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 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 128 181 294
Rank change year-on-year +53 +113 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 205 245 110
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 125 217 50
10th Percentile £26,500 £23,800 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £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 £45,500 £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 8,283 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%

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 29 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 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 +37 84 £41,000 +13.79% 58
Berkshire +56 53 £50,000 +25.00% 34
Hampshire +78 40 £29,750 -15.00% 21
Kent +45 33 £37,728 +25.76% 15
Surrey +50 28 £31,500 -5.26% 20
Buckinghamshire +16 17 £37,500 +41.51% 15
Oxfordshire +30 14 £25,000 -30.62% 13
West Sussex +23 11 £30,000 +7.14% 6
East Sussex +30 9 £26,500 -11.67% 7
Technical Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 (41.95%) Customer Service
2 59 (28.78%) Coaching
3 56 (27.32%) Manufacturing
4 53 (25.85%) Customer Experience
5 52 (25.37%) Service Delivery
6 51 (24.88%) NVQ Level 4
6 51 (24.88%) Technical Analysis
7 49 (23.90%) Social Skills
8 44 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (19.02%) Microsoft
10 38 (18.54%) Windows
11 32 (15.61%) Firewall
12 26 (12.68%) SQL
13 23 (11.22%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (11.22%) Windows Server
14 22 (10.73%) CRM
15 21 (10.24%) Driving Licence
16 20 (9.76%) Degree
17 19 (9.27%) Security Cleared
17 19 (9.27%) Linux
18 18 (8.78%) Active Directory
19 17 (8.29%) Mac OS
20 16 (7.80%) VPN
20 16 (7.80%) Mentoring
21 15 (7.32%) Retail
22 14 (6.83%) SC Cleared
22 14 (6.83%) DNS
22 14 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
23 13 (6.34%) SharePoint
23 13 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel

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 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 12 (5.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (6.83%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.95%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.22%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (4.39%) Azure
3 8 (3.90%) AWS
4 7 (3.41%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (15.61%) Firewall
2 16 (7.80%) VPN
3 14 (6.83%) DNS
4 11 (5.37%) DHCP
5 9 (4.39%) TCP/IP
6 7 (3.41%) IP Telephony
6 7 (3.41%) VSAT
7 6 (2.93%) Wireless
8 5 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (1.95%) SSL
10 3 (1.46%) Internet
10 3 (1.46%) VLAN
10 3 (1.46%) VoIP
11 2 (0.98%) Broadband
12 1 (0.49%) LAN
12 1 (0.49%) Network Security
12 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.37%) MySQL
2 7 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.95%) Metabase
3 4 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (27.32%) Manufacturing
2 49 (23.90%) Social Skills
3 15 (7.32%) Retail
4 13 (6.34%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.90%) Finance
6 6 (2.93%) Automotive
6 6 (2.93%) Back Office
6 6 (2.93%) German Language
7 5 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.46%) Billing
8 3 (1.46%) Marketing
8 3 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.98%) Electronics
10 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.49%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.24%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.41%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.93%) Digital Signage
3 6 (2.93%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (0.98%) Blog
5 2 (0.98%) Home Automation
5 2 (0.98%) Life Science
5 2 (0.98%) PMI
5 2 (0.98%) Smart Home
6 1 (0.49%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.49%) Robotics
6 1 (0.49%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.54%) Windows
2 23 (11.22%) Windows Server
3 19 (9.27%) Linux
4 17 (8.29%) Mac OS
5 6 (2.93%) Unix
5 6 (2.93%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.93%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.46%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (41.95%) Customer Service
2 59 (28.78%) Coaching
3 53 (25.85%) Customer Experience
4 52 (25.37%) Service Delivery
5 51 (24.88%) Technical Analysis
6 44 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (10.73%) CRM
8 16 (7.80%) Mentoring
9 11 (5.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (4.88%) Time Management
11 8 (3.90%) Data Analysis
12 7 (3.41%) Commercial Awareness
12 7 (3.41%) Kalman Filter
12 7 (3.41%) Proactive Management
12 7 (3.41%) Project Delivery
12 7 (3.41%) Server Management
12 7 (3.41%) Web Filtering
13 6 (2.93%) Decision Tree
13 6 (2.93%) Server Virtualisation
13 6 (2.93%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.68%) SQL
2 11 (5.37%) PL/SQL
3 8 (3.90%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.93%) Python
5 4 (1.95%) C++
6 2 (0.98%) Bash
6 2 (0.98%) Perl
6 2 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 51 (24.88%) NVQ Level 4
2 20 (9.76%) Degree
3 19 (9.27%) Security Cleared
4 14 (6.83%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.90%) CCNA
5 8 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (3.90%) JNCIA
6 6 (2.93%) A+ Certification
7 4 (1.95%) Dell Certification
7 4 (1.95%) MCP
7 4 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.98%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.93%) GDPR
2 5 (2.44%) COSHH
3 3 (1.46%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (8.78%) Active Directory
2 12 (5.85%) Hyper-V
3 7 (3.41%) Terminal Services
4 5 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (19.02%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.90%) SAP
2 8 (3.90%) Siemens
3 7 (3.41%) Apple
4 5 (2.44%) Sophos
4 5 (2.44%) Ubiquiti
4 5 (2.44%) VMware
5 4 (1.95%) Dell
6 1 (0.49%) Freshdesk
6 1 (0.49%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.49%) Sage
6 1 (0.49%) Salesforce