Infrastructure Support Specialist Job Trends in Kent

Infrastructure Support Specialist
South East > Kent

The median Infrastructure Support Specialist salary in Kent is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support Specialist 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.90% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +57.14%

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 1,013 565 911
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 81.29% 91.01%
Number of salaries quoted 572 220 751
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,450 £23,250
25th Percentile £28,375 £35,000 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.66% +22.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,188 £75,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +14.00% -9.09%

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Support Specialist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Infrastructure Support Specialist job vacancy trend in Kent

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support Specialist job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support Specialist job vacancies in Kent

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support Specialist in Kent over the 6 months to 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support Specialist in Kent

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support Specialist within the Kent region over the 6 months to 10 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
Westerham - 2 £35,500 -
Infrastructure Support Specialist
South East

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

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, Infrastructure Support Specialist 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 Infrastructure Support Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (80.00%) VLAN
2 8 (80.00%) Windows
3 4 (40.00%) Azure
3 4 (40.00%) Backup Exec
3 4 (40.00%) BGP
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco
3 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) DHCP
3 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 4 (40.00%) Fortinet
3 4 (40.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (40.00%) IPsec
3 4 (40.00%) ITSM
3 4 (40.00%) JIRA
3 4 (40.00%) LDAP
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) Mac OS
3 4 (40.00%) Meraki
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (40.00%) Nagios

Infrastructure Support Specialist 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
1 8 (80.00%) VLAN
2 4 (40.00%) BGP
2 4 (40.00%) DHCP
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 4 (40.00%) IPsec
2 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 4 (40.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Onboarding
1 4 (40.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Mac OS
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (40.00%) ITSM
3 4 (40.00%) Proactive Maintenance
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (10.00%) Resource Allocation
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 8 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Backup Exec
1 4 (40.00%) Nagios
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
1 4 (40.00%) vCenter Server
1 4 (40.00%) ZABBIX
2 3 (30.00%) Prometheus
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 4 (40.00%) Meraki
2 4 (40.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (40.00%) Veeam