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 7 November 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 72 50
Rank change year-on-year +58 -22 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 75 16 15
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 10.81% 1.70% 2.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.50% 1.75% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 75 5 13
10th Percentile £25,250 £22,600 -
25th Percentile £26,500 £23,500 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £33,750 £31,000 £32,500
90th Percentile £42,456 £31,900 £34,900
South East median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -

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 600 914 509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.46% 97.13% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 403 445 378
10th Percentile £26,800 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,500 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -
75th Percentile £55,250 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,500 £74,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.92% -0.91%

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 7 November 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 7 November 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 - 12 £30,000 -
Rochester +19 11 £24,000 - 1
Chatham - 5 £45,000 -
Whitstable - 5 £28,500 -
Tunbridge Wells +8 3 £42,456 +69.82%
Maidstone +7 2 £29,500 -1.67% 2
Canterbury -1 2 £40,000 - 2
Gravesend - 1 £45,000 -
Tonbridge - 1 £29,500 - 2
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 7 November 2025, 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 46 (61.33%) Windows
2 37 (49.33%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (45.33%) Active Directory
4 32 (42.67%) Microsoft
5 28 (37.33%) Microsoft 365
5 28 (37.33%) Windows Server
6 24 (32.00%) Azure
6 24 (32.00%) Entra ID
7 20 (26.67%) Customer Service
8 19 (25.33%) Cisco
8 19 (25.33%) DHCP
8 19 (25.33%) DNS
8 19 (25.33%) Meraki
8 19 (25.33%) Windows 10
9 18 (24.00%) Microsoft Exchange
9 18 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 18 (24.00%) VLAN
10 17 (22.67%) Firewall
11 16 (21.33%) Hyper-V
11 16 (21.33%) TCP/IP
11 16 (21.33%) VPN
12 15 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
13 14 (18.67%) SharePoint
13 14 (18.67%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (16.00%) Degree
15 10 (13.33%) SQL
16 8 (10.67%) HTML
16 8 (10.67%) JavaScript
16 8 (10.67%) VoIP

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 18 (24.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (18.67%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 28 (37.33%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (32.00%) Azure
2 24 (32.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.00%) GitHub
4 2 (2.67%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 19 (25.33%) DHCP
1 19 (25.33%) DNS
2 18 (24.00%) VLAN
3 17 (22.67%) Firewall
4 16 (21.33%) TCP/IP
4 16 (21.33%) VPN
5 14 (18.67%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (10.67%) VoIP
6 8 (10.67%) Wireless
7 2 (2.67%) LAN
7 2 (2.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 37 (49.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (6.67%) Legal
4 4 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (5.33%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.00%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.67%) Marketing
7 1 (1.33%) Advertising
7 1 (1.33%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.67%) HTML
2 5 (6.67%) CSS
3 3 (4.00%) .NET
3 3 (4.00%) AngularJS
3 3 (4.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.00%) Driving Licence
3 4 (5.33%) AS400
3 4 (5.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.67%) iPhone
4 2 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 46 (61.33%) Windows
2 28 (37.33%) Windows Server
3 19 (25.33%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.67%) Android
4 2 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (49.33%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 12 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (8.00%) Asset Management
4 6 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (8.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (8.00%) ERP
4 6 (8.00%) ITSM
4 6 (8.00%) Migration
5 5 (6.67%) Workflow
6 4 (5.33%) Mathematics
7 3 (4.00%) Web Development
8 2 (2.67%) Data Centre Operations
8 2 (2.67%) Desktop Virtualisation
8 2 (2.67%) Preventative Maintenance
9 1 (1.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (1.33%) Critical Thinking
9 1 (1.33%) Project Delivery
9 1 (1.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.33%) SQL
2 8 (10.67%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.67%) PHP
4 3 (4.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (16.00%) Degree
2 3 (4.00%) A+ Certification
2 3 (4.00%) MCP
2 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 34 (45.33%) Active Directory
2 16 (21.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 18 (24.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (42.67%) Microsoft
2 19 (25.33%) Cisco
2 19 (25.33%) Meraki
3 6 (8.00%) Zoho
4 4 (5.33%) HubSpot
5 3 (4.00%) VMware
6 2 (2.67%) Citrix
6 2 (2.67%) Ivanti
6 2 (2.67%) WatchGuard
7 1 (1.33%) Apple
7 1 (1.33%) Aruba
7 1 (1.33%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.33%) Sage
7 1 (1.33%) SAP
7 1 (1.33%) Veeam