Systems Support Job Trends in Kent

Systems Support
South East > Kent

The median Systems Support salary in Kent is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 73 65
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 4 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.54% 0.63% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.65% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,500 - £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - £26,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.06%
75th Percentile £28,500 - £27,250
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £35,854 £41,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year -12.55% +38.98% -15.71%

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 567 1,084 620
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 75.90% 96.96% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 371 626 426
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £71,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £50,835 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.64% -7.57% -

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in Kent

Systems Support
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for Systems Support job vacancies in Kent.

Salary distribution trend for Systems Support job vacancies in Kent

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

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, Systems Support 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 Systems Support in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Big Data
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Power BI
2 3 (75.00%) Data Management
2 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Change Control
2 3 (75.00%) Data Quality
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (75.00%) ERP
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Zoho
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Service

Systems Support 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 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Big Data
1 3 (75.00%) Crystal Reports
1 3 (75.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Change Control
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Data Management
1 3 (75.00%) ERP
1 3 (75.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Zoho