Technical Debt Job Trends in Kent

Technical Debt
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Technical Debt skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 69
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Permanent jobs citing Technical Debt 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.19% - 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% - 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary £77,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year +28.33% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Technical Debt falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 861 637 509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.84% 88.97% 78.91%
Number of salaries quoted 455 205 404
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,500 £23,575
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,250 £59,063
90th Percentile £71,500 £79,200 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

Technical Debt
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Debt relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Technical Debt job vacancy trend in Kent

Technical Debt
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Technical Debt.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Technical Debt

Technical Debt
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Transformation Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture