IT Engineer Jobs in Kent

IT Engineer
South East > Kent

The median IT Engineer salary in Kent is £32,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 81 48
Rank change year-on-year +22 -33 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Engineer 10 25 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.33% 1.68% 4.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 1.81% 5.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10 25 36
10th Percentile £25,750 £22,400 £25,750
25th Percentile £26,875 £23,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,250 £28,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.18% -1.75% -18.57%
75th Percentile £36,750 £33,250 £29,250
90th Percentile £42,456 £46,750 £35,250
South East median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £31,375
% change year-on-year - +11.55% -9.06%

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 538 1,384 985
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 71.73% 92.89% 85.73%
Number of salaries quoted 323 1,029 549
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,250 £26,950
25th Percentile £30,375 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £59,158 £58,750 £60,899
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Kent

IT Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Kent.

Salary trend for IT Engineer in Kent

IT Engineer
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Kent over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Engineer in Kent

IT Engineer
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 4 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
Maidstone +24 5 £26,500 -5.36% 3
Tunbridge Wells - 2 £42,456 - 1
IT Engineer
South East

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, IT Engineer 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 IT Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Aruba
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (30.00%) FortiGate
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) DBS Check
2 3 (30.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (30.00%) Inventory Control
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Data Collection
3 2 (20.00%) Power BI
3 2 (20.00%) Change Control
3 2 (20.00%) ERP
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing

IT Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Inventory Control
1 3 (30.00%) Inventory Management
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Change Control
2 2 (20.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (20.00%) ERP
2 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Aruba
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft