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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Engineer role in IT jobs within the Kent region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 System Engineer
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9487
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads1019
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.784 %1.255 %
Salaries quoted1011
Average minimum salary£33,500£24,727
Average salary£36,500£26,523
% change on same period last year+37.61 %
Average maximum salary£39,500£28,318
UK excluding London average salary£36,595£35,931
% change on same period last year+1.84 %
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads12761514
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.734 %0.649 %
Salaries quoted10731261
Average minimum salary£32,631£31,548
Average salary£35,149£33,879
% change on same period last year+3.74 %
Average maximum salary£37,668£36,211
UK excluding London average salary£38,185£39,281
% change on same period last year-2.78 %
Systems Engineer South EastSystems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Systems Engineer across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Kent Systems Engineer Demand Trend

Systems Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Kent Systems Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Kent Systems Engineer Salary Histogram

Systems Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Engineer within the Kent region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West MallingNew entry-3£38,333-
DartfordNew entry-1£30,000-
Systems Engineer South EastSystems Engineer
South East

Systems Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Systems Engineer in their job title 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 with Systems Engineer in their job title.

110 (71.43 %)Windows
110 (71.43 %)Microsoft
28 (57.14 %)MS Excel
28 (57.14 %)SQL
37 (50.00 %)IIS
37 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
37 (50.00 %)DNS
37 (50.00 %)Active Directory
37 (50.00 %)Firewall
46 (42.86 %)Windows Vista
46 (42.86 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (42.86 %)MS Office
46 (42.86 %)Windows XP
55 (35.71 %)MS Exchange
55 (35.71 %)SharePoint
55 (35.71 %)MCSE
55 (35.71 %)VPN
55 (35.71 %)LAN
55 (35.71 %)WAN
55 (35.71 %)VMware
55 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
55 (35.71 %)VMware Infrastructure
55 (35.71 %)Citrix
64 (28.57 %)IBM
72 (14.29 %)UNIX
72 (14.29 %)Cisco
72 (14.29 %)SAN
72 (14.29 %)BMC
72 (14.29 %)Sun
72 (14.29 %)ITIL

Systems Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Systems Engineer in their job title 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 with Systems Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (7.143 %)HTML
11 (7.143 %)WebServices
11 (7.143 %)XML
11 (7.143 %)X-Windows
Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (50.00 %)IIS
25 (35.71 %)SharePoint
25 (35.71 %)MS Exchange
25 (35.71 %)Exchange Server 2003
Kent IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (57.14 %)MS Excel
26 (42.86 %)MS Office
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
17 (50.00 %)DNS
17 (50.00 %)Firewall
25 (35.71 %)VPN
25 (35.71 %)LAN
25 (35.71 %)WAN
32 (14.29 %)SAN
Kent IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)Eclipse
Kent IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.143 %)Electronics
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (71.43 %)Windows
26 (42.86 %)Windows XP
26 (42.86 %)Windows Vista
32 (14.29 %)UNIX
41 (7.143 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (7.143 %)Linux
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)ITIL
12 (14.29 %)Process Management
12 (14.29 %)Security Cleared
21 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
21 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
21 (7.143 %)Project Management
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (57.14 %)SQL
21 (7.143 %)Embedded C
21 (7.143 %)Embedded C++
21 (7.143 %)C
21 (7.143 %)C++
Kent IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (42.86 %)Microsoft Certification
25 (35.71 %)MCSE
31 (7.143 %)MCSA
31 (7.143 %)MCP
Kent IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (50.00 %)Active Directory
25 (35.71 %)VMware Infrastructure
Kent IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (14.29 %)Tivoli
12 (14.29 %)MOM
12 (14.29 %)BMC PATROL
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (71.43 %)Microsoft
25 (35.71 %)Citrix
25 (35.71 %)VMware
34 (28.57 %)IBM
42 (14.29 %)Cisco
42 (14.29 %)BMC
42 (14.29 %)Sun
42 (14.29 %)HP
42 (14.29 %)Compaq
51 (7.143 %)Adobe