IT Support Jobs in the South East

IT Support
England > South East

The median IT Support salary in the South East is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 58 137
Rank change year-on-year -39 +79 +47
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 278 670 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.89% 3.82% 2.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.32% 4.06% 2.65%
Number of salaries quoted 211 609 194
10th Percentile £25,000 £21,200 £23,250
25th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% +5.26%
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £35,000
90th Percentile £42,456 £43,750 £44,625
England median annual salary £31,500 £29,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year +8.62% -7.94% +8.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,376 16,502 12,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.09% 90.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,469 11,730 7,982
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,613 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Support in the South East.

Salary trend for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Support in the South East over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Support in the South East

IT Support
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Thames Valley -51 66 £29,000 -9.38% 57
Surrey +32 64 £35,000 +7.69% 18
Kent +29 64 £30,000 +20.00% 10
Hampshire +2 46 £27,000 -6.90% 12
Berkshire -7 32 £29,000 +7.41% 33
Buckinghamshire -10 18 £28,000 +1.82% 10
West Sussex +5 16 £27,500 -8.33% 8
Oxfordshire -37 16 £28,250 -15.04% 14
East Sussex -15 15 £27,000 +8.00% 2
Sussex +19 7 £32,500 +47.73% 2
IT Support
England

IT Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, IT 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 South East region featuring IT Support in the job title.

1 156 (56.12%) Windows
2 141 (50.72%) Microsoft
3 124 (44.60%) Social Skills
4 90 (32.37%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (32.01%) Microsoft 365
6 75 (26.98%) Active Directory
7 58 (20.86%) Customer Service
8 47 (16.91%) Azure
9 45 (16.19%) Windows 10
10 44 (15.83%) Microsoft Office
11 42 (15.11%) SQL
12 41 (14.75%) VMware
12 41 (14.75%) Driving Licence
13 36 (12.95%) Microsoft Exchange
13 36 (12.95%) WAN
14 35 (12.59%) LAN
15 33 (11.87%) SQL Server
15 33 (11.87%) ITIL
16 30 (10.79%) Microsoft Certification
16 30 (10.79%) Windows Server
17 28 (10.07%) Degree
18 27 (9.71%) Firewall
18 27 (9.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 26 (9.35%) Cisco
19 26 (9.35%) PowerShell
19 26 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
20 25 (8.99%) VMware Infrastructure
21 24 (8.63%) SharePoint
22 22 (7.91%) VoIP
22 22 (7.91%) Retail

IT Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 36 (12.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (8.63%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.52%) Confluence
4 6 (2.16%) WordPress
5 4 (1.44%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 44 (15.83%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.80%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.72%) Sage 1000
Cloud Services
1 89 (32.01%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (16.91%) Azure
3 21 (7.55%) AWS
4 11 (3.96%) SaaS
5 10 (3.60%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.52%) GCP
8 5 (1.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (1.44%) Mimecast
9 4 (1.44%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.72%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.72%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.72%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.72%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.36%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 36 (12.95%) WAN
2 35 (12.59%) LAN
3 27 (9.71%) Firewall
4 22 (7.91%) VoIP
5 20 (7.19%) SAN
6 18 (6.47%) DNS
7 17 (6.12%) NAS
8 16 (5.76%) DHCP
8 16 (5.76%) TCP/IP
9 15 (5.40%) Network Security
10 13 (4.68%) Internet
11 11 (3.96%) VLAN
11 11 (3.96%) VPN
12 5 (1.80%) BGP
12 5 (1.80%) IP Telephony
12 5 (1.80%) OSPF
12 5 (1.80%) SNMP
13 4 (1.44%) Remote Desktop
14 3 (1.08%) Cisco IOS
15 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (11.87%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.44%) Power BI
3 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.52%) JIRA
2 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 124 (44.60%) Social Skills
2 22 (7.91%) Retail
3 17 (6.12%) Telecoms
4 14 (5.04%) Finance
5 12 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.60%) Legal
7 7 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (2.16%) Automotive
9 5 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.08%) Advertising
12 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.72%) Social Housing
12 2 (0.72%) Swedish Language
13 1 (0.36%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.88%) CSS
1 8 (2.88%) HTML
2 3 (1.08%) EDI
3 2 (0.72%) .NET
3 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 41 (14.75%) Driving Licence
2 15 (5.40%) Client/Server
3 13 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.96%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.88%) CCTV
6 6 (2.16%) Clustering
6 6 (2.16%) Digital Signage
7 5 (1.80%) Blackberry
7 5 (1.80%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.44%) Social Media
9 2 (0.72%) iPad
9 2 (0.72%) iPhone
10 1 (0.36%) Biopharmaceutical
10 1 (0.36%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.36%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.36%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 156 (56.12%) Windows
2 45 (16.19%) Windows 10
3 30 (10.79%) Windows Server
4 20 (7.19%) Mac OS
5 17 (6.12%) Linux
6 12 (4.32%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (2.52%) Unix
9 6 (2.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.80%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.44%) Mac OS X
11 4 (1.44%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (1.08%) Android
12 3 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.36%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (32.37%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (20.86%) Customer Service
3 33 (11.87%) ITIL
4 27 (9.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (7.19%) Computer Science
7 19 (6.83%) ITSM
8 18 (6.47%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (6.47%) E-Commerce
8 18 (6.47%) Kalman Filter
9 16 (5.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (5.76%) High Availability
10 15 (5.40%) Mobile Device Management
10 15 (5.40%) Virtual Environments
11 14 (5.04%) ERP
11 14 (5.04%) Mentoring
12 12 (4.32%) B2B
12 12 (4.32%) Server Building
13 11 (3.96%) Patch Management
13 11 (3.96%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 42 (15.11%) SQL
2 26 (9.35%) PowerShell
3 8 (2.88%) JavaScript
4 6 (2.16%) PHP
5 3 (1.08%) Python
6 2 (0.72%) C#
6 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.72%) VB.NET
6 2 (0.72%) VBA
Qualifications
1 30 (10.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (10.07%) Degree
3 22 (7.91%) Security Cleared
4 19 (6.83%) DBS Check
5 15 (5.40%) A+ Certification
5 15 (5.40%) MCP
6 13 (4.68%) HND
7 12 (4.32%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.88%) CCNA
8 8 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.88%) SC Cleared
9 6 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.80%) MCSE
11 3 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.08%) MCSA
11 3 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.36%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.40%) SLA
2 12 (4.32%) GDPR
3 4 (1.44%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 75 (26.98%) Active Directory
2 25 (8.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (3.60%) Hyper-V
3 10 (3.60%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.08%) vSphere
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (5.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (2.16%) SCCM
3 3 (1.08%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.72%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 141 (50.72%) Microsoft
2 41 (14.75%) VMware
3 26 (9.35%) Cisco
4 12 (4.32%) Google
4 12 (4.32%) Meraki
5 11 (3.96%) Fortinet
5 11 (3.96%) Veeam
6 9 (3.24%) Aruba
6 9 (3.24%) SAP
7 8 (2.88%) Sage
8 7 (2.52%) Apple
8 7 (2.52%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.80%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.80%) Juniper
9 5 (1.80%) McAfee
9 5 (1.80%) Sophos
10 4 (1.44%) IBM
10 4 (1.44%) MobileIron
10 4 (1.44%) Progress
10 4 (1.44%) ServiceNow