The first table below looks at the demand for Security Cleared in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Cleared over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Clearance
Rank 45 43 45
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 48 31 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 4.078% 4.348% 5.608%
As % of the Qualifications category 14.86% 17.82% 19.60%
Number of salaries quoted 42 28 57
Average salary £41,000 £33,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.48% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,043 £26,000 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,550 £49,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.29% +8.75%
All Qualifications
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
323 174 301
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.44% 24.40% 28.61%
Number of salaries quoted 291 162 288
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 £23,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £53,400 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Security Cleared Jobs Demand Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Trend

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

Kent Security Cleared Salary Trend

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Cleared across the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Kent Security Cleared Salary Histogram

Security Cleared
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Cleared within the Kent region over the 3 months to 17 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
Tunbridge Wells - 9 £45,000 -
Sevenoaks +3 7 £23,428 -21.90%
Maidstone +3 6 £27,500 -31.25%
West Malling -7 4 £37,500 -16.66%
Security Cleared
South East

Security Cleared
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Security 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 Security Cleared.

1 43 (51.81%) SC Cleared
2 41 (49.40%) Cisco
3 31 (37.35%) Juniper
3 31 (37.35%) CheckPoint
4 29 (34.94%) Firewall
5 26 (31.33%) Windows
5 26 (31.33%) F5
6 24 (28.92%) ITIL
6 24 (28.92%) Microsoft
6 24 (28.92%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (21.69%) CCNP
8 17 (20.48%) Problem Management
9 16 (19.28%) HP
10 13 (15.66%) Management Information System
10 13 (15.66%) Migration
11 12 (14.46%) VMware
11 12 (14.46%) CCNA
11 12 (14.46%) MS Excel
11 12 (14.46%) VMware Infrastructure
11 12 (14.46%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (13.25%) WAN
12 11 (13.25%) CCSE
13 10 (12.05%) Blue Coat
13 10 (12.05%) IBM
13 10 (12.05%) MS Exchange
13 10 (12.05%) Network Security
14 9 (10.84%) CSS
15 8 (9.639%) Aerospace
15 8 (9.639%) Linux
15 8 (9.639%) TCP/IP

Security Cleared
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Security 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 Security Cleared. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (10.84%) CSS
2 4 (4.819%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (12.05%) MS Exchange
2 7 (8.434%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (7.229%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (7.229%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 5 (6.024%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (6.024%) MS Project Server
5 3 (3.614%) Lync
Applications
1 12 (14.46%) MS Excel
2 7 (8.434%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 29 (34.94%) Firewall
2 11 (13.25%) WAN
3 10 (12.05%) Network Security
4 8 (9.639%) TCP/IP
4 8 (9.639%) VPN
5 7 (8.434%) MPLS
5 7 (8.434%) BIG-IP
6 6 (7.229%) Cisco PIX
6 6 (7.229%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (6.024%) NetScreen
7 5 (6.024%) Internet
7 5 (6.024%) DNS
8 4 (4.819%) LAN
8 4 (4.819%) FWSM
8 4 (4.819%) Wireless
9 2 (2.410%) SAN
10 1 (1.205%) TACACS
General
1 8 (9.639%) Aerospace
2 2 (2.410%) Legal
3 1 (1.205%) Advertising
3 1 (1.205%) Local Government
3 1 (1.205%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (15.66%) Network Engineer
2 12 (14.46%) Analyst
2 12 (14.46%) Deployment Engineer
3 10 (12.05%) Network Specialist
3 10 (12.05%) Support Analyst
4 9 (10.84%) Administrator
4 9 (10.84%) Network Support
5 8 (9.639%) Security Analyst
6 7 (8.434%) Network Analyst
6 7 (8.434%) Help Desk Administrator
6 7 (8.434%) Network Security Analyst
7 6 (7.229%) Network Support Analyst
8 5 (6.024%) Messaging Engineer
9 4 (4.819%) Exchange Engineer
9 4 (4.819%) Technical Administrator
9 4 (4.819%) Data Centre Engineer
9 4 (4.819%) Information Systems Manager
9 4 (4.819%) Support Engineer
9 4 (4.819%) Software Engineer
9 4 (4.819%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.66%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.229%) Blackberry
3 5 (6.024%) Clustering
4 1 (1.205%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.205%) PMI
4 1 (1.205%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 26 (31.33%) Windows
2 12 (14.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (9.639%) Linux
4 6 (7.229%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (7.229%) UNIX
5 1 (1.205%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (1.205%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.205%) AIX
5 1 (1.205%) HPUX
5 1 (1.205%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (28.92%) ITIL
2 17 (20.48%) Problem Management
3 13 (15.66%) Migration
4 7 (8.434%) Operations Management
4 7 (8.434%) Change Management
5 6 (7.229%) Network Management
6 5 (6.024%) ITIL V3
6 5 (6.024%) Service Delivery
6 5 (6.024%) Configuration Management
6 5 (6.024%) Network Design
6 5 (6.024%) Security Management
7 4 (4.819%) Requirements Analysis
7 4 (4.819%) GAP Analysis
7 4 (4.819%) UML
7 4 (4.819%) OO
7 4 (4.819%) Multithreading
8 3 (3.614%) PRINCE2
8 3 (3.614%) Load Balancing
9 2 (2.410%) Project Management
9 2 (2.410%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.819%) C#
Qualifications
1 43 (51.81%) SC Cleared
2 24 (28.92%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (21.69%) CCNP
4 12 (14.46%) CCNA
5 11 (13.25%) CCSE
6 8 (9.639%) Degree
7 7 (8.434%) CCDP
7 7 (8.434%) CCSA
8 6 (7.229%) JNCIP
8 6 (7.229%) MCSE
8 6 (7.229%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (6.024%) Check Point Certification
9 5 (6.024%) JNCIA
10 3 (3.614%) JNCIS
10 3 (3.614%) MCITP
11 2 (2.410%) CCIE
11 2 (2.410%) CCSP
11 2 (2.410%) CCDA
11 2 (2.410%) DV Cleared
12 1 (1.205%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.434%) SLA
2 4 (4.819%) QA
3 3 (3.614%) BS7799
3 3 (3.614%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (14.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (9.639%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.410%) ProxySG
3 2 (2.410%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.205%) XenApp
4 1 (1.205%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.205%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (3.614%) Tivoli
1 3 (3.614%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 3 (3.614%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 3 (3.614%) SCOM
1 3 (3.614%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.205%) Splunk
2 1 (1.205%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.205%) Nagios
2 1 (1.205%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 41 (49.40%) Cisco
2 31 (37.35%) Juniper
2 31 (37.35%) CheckPoint
3 26 (31.33%) F5
4 24 (28.92%) Microsoft
5 16 (19.28%) HP
6 12 (14.46%) VMware
7 10 (12.05%) Blue Coat
7 10 (12.05%) IBM
8 8 (9.639%) Websense
9 4 (4.819%) Sun
10 3 (3.614%) Citrix
10 3 (3.614%) McAfee
10 3 (3.614%) Capita
10 3 (3.614%) Aruba
11 2 (2.410%) Fortinet
12 1 (1.205%) SolarWinds
12 1 (1.205%) Dell
12 1 (1.205%) Novell
12 1 (1.205%) Twitter