IT Support Jobs in the South East

IT Support
England > South East

The median IT Support salary in the South East is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 133 167
Rank change year-on-year +78 +34 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 688 376 434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 4.14% 2.51% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.41% 2.77% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 630 236 398
10th Percentile £21,250 £22,750 £20,700
25th Percentile £25,000 £25,750 £23,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,607 £29,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +2.09% +3.57%
75th Percentile £38,688 £35,000 £33,988
90th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £43,750
England median annual salary £29,000 £31,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year -6.45% +6.90% +1.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,600 13,575 19,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.54% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,294 8,525 12,666
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +56 278 £32,000 +1.59% 44
Hampshire +28 140 £29,000 +6.42% 14
Oxfordshire +68 131 £36,000 +14.29% 15
Berkshire +32 83 £27,000 -5.26% 10
Surrey +35 70 £32,500 - 9
East Sussex +56 69 £25,000 -42.86% 5
Kent +1 65 £25,000 -5.66% 9
Buckinghamshire +3 64 £29,875 -8.08% 19
West Sussex +69 49 £30,000 +20.00% 12
Sussex - 7 £22,000 -
Middlesex - 7 £27,500 -
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 South East region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 387 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 344 (50.00%) Windows
3 326 (47.38%) Microsoft
4 247 (35.90%) Customer Service
5 223 (32.41%) Active Directory
6 218 (31.69%) Social Skills
7 166 (24.13%) Azure
8 153 (22.24%) Windows Server
9 146 (21.22%) Firewall
10 140 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
11 135 (19.62%) Microsoft Office
12 109 (15.84%) Microsoft Exchange
12 109 (15.84%) Windows 10
13 90 (13.08%) SQL
14 85 (12.35%) Degree
15 80 (11.63%) VMware
16 76 (11.05%) ITIL
17 70 (10.17%) SharePoint
18 63 (9.16%) DNS
19 61 (8.87%) VMware Infrastructure
20 56 (8.14%) Cisco
20 56 (8.14%) TCP/IP
21 55 (7.99%) Entra ID
22 52 (7.56%) VPN
23 49 (7.12%) Cybersecurity
24 48 (6.98%) DHCP
24 48 (6.98%) Service Delivery
25 47 (6.83%) Hyper-V
25 47 (6.83%) Driving Licence
26 46 (6.69%) Citrix

