The first table below looks at the demand for OpenVPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenVPN over the 3 months to 22 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 Birmingham 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OpenVPN
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing OpenVPN 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £223 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
48 65 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 10.84% 10.28% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 29 32
Average daily rate £388 £313 £260
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.00% +20.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £100 £125
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 8
Average hourly rate £13.00 £30.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-56.66% +100.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
OpenVPN
West Midlands