IT Support Job Trends in Kent

IT Support
South East > Kent

The median IT Support salary in Kent is £29,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 January 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 56 40
Rank change year-on-year +30 -16 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 82 20 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 7.78% 2.77% 4.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.62% 3.21% 4.65%
Number of salaries quoted 81 5 25
10th Percentile £24,750 - £19,850
25th Percentile £26,250 £16,000 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £24,650 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.68% +2.71% -20.00%
75th Percentile £35,000 £26,500 £33,250
90th Percentile £41,250 £26,862 £34,800
South East median annual salary £31,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year -1.59% +5.00% +1.69%

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 951 624 581
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.23% 86.43% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 539 242 478
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,500 £23,108
25th Percentile £28,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,625 £58,438
90th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%

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 16 January 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 16 January 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
Sittingbourne - 11 £31,000 -
Ramsgate +2 8 £26,250 +6.49% 3
Rochester +14 7 £24,000 -
Dartford +13 5 £25,500 +59.38% 1
Chatham - 5 £45,000 - 1
Tonbridge - 5 £29,500 -
Whitstable - 4 £28,500 -
Maidstone - 3 £34,000 - 1
Sevenoaks -10 2 £34,000 -
Snodland - 2 £29,000 -
Tunbridge Wells +3 1 £55,000 +120.00%
Canterbury - 1 £40,000 -
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 16 January 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 40 (48.78%) Windows
2 32 (39.02%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (37.80%) Active Directory
4 27 (32.93%) Microsoft
5 25 (30.49%) Customer Service
5 25 (30.49%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (24.39%) Windows Server
7 19 (23.17%) Azure
7 19 (23.17%) Entra ID
8 16 (19.51%) Cisco
8 16 (19.51%) Degree
8 16 (19.51%) Meraki
9 15 (18.29%) DHCP
9 15 (18.29%) DNS
10 14 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
10 14 (17.07%) VPN
11 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Office
11 13 (15.85%) Windows 10
12 12 (14.63%) Hyper-V
12 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
12 12 (14.63%) SharePoint
12 12 (14.63%) VLAN
13 11 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (13.41%) Firewall
13 11 (13.41%) TCP/IP
14 10 (12.20%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (9.76%) HTML
15 8 (9.76%) ITSM
15 8 (9.76%) JavaScript
15 8 (9.76%) SQL

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 14 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (14.63%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (15.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.49%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (23.17%) Azure
2 19 (23.17%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.66%) GitHub
4 2 (2.44%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.29%) DHCP
1 15 (18.29%) DNS
2 14 (17.07%) VPN
3 12 (14.63%) VLAN
4 11 (13.41%) Firewall
4 11 (13.41%) TCP/IP
5 10 (12.20%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (9.76%) Wireless
7 7 (8.54%) VoIP
8 2 (2.44%) LAN
9 1 (1.22%) SAN
9 1 (1.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.10%) JIRA
General
1 30 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.76%) Legal
3 6 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.10%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.10%) Retail
5 4 (4.88%) Advertising
5 4 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.22%) Marketing
6 1 (1.22%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.76%) HTML
2 5 (6.10%) CSS
3 3 (3.66%) .NET
3 3 (3.66%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.66%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.41%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.32%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.44%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.22%) AS400
4 1 (1.22%) CCTV
4 1 (1.22%) iPhone
4 1 (1.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 40 (48.78%) Windows
2 20 (24.39%) Windows Server
3 13 (15.85%) Windows 10
4 3 (3.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.22%) Android
5 1 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (39.02%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (30.49%) Customer Service
3 11 (13.41%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (9.76%) ITSM
5 6 (7.32%) Asset Management
5 6 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
5 6 (7.32%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (7.32%) Migration
5 6 (7.32%) Workflow
6 5 (6.10%) ERP
7 4 (4.88%) CAD
8 3 (3.66%) ITIL
8 3 (3.66%) Mathematics
8 3 (3.66%) Web Development
9 2 (2.44%) Decision-Making
9 2 (2.44%) Inventory Management
9 2 (2.44%) Service Delivery
9 2 (2.44%) Service Management
10 1 (1.22%) Desktop Virtualisation
10 1 (1.22%) Preventative Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.76%) JavaScript
1 8 (9.76%) SQL
2 5 (6.10%) PHP
3 3 (3.66%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (19.51%) Degree
2 5 (6.10%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.44%) A+ Certification
3 2 (2.44%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (37.80%) Active Directory
2 12 (14.63%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.22%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 27 (32.93%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.51%) Cisco
2 16 (19.51%) Meraki
3 6 (7.32%) Zoho
4 5 (6.10%) Apple
5 2 (2.44%) Google
5 2 (2.44%) Veeam
6 1 (1.22%) Adobe
6 1 (1.22%) Citrix
6 1 (1.22%) Ivanti
6 1 (1.22%) VMware
6 1 (1.22%) WatchGuard