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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2819
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.009 %
As % of the category below5.405 %14.52 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£317
% change on same period last year+5.92 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£13.00
Average hourly rate-£14.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.39£23.24
% change on same period last year-7.98 %
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads3762
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.062 %
Daily rates quoted89
Average minimum daily rate£224£462
Average daily rate£237£466
% change on same period last year-49.10 %
Average maximum daily rate£251£471
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Hourly rates quoted67
Average minimum hourly rate£28.07£13.50
Average hourly rate£30.00£14.58
% change on same period last year+105.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.93£15.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.88£28.72
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
VPN ScotlandVPN
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VPN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Aberdeen VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VPN across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen VPN Daily Rate Trend

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing VPN 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited VPN.

13 (50.00 %)LAN
13 (50.00 %)WAN
13 (50.00 %)Windows
13 (50.00 %)Cisco
13 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (33.33 %)CCNP
22 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
22 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (16.67 %)Home Office
31 (16.67 %)SAP
31 (16.67 %)Blackberry
31 (16.67 %)Lotus
31 (16.67 %)CCDA
31 (16.67 %)CCIE
31 (16.67 %)Lotus Notes
31 (16.67 %)Windows XP
31 (16.67 %)SNMP
31 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
31 (16.67 %)SSL

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)Lotus Notes
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (50.00 %)LAN
13 (50.00 %)WAN
21 (16.67 %)SNMP
21 (16.67 %)TCP/IP
21 (16.67 %)SSL
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Home Office
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
12 (33.33 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Server Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Cisco Network Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Desktop Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Implementation Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Voice Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Desktop Support Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Installations Engineer
21 (16.67 %)Desktop Support
21 (16.67 %)Analyst
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Blackberry
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (16.67 %)Windows XP
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)CCNP
12 (33.33 %)Cisco Certification
21 (16.67 %)CCDA
21 (16.67 %)CCIE
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Cisco
13 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (16.67 %)SAP
21 (16.67 %)Lotus