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The table below looks at the demand for Penetration Testing skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Penetration Testing over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPenetration Testing
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank102100
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads26
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.276 %0.757 %
Salaries quoted24
Average minimum salary£40,000£36,250
Average salary£42,500£37,000
% change on same period last year+14.86 %
Average maximum salary£45,000£37,750
UK excluding London average salary£52,170£51,150
% change on same period last year+1.99 %
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads724793
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.416 %0.340 %
Salaries quoted638657
Average minimum salary£35,687£34,786
Average salary£38,567£37,881
% change on same period last year+1.81 %
Average maximum salary£41,447£40,976
UK excluding London average salary£42,667£44,191
% change on same period last year-3.44 %
Penetration Testing South EastPenetration Testing
South East

Penetration Testing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Kent Penetration Testing Demand Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Kent region.

Kent Penetration Testing Salary Trend

Penetration Testing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Penetration Testing across the Kent region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Kent Penetration Testing Salary Histogram

Penetration Testing
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Penetration Testing also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Penetration Testing.

16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)Perl
16 (100.00 %)Oracle
16 (100.00 %)UNIX
16 (100.00 %)Solaris
16 (100.00 %)Apache
16 (100.00 %)VPN
16 (100.00 %)Shell Script
16 (100.00 %)Firewall
24 (66.67 %)Cisco
24 (66.67 %)Sun
24 (66.67 %)DMZ
24 (66.67 %)Cisco PIX
24 (66.67 %)DNS
24 (66.67 %)B2B
24 (66.67 %)WebServices
24 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
24 (66.67 %)C
32 (33.33 %)DHTML
32 (33.33 %)HTML
32 (33.33 %)PHP
32 (33.33 %)Linux
32 (33.33 %)WebLogic
32 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (33.33 %)CGI
32 (33.33 %)Java SE
32 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
32 (33.33 %)LAMP

Penetration Testing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Penetration Testing also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Penetration Testing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (66.67 %)WebServices
22 (33.33 %)CGI
22 (33.33 %)LAMP
22 (33.33 %)Java SE
22 (33.33 %)HTML
Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (100.00 %)Apache
22 (33.33 %)WebLogic
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (100.00 %)VPN
16 (100.00 %)Firewall
24 (66.67 %)Cisco PIX
24 (66.67 %)DNS
24 (66.67 %)DMZ
24 (66.67 %)TCP/IP
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Systems Administrator
14 (66.67 %)Administrator
14 (66.67 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
14 (66.67 %)UNIX Administrator
21 (16.67 %)Infrastructure Manager
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (100.00 %)UNIX
16 (100.00 %)Solaris
22 (33.33 %)Linux
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)B2B
22 (33.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)Perl
16 (100.00 %)Shell Script
24 (66.67 %)C
32 (33.33 %)DHTML
32 (33.33 %)PHP
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)Oracle
24 (66.67 %)Cisco
24 (66.67 %)Sun