Technical Support Job Trends in the South East

Technical Support
England > South East

The median Technical Support salary in the South East is £38,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 87 165
Rank change year-on-year -38 +78 +84
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 225 260 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.44% 3.06% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.51% 3.45% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 198 193 229
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £28,250 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £36,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% +4.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £42,456 £48,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 14,901 7,532 16,156
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.57% 88.60% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10,532 4,196 11,608
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,268
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,043 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.46% +3.85% -11.67%

Technical Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Technical Support job vacancy trend in the South East

Technical Support
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Support job vacancies 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 10 July 2026.

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 10 July 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 -6 76 £40,000 - 11
Hampshire -19 75 £45,000 +50.00% 3
Berkshire -10 31 £42,500 +1.19% 1
Kent -29 29 £38,500 +16.67%
Buckinghamshire -27 27 £36,250 -9.38% 8
Oxfordshire +1 18 £44,250 +77.00% 2
Surrey -44 18 £30,000 -4.76% 3
West Sussex -23 16 £32,500 +8.33% 1
East Sussex -9 9 £50,000 +88.68% 3
Middlesex - 2 £35,000 -
Technical Support
England

Technical Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 10 July 2026, Technical Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Technical Support in the job title.

1 59 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (19.11%) Customer Service
3 34 (15.11%) Microsoft
3 34 (15.11%) Windows
4 32 (14.22%) Degree
5 26 (11.56%) HNC
5 26 (11.56%) HND
6 23 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (10.22%) Microsoft Office
7 16 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
8 15 (6.67%) Active Directory
8 15 (6.67%) CRM
8 15 (6.67%) Validation
9 14 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (6.22%) SQL
10 13 (5.78%) Logistics
11 11 (4.89%) Mentoring
12 10 (4.44%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (4.00%) GDPR
13 9 (4.00%) Project Delivery
14 8 (3.56%) Azure
14 8 (3.56%) Customer Engagement
14 8 (3.56%) Data Acquisition
14 8 (3.56%) JIRA
14 8 (3.56%) Product Management
14 8 (3.56%) Regression Testing
14 8 (3.56%) Telematics
15 7 (3.11%) Biomedicine
15 7 (3.11%) City & Guilds
15 7 (3.11%) Client Onboarding

Technical Support Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 23 (10.22%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (7.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (3.56%) Azure
3 3 (1.33%) SaaS
4 2 (0.89%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.78%) Ethernet
1 4 (1.78%) TCP/IP
1 4 (1.78%) VoIP
2 3 (1.33%) DHCP
2 3 (1.33%) DNS
3 2 (0.89%) LAN
3 2 (0.89%) WAN
4 1 (0.44%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.89%) Oracle Database
1 2 (0.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (3.56%) JIRA
General
1 84 (37.33%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.33%) Electronics
3 17 (7.56%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (4.00%) Games
5 8 (3.56%) Marketing
5 8 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (2.67%) French Language
6 6 (2.67%) German Language
6 6 (2.67%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.33%) Finance
8 3 (1.33%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.33%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.33%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.44%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.11%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (14.67%) Driving Licence
2 14 (6.22%) Smart Home
3 13 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.44%) NHS
5 8 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.11%) Augmented Reality
7 4 (1.78%) Algorithms
7 4 (1.78%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.78%) SCADA
7 4 (1.78%) Social Media
8 3 (1.33%) EPoS
9 2 (0.89%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.89%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.44%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.44%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.11%) Windows
2 6 (2.67%) Windows 10
2 6 (2.67%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.78%) Linux
4 3 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (26.22%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (19.11%) Customer Service
3 15 (6.67%) CRM
3 15 (6.67%) Validation
4 14 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (5.78%) Logistics
6 11 (4.89%) Mentoring
7 10 (4.44%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (4.00%) Project Delivery
9 8 (3.56%) Customer Engagement
9 8 (3.56%) Data Acquisition
9 8 (3.56%) Product Management
9 8 (3.56%) Regression Testing
9 8 (3.56%) Telematics
10 7 (3.11%) Biomedicine
10 7 (3.11%) Client Onboarding
10 7 (3.11%) Fintech
10 7 (3.11%) Incident Management
10 7 (3.11%) Process Improvement
11 6 (2.67%) Intelligent Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.22%) SQL
2 7 (3.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (14.22%) Degree
2 26 (11.56%) HNC
2 26 (11.56%) HND
3 7 (3.11%) City & Guilds
4 2 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.00%) GDPR
2 5 (2.22%) ISO 9001
3 4 (1.78%) QA
System Software
1 15 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.78%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 34 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (0.89%) Oracle
3 1 (0.44%) ServiceNow