Systems Support Jobs in the South East

Systems Support
England > South East

The median Systems Support salary in the South East is £27,000 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 292 376 361
Rank change year-on-year +84 -15 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 20 24 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.21% 0.14% 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.15% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17 21 30
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £37,500 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +30.43% -17.86%
75th Percentile £38,728 £42,500 £37,813
90th Percentile £45,250 £60,000 £44,025
England median annual salary £39,416 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +5.11% +7.14% -6.67%

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%

Systems Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Systems Support in the South East

Systems Support
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Systems Support in the South East

Systems Support
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Systems Support in the South East

Systems 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 Systems 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
East Sussex +35 9 £27,000 -22.86%
Thames Valley +72 7 £38,455 +2.55% 8
Berkshire +41 5 £38,455 +2.55% 5
Kent +35 3 - -
Hampshire +72 1 £45,000 -4.26% 3
Oxfordshire +36 1 £42,500 +13.33%
Buckinghamshire +28 1 £52,500 -12.50% 3
Systems Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Systems 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 Systems Support in the job title.

1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (65.00%) SQL
3 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 9 (45.00%) LAN
4 9 (45.00%) VoIP
4 9 (45.00%) WAN
4 9 (45.00%) E-Commerce
4 9 (45.00%) Client/Server
4 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
4 9 (45.00%) Driving Licence
4 9 (45.00%) Network Security
5 5 (25.00%) Supplier Management
5 5 (25.00%) Contract Management
5 5 (25.00%) Ariba
5 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
6 4 (20.00%) ERP
6 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Change Control
7 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
7 3 (15.00%) Big Data
7 3 (15.00%) Analytics
7 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
7 3 (15.00%) Power BI
7 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
7 3 (15.00%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (15.00%) Data Management
8 2 (10.00%) Oracle

Systems 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) LAN
1 9 (45.00%) Network Security
1 9 (45.00%) VoIP
1 9 (45.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (45.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.00%) Big Data
2 3 (15.00%) Crystal Reports
2 3 (15.00%) Power BI
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle Database
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Back Office
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Client/Server
1 9 (45.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) E-Commerce
2 5 (25.00%) Contract Management
2 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 5 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (20.00%) ERP
4 3 (15.00%) Analytics
4 3 (15.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (15.00%) Change Control
4 3 (15.00%) Data Management
4 3 (15.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (5.00%) Change Management
5 1 (5.00%) ITIL
5 1 (5.00%) Line Management
5 1 (5.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (5.00%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.00%) Time Management
5 1 (5.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) Ariba
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) IBM