IT Support Assistant Job Trends in the South East

IT Support Assistant
England > South East

The median IT Support Assistant salary in the South East is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 299 294
Rank change year-on-year +31 -5 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Assistant 2 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.019% 0.078% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.086% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £28,150 - -
25th Percentile £29,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £26,949
75th Percentile £36,000 - -
90th Percentile £37,650 - -
England median annual salary £26,634 £31,000 £29,204
% change year-on-year -14.08% +6.15% +19.20%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 9,545 8,181 8,342
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.97% 91.12% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,970 4,303 6,010
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -6.50%

IT Support Assistant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

IT Support Assistant job vacancy trend in the South East

IT Support Assistant
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Assistant job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for IT Support Assistant job vacancies in the South East

IT Support Assistant
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Assistant within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Surrey - 2 £32,500 -
IT Support Assistant
England

IT Support Assistant Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, IT Support Assistant 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 South East region featuring IT Support Assistant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless

IT Support Assistant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft