The first table below looks at the demand for SC Cleared in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SC Cleared over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Check (SC) Clearance
Rank 78 55 58
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +3
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 17 19 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.473% 2.691% 4.194%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.329% 11.11% 14.33%
Number of salaries quoted 16 17 42
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -13.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,428 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,500 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
All Qualifications
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
319 171 307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.64% 24.22% 29.27%
Number of salaries quoted 288 159 294
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,780 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £54,400 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Kent SC Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

SC Cleared
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Kent region.

Kent SC Cleared Salary Trend

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SC Cleared across the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Kent SC Cleared Salary Histogram

SC Cleared
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SC Cleared within the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Sevenoaks 0 3 £23,428 -21.90%
West Malling -10 2 £37,500 -16.66%
Maidstone - 2 £35,000 -
SC Cleared
South East

SC Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing SC Cleared 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 SC Cleared.

1 42 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (52.38%) Microsoft
3 19 (45.24%) ITIL
4 16 (38.10%) Windows
4 16 (38.10%) Cisco
4 16 (38.10%) HP
5 13 (30.95%) Management Information System
5 13 (30.95%) Migration
6 12 (28.57%) VMware
6 12 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (23.81%) CheckPoint
7 10 (23.81%) IBM
7 10 (23.81%) MS Excel
8 9 (21.43%) Juniper
8 9 (21.43%) Firewall
9 8 (19.05%) Problem Management
9 8 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (19.05%) Active Directory
9 8 (19.05%) CCNP
9 8 (19.05%) MS Exchange
9 8 (19.05%) F5
10 7 (16.67%) TCP/IP
10 7 (16.67%) MS Office
10 7 (16.67%) Operations Management
10 7 (16.67%) CCSE
10 7 (16.67%) Change Management
11 6 (14.29%) CCSA
11 6 (14.29%) BIG-IP
11 6 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007

SC Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing SC Cleared 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 SC Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (14.29%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 8 (19.05%) MS Exchange
2 6 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 6 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (11.90%) MS Project Server
3 5 (11.90%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (7.143%) Lync
Applications
1 10 (23.81%) MS Excel
2 7 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) Firewall
2 7 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 6 (14.29%) BIG-IP
3 6 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (14.29%) WAN
4 5 (11.90%) NetScreen
4 5 (11.90%) DNS
4 5 (11.90%) Cisco PIX
5 4 (9.524%) FWSM
6 3 (7.143%) MPLS
6 3 (7.143%) LAN
7 2 (4.762%) VPN
7 2 (4.762%) SAN
8 1 (2.381%) Wireless
8 1 (2.381%) TACACS
8 1 (2.381%) Network Security
General
1 4 (9.524%) Aerospace
2 1 (2.381%) Finance
2 1 (2.381%) Local Government
2 1 (2.381%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (21.43%) Administrator
1 9 (21.43%) Deployment Engineer
2 7 (16.67%) Help Desk Administrator
3 6 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Messaging Engineer
5 4 (9.524%) Systems Manager
5 4 (9.524%) Information Manager
5 4 (9.524%) Technical Administrator
5 4 (9.524%) Information Systems Manager
5 4 (9.524%) Analyst
6 3 (7.143%) Support Analyst
6 3 (7.143%) Lead Network Engineer
6 3 (7.143%) Team Leader
6 3 (7.143%) Help Desk Team Lead
7 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
7 2 (4.762%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Windows Systems Administrator
7 2 (4.762%) Windows Administrator
7 2 (4.762%) Exchange Engineer
7 2 (4.762%) Technical Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 13 (30.95%) Management Information System
2 6 (14.29%) Blackberry
3 5 (11.90%) Clustering
4 1 (2.381%) Thin Client
4 1 (2.381%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 16 (38.10%) Windows
2 12 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.381%) AIX
4 1 (2.381%) HPUX
4 1 (2.381%) Solaris
4 1 (2.381%) Linux
4 1 (2.381%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.381%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) ITIL
2 13 (30.95%) Migration
3 8 (19.05%) Problem Management
4 7 (16.67%) Operations Management
4 7 (16.67%) Change Management
5 6 (14.29%) Network Management
6 5 (11.90%) Configuration Management
6 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
6 5 (11.90%) Security Management
7 4 (9.524%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (4.762%) Network Architecture
8 2 (4.762%) PRINCE2
9 1 (2.381%) Risk Management
9 1 (2.381%) Project Management
9 1 (2.381%) Service Management
9 1 (2.381%) PRINCE
9 1 (2.381%) Data Protection
9 1 (2.381%) Matrix Management
Qualifications
1 42 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (19.05%) CCNP
3 7 (16.67%) CCSE
4 6 (14.29%) CCSA
4 6 (14.29%) MCSE
4 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (11.90%) Degree
6 4 (9.524%) CCDP
6 4 (9.524%) CCNA
7 3 (7.143%) MCITP
8 2 (4.762%) JNCIS
8 2 (4.762%) CCDA
9 1 (2.381%) CCIE
9 1 (2.381%) CCSP
9 1 (2.381%) HND
9 1 (2.381%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (2.381%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.381%) JNCIP
9 1 (2.381%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.524%) QA
2 3 (7.143%) BS7799
2 3 (7.143%) SLA
2 3 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (19.05%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.762%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.381%) XenApp
4 1 (2.381%) XenDesktop
4 1 (2.381%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (7.143%) Tivoli
1 3 (7.143%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 3 (7.143%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (7.143%) McAfee ePO
1 3 (7.143%) SCOM
2 1 (2.381%) Nagios
2 1 (2.381%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (2.381%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 22 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 16 (38.10%) Cisco
2 16 (38.10%) HP
3 12 (28.57%) VMware
4 10 (23.81%) CheckPoint
4 10 (23.81%) IBM
5 9 (21.43%) Juniper
6 8 (19.05%) F5
7 6 (14.29%) Websense
8 3 (7.143%) McAfee
8 3 (7.143%) Citrix
8 3 (7.143%) Capita
9 2 (4.762%) Blue Coat
9 2 (4.762%) Aruba
10 1 (2.381%) Novell
10 1 (2.381%) Dell
10 1 (2.381%) SolarWinds
10 1 (2.381%) Twitter
Sevenoaks, Kent
Electronics Engineer / RF Engineer - (Defence/ REME/ MOD/ Counter Explosives) We are looking to recruit an experienced RF Engineer ideally with previous SC or DV clearance or relevant defence...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £28000 - £41000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013