Desktop Support Jobs in Kent

Desktop Support
South East > Kent

The median Desktop Support salary in Kent is £33,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

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

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 108 95
Rank change year-on-year +43 -13 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 6 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.75% 0.13% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 0.14% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.75%
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £29,500 £30,000 £29,400
% change year-on-year -1.67% +2.04% -2.00%

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 550 1,437 924
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 68.49% 93.62% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 320 1,060 511
10th Percentile £25,975 £25,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,250 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.12% -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Kent

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support in Kent

Desktop 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 Desktop Support within the Kent region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Dartford - 3 £29,000 -
Desktop Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Desktop 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 Desktop Support in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (50.00%) MobileIron
2 3 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 3 (50.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) DHCP
2 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) SLA
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
2 3 (50.00%) CCTV
2 3 (50.00%) VLAN
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (50.00%) SCCM
2 3 (50.00%) Time Management

Desktop 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:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (50.00%) DHCP
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (50.00%) VLAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Retail
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) CCTV
1 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (50.00%) Inventory Management
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 3 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cisco
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) MobileIron
1 3 (50.00%) Riverbed
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
1 3 (50.00%) Trend Micro