Support Technician Job Trends in Kent

Support Technician
South East > Kent

The median Support Technician salary in Kent is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 70 57
Rank change year-on-year -4 -13 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 11 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 1.06% 0.97% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.07% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 6
10th Percentile - - £23,500
25th Percentile £24,750 £28,500 £27,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £29,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -3.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £31,750 £29,500 -
90th Percentile £33,250 - £30,875
South East median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £29,750
% change year-on-year +8.33% +0.84% +8.18%

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 927 657 526
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.57% 90.87% 89.46%
Number of salaries quoted 516 265 426
10th Percentile £26,125 £30,200 £23,108
25th Percentile £28,938 £38,750 £32,500
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 £68,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £70,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Support Technician job vacancy trend in Kent

Support Technician
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Support Technician job vacancies in Kent

Support Technician
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in Kent over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Technician in Kent

Support Technician
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 Technician within the Kent region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Dartford - 5 £25,500 - 1
Tonbridge - 1 £29,500 -
Tunbridge Wells - 1 £55,000 - 1
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, Support Technician 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (27.27%) Apple
3 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
4 2 (18.18%) DBS Check
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) VLAN
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
5 1 (9.09%) Adobe
5 1 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
5 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365

Support Technician 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:

Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) VLAN
General
1 5 (45.45%) Retail
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Advertising
3 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) AS400
1 2 (18.18%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows 10
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
2 2 (18.18%) Mathematics
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
3 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) DBS Check
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Apple
3 1 (9.09%) Adobe