VPN Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 83 51 69
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +18
Contract jobs citing VPN 36 97 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.480% 3.165% 2.088%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.732% 9.194% 9.228%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 14 24
Average daily rate £165 £226 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.07% -23.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £97 £197
10% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £365 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 9
Average hourly rate £21.50 £23.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.52% +31.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +46.66%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 628 1055 661
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.81% 34.42% 22.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 203 189
Average daily rate £285 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £198 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 46 54
Average hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.55 £14.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £121.10 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
VPN
South East

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire VPN Jobs Demand Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire VPN Daily Rate Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VPN across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire VPN Daily Rate Histogram

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -22 18 £140 -25.33%
Bracknell -9 7 £165 -
VPN
South East

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 43 (42.57%) LAN
2 40 (39.60%) Windows
3 38 (37.62%) WAN
4 34 (33.66%) TCP/IP
4 34 (33.66%) Cisco
5 32 (31.68%) MPLS
6 30 (29.70%) Telecoms
7 29 (28.71%) MS Office
8 28 (27.72%) BGP
9 27 (26.73%) OSPF
9 27 (26.73%) Ethernet
10 25 (24.75%) Active Directory
10 25 (24.75%) VMware
11 23 (22.77%) Windows Server 2008
12 22 (21.78%) Internet
13 21 (20.79%) Windows Server 2003
13 21 (20.79%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (20.79%) Microsoft
14 20 (19.80%) Citrix
14 20 (19.80%) SAN
14 20 (19.80%) Firewall
15 17 (16.83%) CCNP
15 17 (16.83%) VMware Infrastructure
16 16 (15.84%) Windows 7
16 16 (15.84%) Network Design
16 16 (15.84%) DNS
16 16 (15.84%) SLA
17 15 (14.85%) VRRP
18 14 (13.86%) IPsec
18 14 (13.86%) CCNA

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 4 (3.960%) CSS
2 1 (0.990%) Web Services
2 1 (0.990%) WAP
2 1 (0.990%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.941%) MS Exchange
2 5 (4.950%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (2.970%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (2.970%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (1.980%) Lync
4 2 (1.980%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.980%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (0.990%) Apache
5 1 (0.990%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.990%) IIS
Applications
1 29 (28.71%) MS Office
2 10 (9.901%) MS Excel
3 3 (2.970%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.980%) MS Project
5 1 (0.990%) Office 365
5 1 (0.990%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.990%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 43 (42.57%) LAN
2 38 (37.62%) WAN
3 34 (33.66%) TCP/IP
4 32 (31.68%) MPLS
5 28 (27.72%) BGP
6 27 (26.73%) OSPF
6 27 (26.73%) Ethernet
7 22 (21.78%) Internet
8 20 (19.80%) SAN
8 20 (19.80%) Firewall
9 16 (15.84%) DNS
10 15 (14.85%) VRRP
11 14 (13.86%) IPsec
11 14 (13.86%) HSRP
12 13 (12.87%) SMTP
12 13 (12.87%) HTTP
13 12 (11.88%) ADSL
13 12 (11.88%) Radio Access Network
14 11 (10.89%) RSVP
15 10 (9.901%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.990%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.990%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (0.990%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 30 (29.70%) Telecoms
2 6 (5.941%) Finance
3 2 (1.980%) Back Office
3 2 (1.980%) Banking
4 1 (0.990%) Marketing
4 1 (0.990%) French Language
4 1 (0.990%) German Language
4 1 (0.990%) Electronics
4 1 (0.990%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 35 (34.65%) Network Engineer
2 15 (14.85%) Analyst
2 15 (14.85%) Design Engineer
3 13 (12.87%) Desktop Support
3 13 (12.87%) Network Design Engineer
4 8 (7.921%) Administrator
5 7 (6.931%) Support Engineer
5 7 (6.931%) Project Manager
6 6 (5.941%) Architect
6 6 (5.941%) Support Analyst
6 6 (5.941%) Service Analyst
6 6 (5.941%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (4.950%) Support Technician
7 5 (4.950%) Consultant
7 5 (4.950%) IP Engineer
7 5 (4.950%) Technical Manager
8 4 (3.960%) Desktop Analyst
8 4 (3.960%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 4 (3.960%) Security Consultant
9 3 (2.970%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.88%) Clustering
2 5 (4.950%) Blackberry
3 3 (2.970%) SecurID
3 3 (2.970%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.980%) PDA
4 2 (1.980%) Fat Client
4 2 (1.980%) NHS
4 2 (1.980%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.990%) PMI
5 1 (0.990%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 40 (39.60%) Windows
2 23 (22.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (20.79%) Windows Server 2003
4 16 (15.84%) Windows 7
5 14 (13.86%) Windows XP
6 11 (10.89%) Linux
7 3 (2.970%) VMS
7 3 (2.970%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.980%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.990%) CentOS
9 1 (0.990%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.990%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (15.84%) Network Design
2 14 (13.86%) ITIL
3 11 (10.89%) Capacity Planning
4 10 (9.901%) Migration
5 9 (8.911%) Release Management
5 9 (8.911%) Fault Management
6 8 (7.921%) Project Management
7 6 (5.941%) Document Management
8 5 (4.950%) Project Planning
9 4 (3.960%) PRINCE2
10 3 (2.970%) Change Management
10 3 (2.970%) Load Balancing
10 3 (2.970%) Network Management
10 3 (2.970%) Software Distribution
11 2 (1.980%) Network Architecture
11 2 (1.980%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (1.980%) PRINCE
11 2 (1.980%) Incident Management
11 2 (1.980%) Service Management
12 1 (0.990%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.960%) SQL
2 1 (0.990%) R
2 1 (0.990%) C
2 1 (0.990%) C#
2 1 (0.990%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (20.79%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (16.83%) CCNP
3 14 (13.86%) CCNA
4 8 (7.921%) SC Cleared
4 8 (7.921%) Security Cleared
5 4 (3.960%) JNCIP
5 4 (3.960%) JNCIE
6 3 (2.970%) CISSP
6 3 (2.970%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.970%) CCSA
6 3 (2.970%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.970%) BC Cleared
7 2 (1.980%) PMP
7 2 (1.980%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.980%) MCP
7 2 (1.980%) Degree
8 1 (0.990%) CCVP
8 1 (0.990%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.990%) HNC
8 1 (0.990%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.84%) SLA
2 2 (1.980%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.990%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.990%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (24.75%) Active Directory
2 17 (16.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.921%) VMware Workstation
4 5 (4.950%) vSphere
5 4 (3.960%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (2.970%) ProxySG
7 2 (1.980%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.990%) XenApp
8 1 (0.990%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.990%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 8 (7.921%) NetBackup
1 8 (7.921%) SCCM
2 3 (2.970%) Unicenter
3 1 (0.990%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (33.66%) Cisco
2 25 (24.75%) VMware
3 21 (20.79%) Microsoft
4 20 (19.80%) Citrix
5 13 (12.87%) Juniper
6 12 (11.88%) HP
6 12 (11.88%) CheckPoint
7 10 (9.901%) Blue Coat
8 9 (8.911%) NetApp
9 8 (7.921%) Symantec
10 7 (6.931%) Lotus
10 7 (6.931%) Dell
11 5 (4.950%) Avaya
11 5 (4.950%) Remedy
12 4 (3.960%) FrontRange
12 4 (3.960%) Brocade
13 3 (2.970%) NetScout
13 3 (2.970%) Sourcefire
13 3 (2.970%) Royalblue
13 3 (2.970%) Apple
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