Infrastructure Support Job Trends in Kent

Infrastructure Support
South East > Kent

The median Infrastructure Support salary in Kent is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 68 72
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 19 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.77% 0.27% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 0.32% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 16 2 4
10th Percentile £34,750 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £23,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £25,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +110.00% -20.63% -18.18%
75th Percentile £53,750 £26,500 £33,250
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £52,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% +41.84%

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 968 624 727
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 83.65% 90.09%
Number of salaries quoted 554 248 596
10th Percentile £26,075 £30,000 £23,108
25th Percentile £28,125 £40,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Infrastructure Support job vacancy trend in Kent

Infrastructure Support
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in Kent

Infrastructure Support
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in Kent over the 6 months to 23 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Support in Kent

Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Support within the Kent region over the 6 months to 23 January 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
Sevenoaks - 10 £52,500 - 1
Westerham - 2 £35,500 -
Infrastructure Support
South East

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

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 14 (73.68%) ITSM
2 14 (73.68%) SCCM
2 14 (73.68%) ServiceNow
3 11 (57.89%) Windows 10
4 10 (52.63%) Emotional Intelligence
4 10 (52.63%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 10 (52.63%) Patch Management
4 10 (52.63%) Security Operations
4 10 (52.63%) Software Deployment
4 10 (52.63%) SolarWinds
5 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
5 7 (36.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (36.84%) ITIL
5 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
5 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (36.84%) VLAN
6 5 (26.32%) Firewall
7 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
7 4 (21.05%) Degree
7 4 (21.05%) Fortinet
7 4 (21.05%) JIRA
7 4 (21.05%) LDAP
7 4 (21.05%) Linux
7 4 (21.05%) Mac OS
7 4 (21.05%) Nagios
7 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (21.05%) vCenter Server
7 4 (21.05%) ZABBIX
8 3 (15.79%) Azure

Infrastructure 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 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) VLAN
2 5 (26.32%) Firewall
3 3 (15.79%) DHCP
3 3 (15.79%) DNS
3 3 (15.79%) VPN
4 1 (5.26%) BGP
4 1 (5.26%) IPsec
4 1 (5.26%) Network Security
4 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) JIRA
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 2 (10.53%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (89.47%) Windows
2 11 (57.89%) Windows 10
3 4 (21.05%) Linux
3 4 (21.05%) Mac OS
4 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (73.68%) ITSM
2 10 (52.63%) Emotional Intelligence
2 10 (52.63%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 10 (52.63%) Patch Management
2 10 (52.63%) Security Operations
2 10 (52.63%) Software Deployment
3 7 (36.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (36.84%) ITIL
4 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.79%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.53%) Server Building
7 1 (5.26%) Asset Management
7 1 (5.26%) Change Management
7 1 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (5.26%) Resource Allocation
7 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery
7 1 (5.26%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 7 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (73.68%) SCCM
2 4 (21.05%) Nagios
2 4 (21.05%) vCenter Server
2 4 (21.05%) ZABBIX
3 3 (15.79%) Backup Exec
3 3 (15.79%) Prometheus
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) ServiceNow
2 10 (52.63%) SolarWinds
3 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
4 4 (21.05%) Fortinet
5 3 (15.79%) Veeam
6 1 (5.26%) Cisco
6 1 (5.26%) Meraki