IT Support Specialist Job Trends in Kent

IT Support Specialist
South East > Kent

The median IT Support Specialist salary in Kent is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 March 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Specialist 4 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.33% - 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £37,500
75th Percentile - - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £50,000 - £37,500
% change year-on-year - - -8.54%

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 1,119 483 1,070
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 78.28% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 622 239 858
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £23,925
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,188 £75,000 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

IT Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

IT Support Specialist job vacancy trend in Kent

IT Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Specialist job vacancies in Kent

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

For the 6 months to 7 March 2026, IT 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 IT Support Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 4 (100.00%) BGP
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Meraki
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Veeam
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 4 (100.00%) Windows

IT 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) BGP
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Meraki
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Veeam