsoft Office
11 12 (16.44%) Entra ID
12 11 (15.07%) Business Continuity
12 11 (15.07%) DHCP
12 11 (15.07%) DNS
12 11 (15.07%) Process Improvement
12 11 (15.07%) WAN
13 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
13 10 (13.70%) Firewall
13 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (12.33%) Backup Exec
14 9 (12.33%) Cisco
14 9 (12.33%) Meraki
14 9 (12.33%) SharePoint
14 9 (12.33%) Veeam
14 9 (12.33%) VLAN
14 9 (12.33%) VMware

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 13 (17.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (12.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (47.95%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (24.66%) Azure
3 12 (16.44%) Entra ID
4 8 (10.96%) AWS
5 4 (5.48%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (30.14%) VPN
2 15 (20.55%) LAN
3 11 (15.07%) DHCP
3 11 (15.07%) DNS
3 11 (15.07%) WAN
4 10 (13.70%) Firewall
5 9 (12.33%) VLAN
5 9 (12.33%) Wireless
6 5 (6.85%) TCP/IP
7 4 (5.48%) BGP
7 4 (5.48%) IPsec
7 4 (5.48%) NAS
7 4 (5.48%) SAN
7 4 (5.48%) WLAN
8 1 (1.37%) VoIP
8 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
General
1 11 (15.07%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.96%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (6.85%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (6.85%) Legal
4 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.48%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.37%) Advertising
5 1 (1.37%) Finance
5 1 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.37%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.96%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (47.95%) Windows
2 17 (23.29%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.85%) Linux
4 4 (5.48%) Ubuntu
4 4 (5.48%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.03%) Disaster Recovery
2 16 (21.92%) Customer Service
2 16 (21.92%) ITIL
3 11 (15.07%) Business Continuity
3 11 (15.07%) Process Improvement
4 10 (13.70%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (9.59%) Data Protection
5 7 (9.59%) Mentoring
5 7 (9.59%) Service Management
6 6 (8.22%) Service Delivery
6 6 (8.22%) Workflow
7 5 (6.85%) Server Building
8 4 (5.48%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (5.48%) Proactive Maintenance
8 4 (5.48%) Roadmaps
8 4 (5.48%) Technology Roadmap
8 4 (5.48%) User Experience
8 4 (5.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.37%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.37%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (10.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.22%) DBS Check
3 5 (6.85%) Degree
4 4 (5.48%) A+ Certification
4 4 (5.48%) CCNA
4 4 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) GDPR
2 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (23.29%) Active Directory
2 14 (19.18%) Hyper-V
3 5 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (12.33%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 44 (60.27%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.33%) Cisco
2 9 (12.33%) Meraki
2 9 (12.33%) Veeam
2 9 (12.33%) VMware
3 4 (5.48%) Citrix
3 4 (5.48%) Facebook
3 4 (5.48%) Google
3 4 (5.48%) HP
3 4 (5.48%) Instagram
4 1 (1.37%) Apple