Technical Support Jobs in the South East

Technical Support
England > South East

The median Technical Support salary in the South East is £35,500 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 133 179 287
Rank change year-on-year +46 +108 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 207 248 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.15% 1.41% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% 1.50% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 126 219 50
10th Percentile £26,500 £23,900 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,625 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £32,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.23% -23.53% +16.44%
75th Percentile £46,063 £46,250 £49,688
90th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £60,000
England median annual salary £34,500 £34,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +1.47% -9.33% +15.38%

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%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Support in the South East

Technical Support
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Technical Support in the South East

Technical Support
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Technical Support in the South East

Technical 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 Technical 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 +50 84 £41,000 +13.79% 48
Berkshire +54 53 £50,000 +25.00% 29
Hampshire +78 40 £29,750 -15.00% 19
Kent +43 34 £42,456 +41.52% 13
Surrey +42 28 £31,500 -5.26% 20
Buckinghamshire +9 17 £37,500 +41.51% 11
Oxfordshire +22 14 £25,000 -30.62% 8
West Sussex +23 12 £30,000 +7.14% 6
East Sussex +31 9 £26,500 -11.67% 6
Technical Support
England

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

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

1 86 (41.55%) Customer Service
2 59 (28.50%) Coaching
3 56 (27.05%) Manufacturing
4 53 (25.60%) Customer Experience
5 52 (25.12%) Service Delivery
6 51 (24.64%) NVQ Level 4
6 51 (24.64%) Social Skills
6 51 (24.64%) Technical Analysis
7 44 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (18.84%) Microsoft
9 38 (18.36%) Windows
10 33 (15.94%) Firewall
11 26 (12.56%) SQL
12 23 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
12 23 (11.11%) Windows Server
13 22 (10.63%) Driving Licence
13 22 (10.63%) CRM
14 21 (10.14%) Degree
15 19 (9.18%) Security Cleared
15 19 (9.18%) Linux
16 18 (8.70%) Active Directory
17 17 (8.21%) VPN
17 17 (8.21%) Mac OS
18 16 (7.73%) Mentoring
19 15 (7.25%) Retail
19 15 (7.25%) DNS
19 15 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
20 14 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
20 14 (6.76%) SC Cleared
21 13 (6.28%) Telecoms

Technical 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 13 (6.28%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.80%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (6.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.93%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.48%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (4.35%) Azure
3 8 (3.86%) AWS
4 7 (3.38%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (15.94%) Firewall
2 17 (8.21%) VPN
3 15 (7.25%) DNS
4 12 (5.80%) DHCP
5 10 (4.83%) TCP/IP
6 7 (3.38%) IP Telephony
6 7 (3.38%) VSAT
7 6 (2.90%) Wireless
8 5 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (1.93%) Internet
9 4 (1.93%) SSL
10 3 (1.45%) VLAN
10 3 (1.45%) VoIP
11 2 (0.97%) Broadband
12 1 (0.48%) LAN
12 1 (0.48%) Network Security
12 1 (0.48%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.31%) MySQL
2 7 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.93%) Metabase
3 4 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.48%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (27.05%) Manufacturing
2 51 (24.64%) Social Skills
3 15 (7.25%) Retail
4 13 (6.28%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.86%) Finance
6 6 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (2.90%) Automotive
6 6 (2.90%) Back Office
6 6 (2.90%) German Language
7 3 (1.45%) Billing
7 3 (1.45%) Marketing
7 3 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.97%) Electronics
9 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.48%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.63%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.38%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.90%) Digital Signage
3 6 (2.90%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.97%) Blog
5 2 (0.97%) Home Automation
5 2 (0.97%) Life Science
5 2 (0.97%) PMI
5 2 (0.97%) Smart Home
6 1 (0.48%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.48%) Robotics
6 1 (0.48%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.36%) Windows
2 23 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 19 (9.18%) Linux
4 17 (8.21%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.90%) Unix
5 6 (2.90%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.45%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (41.55%) Customer Service
2 59 (28.50%) Coaching
3 53 (25.60%) Customer Experience
4 52 (25.12%) Service Delivery
5 51 (24.64%) Technical Analysis
6 44 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (10.63%) CRM
8 16 (7.73%) Mentoring
9 12 (5.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (4.83%) Time Management
11 9 (4.35%) Data Analysis
12 7 (3.38%) Commercial Awareness
12 7 (3.38%) Kalman Filter
12 7 (3.38%) Mathematics
12 7 (3.38%) Proactive Management
12 7 (3.38%) Project Delivery
12 7 (3.38%) Server Management
12 7 (3.38%) Web Filtering
13 6 (2.90%) Decision Tree
13 6 (2.90%) Server Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.56%) SQL
2 11 (5.31%) PL/SQL
3 8 (3.86%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.90%) Python
5 4 (1.93%) C++
6 2 (0.97%) Bash
6 2 (0.97%) Perl
6 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (24.64%) NVQ Level 4
2 21 (10.14%) Degree
3 19 (9.18%) Security Cleared
4 14 (6.76%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.86%) CCNA
5 8 (3.86%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.86%) JNCIA
6 6 (2.90%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.93%) Dell Certification
7 4 (1.93%) MCP
7 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.97%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.90%) GDPR
2 5 (2.42%) COSHH
3 3 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.80%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.38%) Terminal Services
4 5 (2.42%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.35%) SAP
3 8 (3.86%) Siemens
4 7 (3.38%) Apple
5 5 (2.42%) Sophos
5 5 (2.42%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (2.42%) VMware
6 4 (1.93%) Dell
7 1 (0.48%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.48%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.48%) Sage
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce