IT Support Job Trends in the South East

IT Support
England > South East

The median IT Support salary in the South East is £31,000 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 40 115 92
Rank change year-on-year +75 -23 +32
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 471 223 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 4.54% 2.48% 3.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.93% 2.73% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 429 122 243
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,646 £21,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £25,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £31,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +5.00% +1.69%
75th Percentile £35,750 £34,469 £38,750
90th Percentile £38,750 £43,625 £43,750
England median annual salary £31,000 £32,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +3.17% +5.00%

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
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

IT Support job vacancy trend in the South East

IT Support
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for IT Support job vacancies 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 14 January 2026.

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 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 +44 144 £33,000 +1.54% 30
Hampshire +68 125 £28,000 -6.67% 14
Kent +27 78 £29,500 +19.68% 15
Surrey +36 68 £33,500 -16.25% 7
Oxfordshire +25 62 £33,500 +15.52% 9
Buckinghamshire +38 46 £35,000 +7.69% 7
Berkshire +6 36 £32,750 -2.96% 14
West Sussex +23 29 £31,000 +24.00% 4
East Sussex +11 20 £27,000 +68.75% 3
Sussex +7 5 £42,500 +84.78% 3
Middlesex - 1 £37,500 - 1
IT Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, IT Support 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 in the job title.

1 269 (57.11%) Microsoft
2 232 (49.26%) Windows
3 196 (41.61%) Microsoft 365
4 192 (40.76%) Problem-Solving
5 189 (40.13%) Active Directory
6 146 (31.00%) Customer Service
7 115 (24.42%) Azure
8 109 (23.14%) Microsoft Office
9 84 (17.83%) Windows Server
10 71 (15.07%) Microsoft Intune
11 58 (12.31%) Entra ID
12 57 (12.10%) DNS
13 54 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
13 54 (11.46%) DHCP
14 53 (11.25%) Windows 10
15 50 (10.62%) Microsoft Exchange
16 47 (9.98%) Degree
17 44 (9.34%) SharePoint
18 43 (9.13%) Firewall
19 39 (8.28%) ITIL
19 39 (8.28%) ITSM
19 39 (8.28%) TCP/IP
20 37 (7.86%) VPN
21 33 (7.01%) Hyper-V
22 30 (6.37%) Asset Management
23 29 (6.16%) SQL
24 25 (5.31%) Wireless
25 24 (5.10%) DBS Check
25 24 (5.10%) Mentoring
25 24 (5.10%) VoIP

IT Support 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 50 (10.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (9.34%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.97%) IIS
4 5 (1.06%) Exchange Server 2013
4 5 (1.06%) WordPress
5 2 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 109 (23.14%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 13 (2.76%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 196 (41.61%) Microsoft 365
2 115 (24.42%) Azure
3 58 (12.31%) Entra ID
4 13 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (2.76%) GCP
5 9 (1.91%) OneDrive
5 9 (1.91%) Power Automate
6 8 (1.70%) AWS
7 6 (1.27%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.06%) Azure AI
8 5 (1.06%) Google Workspace
8 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.85%) GitHub
10 2 (0.42%) SaaS
11 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.21%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 57 (12.10%) DNS
2 54 (11.46%) DHCP
3 43 (9.13%) Firewall
4 39 (8.28%) TCP/IP
5 37 (7.86%) VPN
6 25 (5.31%) Wireless
7 24 (5.10%) VoIP
8 23 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
9 19 (4.03%) VLAN
10 18 (3.82%) LAN
11 16 (3.40%) WAN
12 7 (1.49%) Network Security
13 5 (1.06%) Unified Communications
14 3 (0.64%) 5G
14 3 (0.64%) SAN
15 2 (0.42%) Internet
16 1 (0.21%) PBX
16 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (1.27%) Power BI
3 6 (1.27%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.21%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 10 (2.12%) JIRA
General
1 201 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 34 (7.22%) Finance
3 28 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (5.73%) Telecoms
5 24 (5.10%) Retail
6 18 (3.82%) Law
6 18 (3.82%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (2.76%) Legal
9 5 (1.06%) Advertising
9 5 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.06%) Electronics
10 4 (0.85%) German Language
10 4 (0.85%) Multimedia
11 3 (0.64%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.42%) Back Office
12 2 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.21%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.18%) .NET
2 12 (2.55%) .NET Framework
2 12 (2.55%) Entity Framework
2 12 (2.55%) WinForms
3 8 (1.70%) HTML
4 7 (1.49%) ASP.NET
5 5 (1.06%) CSS
6 3 (0.64%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 72 (15.29%) Driving Licence
2 46 (9.77%) Onboarding
3 21 (4.46%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.34%) Client/Server
6 4 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (0.64%) IoT
8 2 (0.42%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.42%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.42%) EPoS
9 1 (0.21%) AS400
9 1 (0.21%) CCTV
9 1 (0.21%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.21%) iPhone
9 1 (0.21%) IVR
9 1 (0.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 232 (49.26%) Windows
2 84 (17.83%) Windows Server
3 53 (11.25%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.12%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (1.70%) Android
7 5 (1.06%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.06%) Windows 8
7 5 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.64%) Linux
10 1 (0.21%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (40.76%) Problem-Solving
2 146 (31.00%) Customer Service
3 54 (11.46%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (8.28%) ITIL
4 39 (8.28%) ITSM
5 30 (6.37%) Asset Management
6 24 (5.10%) Mentoring
7 23 (4.88%) Customer-Centricity
8 21 (4.46%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 17 (3.61%) Collaborative Working
10 15 (3.18%) Project Delivery
11 14 (2.97%) Computer Science
11 14 (2.97%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (2.76%) Data Analysis
12 13 (2.76%) DevOps
12 13 (2.76%) ERP
12 13 (2.76%) Regulatory Compliance
12 13 (2.76%) Release Management
12 13 (2.76%) Software Engineering
13 12 (2.55%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 29 (6.16%) SQL
2 15 (3.18%) C#
3 12 (2.55%) T-SQL
4 10 (2.12%) PowerShell
5 8 (1.70%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.27%) Python
7 5 (1.06%) PHP
Qualifications
1 47 (9.98%) Degree
2 24 (5.10%) DBS Check
3 23 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (3.82%) MCP
5 12 (2.55%) A+ Certification
5 12 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (1.70%) Security Cleared
7 7 (1.49%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.42%) MCSA
8 2 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.42%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.21%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.25%) SLA
2 17 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (3.40%) GDPR
3 16 (3.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.06%) Accessibility
4 5 (1.06%) QA
5 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 189 (40.13%) Active Directory
2 33 (7.01%) Hyper-V
3 13 (2.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.42%) Firmware
4 2 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.21%) vSphere
5 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 71 (15.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.18%) SCCM
3 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.21%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.21%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 269 (57.11%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.46%) Cisco
2 21 (4.46%) VMware
3 17 (3.61%) Apple
3 17 (3.61%) Google
3 17 (3.61%) Meraki
4 12 (2.55%) Sage
4 12 (2.55%) Xamarin
5 11 (2.34%) Veeam
5 11 (2.34%) Zoho
6 7 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.06%) Adobe
8 4 (0.85%) Fortinet
8 4 (0.85%) Fujitsu
8 4 (0.85%) Virgin Media
9 3 (0.64%) Ruckus Wireless
9 3 (0.64%) WatchGuard
10 2 (0.42%) SonicWALL
11 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.21%) Ivanti