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 109 (15.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 70 (10.17%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.16%) IIS
4 6 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2000
5 3 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.15%) Apache
6 1 (0.15%) CMS
6 1 (0.15%) Confluence
6 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 135 (19.62%) Microsoft Office
2 41 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.73%) Dynamics GP
1 5 (0.73%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 387 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
2 166 (24.13%) Azure
3 55 (7.99%) Entra ID
4 30 (4.36%) OneDrive
5 26 (3.78%) AWS
6 18 (2.62%) Mimecast
7 9 (1.31%) WhatsApp
8 7 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (0.87%) Google Workspace
10 5 (0.73%) iTunes
11 4 (0.58%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.44%) IaaS
13 2 (0.29%) GCP
13 2 (0.29%) PaaS
13 2 (0.29%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.29%) SaaS
14 1 (0.15%) Cloud Computing
14 1 (0.15%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 146 (21.22%) Firewall
2 63 (9.16%) DNS
3 56 (8.14%) TCP/IP
4 52 (7.56%) VPN
5 48 (6.98%) DHCP
6 43 (6.25%) Wireless
7 39 (5.67%) VLAN
7 39 (5.67%) Wi-Fi
8 32 (4.65%) VoIP
9 23 (3.34%) WAN
10 19 (2.76%) LAN
11 15 (2.18%) SAN
12 13 (1.89%) Unified Communications
13 12 (1.74%) SSL
14 11 (1.60%) NAS
14 11 (1.60%) Network Security
15 10 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
16 9 (1.31%) Broadband
17 8 (1.16%) FTP
18 6 (0.87%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.10%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.31%) MySQL
3 4 (0.58%) Oracle Database
3 4 (0.58%) Power BI
3 4 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.29%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 10 (1.45%) JIRA
2 2 (0.29%) Hudson
3 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
General
1 218 (31.69%) Social Skills
2 42 (6.10%) Finance
3 32 (4.65%) Law
4 31 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.78%) Legal
6 24 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (3.05%) Telecoms
8 19 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
9 12 (1.74%) Games
10 11 (1.60%) Back Office
10 11 (1.60%) Manufacturing
11 9 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.16%) Automotive
12 8 (1.16%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.02%) Retail
14 6 (0.87%) Marketing
15 4 (0.58%) Advertising
15 4 (0.58%) German Language
15 4 (0.58%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.44%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (0.73%) Kafka
2 4 (0.58%) .NET
3 3 (0.44%) EDI
3 3 (0.44%) React
4 2 (0.29%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.15%) LAMP
5 1 (0.15%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.83%) Driving Licence
2 20 (2.91%) Replication
3 18 (2.62%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.62%) Onboarding
3 18 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (1.60%) CCTV
5 8 (1.16%) Smartphone
6 5 (0.73%) Client/Server
6 5 (0.73%) Educational Technology
6 5 (0.73%) e-Learning
6 5 (0.73%) iPad
6 5 (0.73%) Low-Code
6 5 (0.73%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (0.58%) Distributed Computing
7 4 (0.58%) IPTV
7 4 (0.58%) Life Science
8 3 (0.44%) Apple TV
8 3 (0.44%) Data Centre
8 3 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 344 (50.00%) Windows
2 153 (22.24%) Windows Server
3 109 (15.84%) Windows 10
4 36 (5.23%) Linux
5 27 (3.92%) Android
5 27 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 26 (3.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 22 (3.20%) Apple iOS
8 16 (2.33%) Mac OS
9 9 (1.31%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.16%) Windows Server 2008
11 7 (1.02%) Windows 7
12 6 (0.87%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 5 (0.73%) Unix
14 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.15%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (35.90%) Customer Service
2 140 (20.35%) Problem-Solving
3 76 (11.05%) ITIL
4 49 (7.12%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (6.98%) Service Delivery
6 40 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (4.94%) Mathematics
8 32 (4.65%) Change Control
9 29 (4.22%) Agile
10 25 (3.63%) Service Management
11 24 (3.49%) Time Management
12 23 (3.34%) Asset Management
12 23 (3.34%) ERP
12 23 (3.34%) Problem Management
13 22 (3.20%) Change Management
14 21 (3.05%) Incident Management
14 21 (3.05%) Project Management
15 20 (2.91%) Remote Monitoring and Management
16 18 (2.62%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (2.62%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Programming Languages
1 90 (13.08%) SQL
2 26 (3.78%) PowerShell
3 8 (1.16%) Bash
3 8 (1.16%) Python
4 3 (0.44%) C
4 3 (0.44%) C#
5 2 (0.29%) C++
5 2 (0.29%) COBOL
6 1 (0.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 85 (12.35%) Degree
2 42 (6.10%) CCNA
2 42 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (4.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 25 (3.63%) Network+ Certification
5 15 (2.18%) MCSE
6 13 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 11 (1.60%) Security Cleared
8 10 (1.45%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.02%) DV Cleared
9 7 (1.02%) NVQ Level 3
10 6 (0.87%) A+ Certification
10 6 (0.87%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.73%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.58%) MCITP
12 4 (0.58%) MCSA
13 3 (0.44%) MCP
13 3 (0.44%) SC Cleared
14 2 (0.29%) HNC
14 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.10%) SLA
2 9 (1.31%) GDPR
2 9 (1.31%) QA
3 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.29%) NIST
4 2 (0.29%) PMO
5 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 223 (32.41%) Active Directory
2 61 (8.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 47 (6.83%) Hyper-V
4 12 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.87%) Docker
6 2 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.29%) vSphere
7 1 (0.15%) NFS
7 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 40 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.89%) Cisco CUCM
2 13 (1.89%) ServiceCenter
3 12 (1.74%) SCCM
4 6 (0.87%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.73%) WSUS
6 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.29%) NetCrunch
7 1 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.15%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.15%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.15%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 326 (47.38%) Microsoft
2 80 (11.63%) VMware
3 56 (8.14%) Cisco
4 46 (6.69%) Citrix
5 41 (5.96%) Veeam
6 39 (5.67%) Apple
7 22 (3.20%) Barracuda Networks
7 22 (3.20%) Sophos
8 21 (3.05%) HP
9 20 (2.91%) Palo Alto
10 18 (2.62%) Google
11 14 (2.03%) Aruba
11 14 (2.03%) Draytek
11 14 (2.03%) Fortinet
11 14 (2.03%) Meraki
12 12 (1.74%) Dell
13 11 (1.60%) ConnectWise
14 10 (1.45%) Bloomberg
15 8 (1.16%) Sage
16 7 (1.02%) SAP