Support Engineer Jobs in Kent

Support Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Support Engineer salary in Kent is £28,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
26 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 54 72
Rank change year-on-year +7 +18 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 57 49 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 3.85% 4.25% 3.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.15% 4.96% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 55 27 46
10th Percentile - £24,550 -
25th Percentile £21,250 £25,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £32,500 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +1.56% -1.54%
75th Percentile £37,125 £39,875 £37,250
90th Percentile £41,500 £42,750 £43,375
South East median annual salary £34,000 £31,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +7.94% -3.08% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,374 988 1,212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 85.69% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,023 552 721
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,625 £33,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £74,875 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Kent

Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Support Engineer in Kent

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Engineer in Kent over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Support Engineer in Kent

Support 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 Support Engineer within the Kent region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 +23 16 £22,500 -15.09% 1
Dartford +1 12 £31,500 +34.04% 3
Canterbury - 4 £24,000 -
Folkestone - 3 £28,000 -
Tonbridge - 3 £25,000 -
Sandwich - 2 - -
Rochester +6 1 £21,000 - 1
Gravesend - 1 £42,000 -
Whitstable - 1 £28,000 - 1
Support Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (61.40%) Windows
1 35 (61.40%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
3 23 (40.35%) Microsoft
4 22 (38.60%) Cisco
5 21 (36.84%) LAN
5 21 (36.84%) WAN
5 21 (36.84%) Active Directory
5 21 (36.84%) Windows 10
6 20 (35.09%) VLAN
7 19 (33.33%) Azure
8 18 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
9 17 (29.82%) Entra ID
10 15 (26.32%) Customer Service
10 15 (26.32%) Telecoms
10 15 (26.32%) SharePoint
11 14 (24.56%) Wireless
12 13 (22.81%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (22.81%) ADSL
12 13 (22.81%) Broadband
12 13 (22.81%) CCNA
12 13 (22.81%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (22.81%) Windows Server
12 13 (22.81%) MCITP
13 10 (17.54%) Firewall
14 9 (15.79%) VPN
14 9 (15.79%) ITIL
14 9 (15.79%) Hyper-V
14 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving

Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 35 (61.40%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (33.33%) Azure
3 17 (29.82%) Entra ID
4 7 (12.28%) AWS
5 1 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.75%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 21 (36.84%) LAN
1 21 (36.84%) WAN
2 20 (35.09%) VLAN
3 14 (24.56%) Wireless
4 13 (22.81%) ADSL
4 13 (22.81%) Broadband
5 10 (17.54%) Firewall
6 9 (15.79%) VPN
7 8 (14.04%) DHCP
7 8 (14.04%) DNS
8 7 (12.28%) FTP
8 7 (12.28%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (10.53%) TCP/IP
10 3 (5.26%) VoIP
11 1 (1.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) Amazon RDS
General
1 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
2 15 (26.32%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.75%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Client/Server
2 3 (5.26%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.26%) Driving Licence
2 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.75%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 35 (61.40%) Windows
2 21 (36.84%) Windows 10
3 13 (22.81%) Windows Server
4 8 (14.04%) Android
4 8 (14.04%) Apple iOS
5 2 (3.51%) Linux
6 1 (1.75%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Customer Service
2 9 (15.79%) ITIL
2 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (14.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (5.26%) Mathematics
5 2 (3.51%) DevOps
5 2 (3.51%) Project Delivery
6 1 (1.75%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (1.75%) Converged Infrastructure
6 1 (1.75%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (1.75%) Hardware Maintenance
6 1 (1.75%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (1.75%) Presales
6 1 (1.75%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.75%) Time Management
6 1 (1.75%) Validation
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) CCNA
1 13 (22.81%) Cisco Certification
1 13 (22.81%) MCITP
1 13 (22.81%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (22.81%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.75%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (1.75%) Degree
2 1 (1.75%) HNC
2 1 (1.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 9 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (40.35%) Microsoft
2 22 (38.60%) Cisco
3 8 (14.04%) Meraki
4 2 (3.51%) Cognizant
4 2 (3.51%) VMware
5 1 (1.75%) Dell
5 1 (1.75%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.75%) HP
5 1 (1.75%) Progress
5 1 (1.75%) SAP
5 1 (1.75%) Veeam
131 Support Engineer jobs in the South East