IT Support Jobs 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 30 June 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 50 56
Rank change year-on-year +32 +6 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 65 64 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 8.01% 3.92% 3.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.21% 4.11% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 63 42 27
10th Percentile £25,250 £22,100 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,875 £23,063 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £26,500 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% - -17.19%
75th Percentile £37,750 £30,875 £27,625
90th Percentile £39,750 £37,000 £43,700
South East median annual salary £30,000 £29,500 £29,857
% change year-on-year +1.69% -1.20% +6.63%

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 580 1,558 805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 71.52% 95.47% 83.94%
Number of salaries quoted 370 1,130 479
10th Percentile £26,225 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,125 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,456 £43,750 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -5.91% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £68,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support in Kent.

Salary trend for IT Support in Kent

IT Support
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in Kent over the 6 months to 30 June 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 30 June 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 +4 15 £30,000 +22.45%
Tunbridge Wells - 10 £33,978 -
Rochester -14 8 £25,500 +21.43% 2
Westgate-on-Sea - 5 £29,500 -
Maidstone +15 4 £26,500 -11.67% 4
Dartford -1 3 £29,000 -7.94% 1
Sevenoaks - 2 - -
Canterbury +9 1 £40,000 +66.67%
Gravesend - 1 £45,000 - 1
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 30 June 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 32 (49.23%) Windows
2 19 (29.23%) Social Skills
3 18 (27.69%) Customer Service
3 18 (27.69%) Windows Server
3 18 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (27.69%) Active Directory
4 17 (26.15%) Microsoft
4 17 (26.15%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (18.46%) Firewall
7 11 (16.92%) Cisco
8 10 (15.38%) ERP
8 10 (15.38%) Windows 10
9 9 (13.85%) Driving Licence
9 9 (13.85%) Aruba
9 9 (13.85%) Degree
9 9 (13.85%) SAP
10 8 (12.31%) SQL
10 8 (12.31%) CCTV
10 8 (12.31%) Meraki
11 7 (10.77%) Entra ID
11 7 (10.77%) VLAN
11 7 (10.77%) VMware
12 6 (9.23%) Workflow
12 6 (9.23%) Legal
12 6 (9.23%) HTML
12 6 (9.23%) JavaScript
12 6 (9.23%) PHP
12 6 (9.23%) CSS
12 6 (9.23%) TCP/IP

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 6 (9.23%) WordPress
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (26.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (10.77%) Entra ID
3 4 (6.15%) Azure
4 1 (1.54%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.46%) Firewall
2 7 (10.77%) VLAN
3 6 (9.23%) TCP/IP
4 5 (7.69%) DHCP
4 5 (7.69%) DNS
5 3 (4.62%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (4.62%) VPN
6 2 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.54%) LAN
7 1 (1.54%) SAN
7 1 (1.54%) VoIP
7 1 (1.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
General
1 19 (29.23%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.23%) Legal
3 5 (7.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (4.62%) Retail
5 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.08%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.54%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.54%) Marketing
6 1 (1.54%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.23%) CSS
1 6 (9.23%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Driving Licence
2 8 (12.31%) CCTV
3 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.08%) AS400
4 2 (3.08%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.54%) iPhone
5 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (49.23%) Windows
2 18 (27.69%) Windows Server
3 10 (15.38%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.15%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (4.62%) Linux
5 3 (4.62%) Mac OS X
5 3 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (27.69%) Customer Service
1 18 (27.69%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (15.38%) ERP
3 6 (9.23%) Inventory Management
3 6 (9.23%) Project Delivery
3 6 (9.23%) Workflow
4 5 (7.69%) Data Protection
4 5 (7.69%) Software Licensing
5 4 (6.15%) Time Management
6 3 (4.62%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (4.62%) Decision-Making
6 3 (4.62%) Inventory Control
6 3 (4.62%) ITIL
6 3 (4.62%) Kalman Filter
6 3 (4.62%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (3.08%) Mathematics
8 1 (1.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.54%) Critical Thinking
8 1 (1.54%) Preventative Maintenance
8 1 (1.54%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.31%) SQL
2 6 (9.23%) JavaScript
2 6 (9.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (13.85%) Degree
2 5 (7.69%) A+ Certification
2 5 (7.69%) DBS Check
2 5 (7.69%) MCP
2 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.23%) GDPR
2 3 (4.62%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (27.69%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.62%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.54%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (4.62%) FortiGate
2 3 (4.62%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (26.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.92%) Cisco
3 9 (13.85%) Aruba
3 9 (13.85%) SAP
4 8 (12.31%) Meraki
5 7 (10.77%) VMware
6 6 (9.23%) Fortinet
6 6 (9.23%) Sage
6 6 (9.23%) Veeam
7 4 (6.15%) HubSpot
8 3 (4.62%) MobileIron
8 3 (4.62%) Riverbed
8 3 (4.62%) Trend Micro
9 1 (1.54%) Citrix
9 1 (1.54%) Ivanti
9 1 (1.54%) WatchGuard