IT Support Technician Job Trends in the South East

IT Support Technician
England > South East

The median IT Support Technician salary in the South East is £28,700 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 202 285 255
Rank change year-on-year +83 -30 +110
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 68 21 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.66% 0.23% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.26% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 57 15 38
10th Percentile £24,750 £27,000 £22,525
25th Percentile £25,077 £28,375 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,700 £32,500 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% +20.37% +5.88%
75th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £30,563
90th Percentile £36,500 - £31,975
England median annual salary £29,500 £30,000 £27,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +11.11% -

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 Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

IT Support Technician job vacancy trend in the South East

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

IT Support Technician
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support Technician in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for IT Support Technician in the South East

IT Support Technician
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 Technician 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
Thames Valley +24 23 £35,000 - 5
Hampshire +46 22 £25,077 -10.44% 6
Kent - 12 £27,500 - 3
Buckinghamshire +17 9 £35,000 +7.69% 2
Berkshire -5 8 £35,000 - 3
Oxfordshire +22 6 £38,000 +8.57%
Surrey +8 6 £27,300 - 1
West Sussex - 3 £32,000 -
East Sussex +6 2 £26,500 - 1
IT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

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

1 39 (57.35%) Microsoft
2 29 (42.65%) Windows
3 28 (41.18%) Active Directory
4 27 (39.71%) Customer Service
5 24 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (32.35%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (16.18%) DBS Check
8 11 (16.18%) DNS
8 11 (16.18%) Windows Server
9 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
10 9 (13.24%) DHCP
10 9 (13.24%) VPN
10 9 (13.24%) Windows 10
11 8 (11.76%) Degree
11 8 (11.76%) VMware
11 8 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
12 7 (10.29%) Apple
12 7 (10.29%) ITIL
12 7 (10.29%) Logistics
12 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Exchange
12 7 (10.29%) Project Delivery
12 7 (10.29%) Project Management
13 6 (8.82%) Entra ID
13 6 (8.82%) SharePoint
13 6 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (7.35%) Business Continuity
14 5 (7.35%) Collaborative Culture
14 5 (7.35%) ITSM

IT Support Technician 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (32.35%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.82%) Entra ID
3 5 (7.35%) OneDrive
4 4 (5.88%) Azure
5 1 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.18%) DNS
2 9 (13.24%) DHCP
2 9 (13.24%) VPN
3 6 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (4.41%) LAN
4 3 (4.41%) VLAN
5 2 (2.94%) SAN
5 2 (2.94%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.94%) Unified Communications
5 2 (2.94%) WAN
6 1 (1.47%) Firewall
6 1 (1.47%) Internet
6 1 (1.47%) Wireless
6 1 (1.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (22.06%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.24%) Telecoms
3 7 (10.29%) Retail
4 4 (5.88%) Advertising
5 3 (4.41%) German Language
6 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Back Office
6 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.65%) Driving Licence
2 5 (7.35%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.41%) Client/Server
3 3 (4.41%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.94%) EPoS
4 2 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.47%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 29 (42.65%) Windows
2 11 (16.18%) Windows Server
3 9 (13.24%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.47%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (39.71%) Customer Service
2 24 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (10.29%) ITIL
4 7 (10.29%) Logistics
4 7 (10.29%) Project Delivery
4 7 (10.29%) Project Management
5 5 (7.35%) Business Continuity
5 5 (7.35%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (7.35%) ITSM
5 5 (7.35%) Mobile Device Management
6 4 (5.88%) Ticket Management
7 3 (4.41%) Change Control
7 3 (4.41%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (4.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (4.41%) Digital Innovation
7 3 (4.41%) Service Delivery
8 2 (2.94%) Agile
8 2 (2.94%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (2.94%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) DBS Check
2 8 (11.76%) Degree
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.41%) SLA
3 2 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 8 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.94%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.94%) SCCM
3 1 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (57.35%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.76%) VMware
3 7 (10.29%) Apple
4 4 (5.88%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.47%) Adobe
5 1 (1.47%) Google
5 1 (1.47%) Progress