Knowledge Transfer Job Trends in the South East

Knowledge Transfer
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Knowledge Transfer skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 271 247
Rank change year-on-year +18 -24 +135
Permanent jobs citing Knowledge Transfer 22 31 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.21% 0.34% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.38% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 16
10th Percentile - £48,000 £21,600
25th Percentile £39,750 £56,250 £29,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +35.29% -31.55%
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £70,625
England median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +21.74% -8.00% +19.05%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Knowledge Transfer 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,378 8,110 6,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.85% 87.72% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 4,956 3,982 4,915
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £44,253 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Knowledge Transfer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Knowledge Transfer relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Knowledge Transfer job vacancy trend in the South East

Knowledge Transfer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Knowledge Transfer.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Knowledge Transfer

Knowledge Transfer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Knowledge Transfer in the South East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Knowledge Transfer in the South East

Knowledge Transfer
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 Knowledge Transfer within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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 +15 11 £41,500 -36.15% 5
Oxfordshire - 8 £41,500 -
Hampshire +28 7 £52,500 -8.70% 8
West Sussex -4 2 - - 3
Kent -9 2 - -
Buckinghamshire - 2 £90,000 - 2
Berkshire -2 1 - - 3
Knowledge Transfer
England

Knowledge Transfer
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 9 (40.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (4.55%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Azure
2 9 (40.91%) AWS
3 8 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 2 (9.09%) Nutanix
6 1 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (4.55%) GCP
6 1 (4.55%) IaaS
6 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) SAN
2 6 (27.27%) Firewall
2 6 (27.27%) VLAN
3 5 (22.73%) LAN
3 5 (22.73%) WAN
3 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (13.64%) DHCP
4 3 (13.64%) DNS
4 3 (13.64%) SMTP
4 3 (13.64%) X.400
4 3 (13.64%) X.500
5 2 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (4.55%) NAS
6 1 (4.55%) NetScaler
6 1 (4.55%) PBX
6 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
6 1 (4.55%) VoIP
6 1 (4.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Database
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle Database 10g
2 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) GitLab
2 2 (9.09%) Artifactory
2 2 (9.09%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.55%) Git
3 1 (4.55%) Testinfra
General
1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Aviation
2 2 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) 3rd Line Support
2 7 (31.82%) 3rd Line Support Technician
2 7 (31.82%) Support Technician
3 3 (13.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) IT Support
4 2 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (9.09%) IT Technician
4 2 (9.09%) Messaging Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior DevOps
4 2 (9.09%) Test Technician
5 1 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Solaris Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Replication
2 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 2 (9.09%) Robotics
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Windows
2 10 (45.45%) Windows Server
3 5 (22.73%) Unix
4 3 (13.64%) HPUX
4 3 (13.64%) Linux
4 3 (13.64%) Solaris
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (4.55%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) ITIL
2 9 (40.91%) Business Continuity
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
3 6 (27.27%) Migration
4 5 (22.73%) CI/CD
4 5 (22.73%) Incident Management
4 5 (22.73%) Information Security
4 5 (22.73%) ITSM
5 4 (18.18%) DevOps
5 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.64%) High Availability
6 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
7 2 (9.09%) Change Control
7 2 (9.09%) Coaching
7 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (9.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) Bicep
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
2 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (4.55%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.09%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (45.45%) Hyper-V
3 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
4 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (27.27%) SCCM
2 4 (18.18%) Terraform
3 2 (9.09%) Ansible
4 1 (4.55%) AirWatch
4 1 (4.55%) Grafana
4 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
4 1 (4.55%) Packer
4 1 (4.55%) Prometheus
4 1 (4.55%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) VMware
2 11 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (22.73%) arcserve
4 4 (18.18%) Oracle
5 2 (9.09%) Dell
5 2 (9.09%) Dell Compellent
5 2 (9.09%) HP
5 2 (9.09%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (9.09%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco
6 1 (4.55%) Citrix
6 1 (4.55%) Commvault
6 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
6 1 (4.55%) Juniper
6 1 (4.55%) Mitel
6 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.55%) Veeam
6 1 (4.55%) Veritas