Support Technician Jobs in the South East

Support Technician
England > South East

The median Support Technician salary in the South East is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 183 334
Rank change year-on-year -22 +151 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 97 243 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.02% 1.40% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.48% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 43 206 48
10th Percentile £28,500 £20,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £29,875 £22,813 £25,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £27,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £38,750 £30,750 £32,250
90th Percentile £43,250 £34,375 £37,875
England median annual salary £30,500 £27,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +12.96% -6.90% +11.54%

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 8,283 16,379 12,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.89% 94.08% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,409 11,667 8,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
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%

Support Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Support Technician in the South East

Support Technician
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Support Technician in the South East

Support Technician
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Support Technician in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Support Technician in the South East

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 Support Technician within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 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 -9 40 £37,500 +38.89% 27
Hampshire +39 22 £30,000 +17.65% 9
Surrey +53 15 £32,500 +10.17% 7
Oxfordshire +21 14 £41,500 +53.70% 9
Buckinghamshire +7 14 £37,500 +25.00% 8
Berkshire +24 12 £32,500 +20.37% 10
East Sussex +32 11 £29,000 +20.83% 2
Kent +16 8 - - 5
West Sussex +24 1 £42,500 +70.00% 2
Support Technician
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Support Technician 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 Support Technician in the job title.

1 66 (68.04%) Customer Service
2 52 (53.61%) Service Delivery
3 51 (52.58%) Manufacturing
3 51 (52.58%) NVQ Level 4
3 51 (52.58%) Technical Analysis
3 51 (52.58%) Coaching
3 51 (52.58%) Customer Experience
4 31 (31.96%) Windows
5 30 (30.93%) Social Skills
6 23 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (22.68%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (21.65%) Microsoft
9 18 (18.56%) Firewall
10 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Exchange
10 16 (16.49%) Azure
10 16 (16.49%) Windows Server
11 15 (15.46%) Active Directory
12 14 (14.43%) Onboarding
13 13 (13.40%) VMware
13 13 (13.40%) Microsoft Intune
13 13 (13.40%) VMware Infrastructure
14 12 (12.37%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (12.37%) SharePoint
15 11 (11.34%) VLAN
16 10 (10.31%) Hyper-V
17 9 (9.28%) Entra ID
18 8 (8.25%) DHCP
18 8 (8.25%) DNS
18 8 (8.25%) Apple
18 8 (8.25%) Windows 10

Support Technician 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 16 (16.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (12.37%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.19%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.68%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (16.49%) Azure
3 9 (9.28%) Entra ID
4 7 (7.22%) AWS
5 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (18.56%) Firewall
2 11 (11.34%) VLAN
3 8 (8.25%) DHCP
3 8 (8.25%) DNS
4 7 (7.22%) IP Telephony
4 7 (7.22%) TCP/IP
5 6 (6.19%) LAN
5 6 (6.19%) VoIP
5 6 (6.19%) WAN
5 6 (6.19%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (5.15%) PBX
6 5 (5.15%) RTP
6 5 (5.15%) SAN
6 5 (5.15%) Softphone
7 2 (2.06%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.03%) ADSL
8 1 (1.03%) Internet
8 1 (1.03%) VoLTE
8 1 (1.03%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.22%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 51 (52.58%) Manufacturing
2 30 (30.93%) Social Skills
3 6 (6.19%) Telecoms
4 5 (5.15%) Legal
5 4 (4.12%) Law
6 3 (3.09%) Electronics
7 2 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) FreeSWITCH
1 1 (1.03%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.43%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.15%) Replication
3 4 (4.12%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.09%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.03%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.03%) iPad
5 1 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (31.96%) Windows
2 16 (16.49%) Windows Server
3 8 (8.25%) Mac OS
3 8 (8.25%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.03%) Linux
4 1 (1.03%) OpenBSD
4 1 (1.03%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.03%) Windows Vista
4 1 (1.03%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (68.04%) Customer Service
2 52 (53.61%) Service Delivery
3 51 (52.58%) Coaching
3 51 (52.58%) Customer Experience
3 51 (52.58%) Technical Analysis
4 23 (23.71%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (12.37%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (7.22%) Client Onboarding
6 7 (7.22%) ITIL
6 7 (7.22%) Server Management
7 6 (6.19%) Data Protection
8 5 (5.15%) Agile
8 5 (5.15%) Business Continuity
8 5 (5.15%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (5.15%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 5 (5.15%) Customer-Centricity
8 5 (5.15%) Information Security
8 5 (5.15%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (5.15%) Migration
9 3 (3.09%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.25%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (52.58%) NVQ Level 4
2 3 (3.09%) Degree
3 2 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.03%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.03%) CCNP
4 1 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.03%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.25%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 5 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.06%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (15.46%) Active Directory
2 13 (13.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (10.31%) Hyper-V
4 7 (7.22%) Terminal Services
5 4 (4.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (13.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.15%) SCCM
3 1 (1.03%) Autotask
Vendors
1 21 (21.65%) Microsoft
2 13 (13.40%) VMware
3 8 (8.25%) Apple
4 5 (5.15%) arcserve
5 4 (4.12%) Citrix
5 4 (4.12%) Dell
5 4 (4.12%) Progress
5 4 (4.12%) Veeam
6 2 (2.06%) Cisco
7 1 (1.03%) Datto
7 1 (1.03%) Freshdesk
7 1 (1.03%) Google