IT Support Job Trends in Kent

IT Support
South East > Kent

The median IT Support salary in Kent is £28,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 February 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 48 45
Rank change year-on-year +21 -3 -15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 78 24 39
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 7.16% 3.38% 4.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.84% 4.13% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 76 8 36
10th Percentile £24,750 £16,000 £19,875
25th Percentile £26,250 £21,625 £21,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,750 £25,434 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +1.74% -16.67%
75th Percentile £35,000 £27,250 £33,250
90th Percentile £45,000 - £36,250
South East median annual salary £31,000 £32,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +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 995 581 888
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 81.72% 90.98%
Number of salaries quoted 568 225 739
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £23,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £36,250 £31,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,813 £75,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.66% +14.50% -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 3 February 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 3 February 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 +2 11 £27,500 +11.56% 2
Sittingbourne - 8 £35,000 -
Rochester +10 6 £24,000 - 1
Dartford +9 5 £25,500 +59.38% 2
Tonbridge - 5 £29,500 - 1
Maidstone +2 4 £34,000 +28.30% 2
Chatham - 3 £45,000 - 2
Sevenoaks -9 2 £34,000 - 2
Snodland - 2 £29,000 -
Whitstable - 2 £28,500 -
Tunbridge Wells +2 1 £55,000 +120.00%
IT Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 3 February 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 33 (42.31%) Windows
2 27 (34.62%) Microsoft
3 26 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 26 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (32.05%) Active Directory
5 18 (23.08%) Azure
5 18 (23.08%) Entra ID
5 18 (23.08%) Windows Server
6 14 (17.95%) VPN
7 13 (16.67%) Degree
7 13 (16.67%) DHCP
7 13 (16.67%) DNS
7 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (16.67%) Wireless
8 12 (15.38%) SharePoint
9 11 (14.10%) Cisco
9 11 (14.10%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (14.10%) Hyper-V
9 11 (14.10%) Meraki
9 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Office
9 11 (14.10%) VLAN
10 9 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (11.54%) Windows 10
11 8 (10.26%) Firewall
11 8 (10.26%) ITIL
11 8 (10.26%) ITSM
11 8 (10.26%) TCP/IP
12 7 (8.97%) DBS Check

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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (15.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (14.10%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 26 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (23.08%) Azure
2 18 (23.08%) Entra ID
3 3 (3.85%) GitHub
4 2 (2.56%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.28%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (17.95%) VPN
2 13 (16.67%) DHCP
2 13 (16.67%) DNS
2 13 (16.67%) Wireless
3 11 (14.10%) VLAN
4 8 (10.26%) Firewall
4 8 (10.26%) TCP/IP
5 7 (8.97%) VoIP
6 5 (6.41%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (5.13%) LAN
8 3 (3.85%) BGP
8 3 (3.85%) IPsec
8 3 (3.85%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 5 (6.41%) JIRA
General
1 26 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (6.41%) Legal
4 5 (6.41%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.41%) Retail
5 4 (5.13%) Advertising
6 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.28%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) HTML
2 3 (3.85%) .NET
2 3 (3.85%) AngularJS
2 3 (3.85%) React
3 2 (2.56%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.26%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.85%) Replication
4 1 (1.28%) CCTV
4 1 (1.28%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.28%) iPhone
4 1 (1.28%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 33 (42.31%) Windows
2 18 (23.08%) Windows Server
3 9 (11.54%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.28%) Android
5 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 26 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (14.10%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
3 9 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (10.26%) ITIL
4 8 (10.26%) ITSM
5 6 (7.69%) Asset Management
5 6 (7.69%) Migration
5 6 (7.69%) Service Delivery
6 5 (6.41%) ERP
7 4 (5.13%) CAD
8 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (3.85%) Proactive Maintenance
8 3 (3.85%) Roadmaps
8 3 (3.85%) Server Building
8 3 (3.85%) Technology Roadmap
8 3 (3.85%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 3 (3.85%) Web Development
8 3 (3.85%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.97%) SQL
2 5 (6.41%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.85%) C#
4 2 (2.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (16.67%) Degree
2 7 (8.97%) DBS Check
3 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.56%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.56%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 25 (32.05%) Active Directory
2 11 (14.10%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 6 (7.69%) Backup Exec
1 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.10%) Cisco
2 11 (14.10%) Meraki
3 7 (8.97%) Veeam
4 6 (7.69%) Zoho
5 5 (6.41%) Apple
6 2 (2.56%) Google
7 1 (1.28%) Adobe