Support Technician Jobs in Kent

Support Technician
South East > Kent

The median Support Technician salary in Kent is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 98 108
Rank change year-on-year +20 +10 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 27 3 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.83% 0.26% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.97% 0.30% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 10
10th Percentile £22,750 - £19,064
25th Percentile £24,625 £20,175 £22,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £20,850 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.88% -25.54% +19.15%
75th Percentile - £29,013 £32,313
90th Percentile £30,525 £33,505 £33,750
South East median annual salary £27,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,372 994 1,215
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 85.54% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,023 553 722
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £26,275
25th Percentile £30,625 £33,500 £33,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +5.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings that featured Support Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in Kent

Support Technician
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Support Technician in Kent

Support Technician
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in Kent over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Technician in Kent

Support Technician
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Kent region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Tonbridge - 10 £30,000 - 1
Dartford - 7 £139,750 - 1
Chatham - 3 - -
Canterbury - 2 £24,500 -
Maidstone +16 1 £30,000 -14.29%
Sittingbourne - 1 £25,000 -
Support Technician
South East

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Support Technician 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 11 (40.74%) Customer Service
2 9 (33.33%) Windows
3 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
4 6 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
5 5 (18.52%) Proactive Maintenance
5 5 (18.52%) Inventory Management
5 5 (18.52%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (18.52%) Network+ Certification
5 5 (18.52%) AWS
5 5 (18.52%) Ticket Management
5 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
5 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
5 5 (18.52%) CCNA
5 5 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (18.52%) A+ Certification
5 5 (18.52%) Red Hat
5 5 (18.52%) Cisco
5 5 (18.52%) Linux
5 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (18.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (18.52%) Asset Management
6 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (11.11%) Windows 10
7 3 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
7 3 (11.11%) GDPR
7 3 (11.11%) Time Management
7 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
8 2 (7.41%) ERP
8 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills

Support Technician 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 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (18.52%) AWS
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) IP Telephony
1 1 (3.70%) LAN
1 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.70%) VLAN
1 1 (3.70%) Wireless
General
1 5 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Linux
2 5 (18.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Customer Service
2 6 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
3 5 (18.52%) Asset Management
3 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (18.52%) Customer-Centricity
3 5 (18.52%) Inventory Management
3 5 (18.52%) Proactive Maintenance
3 5 (18.52%) Ticket Management
4 3 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (11.11%) Time Management
5 2 (7.41%) ERP
6 1 (3.70%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (3.70%) Change Control
6 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (3.70%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.70%) Decision-Making
6 1 (3.70%) Migration
6 1 (3.70%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) A+ Certification
1 5 (18.52%) CCNA
1 5 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (18.52%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Cisco
2 5 (18.52%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.70%) Sage