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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Birmingham 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4459
Rank change on same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below3.529 %4.762 %
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£360£314
% change on same period last year+14.48 %
Hourly rates quoted22
Average minimum hourly rate£14.10£11.50
Average hourly rate£14.10£12.00
% change on same period last year+17.50 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.10£12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.73£22.64
% change on same period last year+9.25 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads85105
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.138 %0.115 %
Daily rates quoted1721
Average minimum daily rate£308£355
Average daily rate£315£393
% change on same period last year-19.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£431
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£336
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Hourly rates quoted2432
Average minimum hourly rate£24.88£18.92
Average hourly rate£26.62£20.09
% change on same period last year+32.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.36£21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.86£28.32
% change on same period last year-1.64 %
VPN West MidlandsVPN
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VPN across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Birmingham VPN Hourly Rate Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 (60.00 %)Windows
13 (60.00 %)Firewall
22 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (40.00 %)DNS
22 (40.00 %)Active Directory
22 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (40.00 %)Network Design
22 (40.00 %)Cisco
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft
31 (20.00 %)CCNA
31 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (20.00 %)Load Balancing
31 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX
31 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (20.00 %)Windows NT
31 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (20.00 %)Windows XP
31 (20.00 %)DECT
31 (20.00 %)ISDN
31 (20.00 %)LAN
31 (20.00 %)WAN
31 (20.00 %)DHCP
31 (20.00 %)Ethernet
31 (20.00 %)RIP
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (20.00 %)Nortel
31 (20.00 %)Citrix
31 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
31 (20.00 %)Novell

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)Firewall
22 (40.00 %)DNS
31 (20.00 %)SSL
31 (20.00 %)MPLS
31 (20.00 %)OSPF
31 (20.00 %)BGP
31 (20.00 %)DSL
31 (20.00 %)EIGRP
31 (20.00 %)SMDS
31 (20.00 %)IP Telephony
31 (20.00 %)Cisco PIX
31 (20.00 %)DECT
31 (20.00 %)ISDN
31 (20.00 %)LAN
31 (20.00 %)WAN
31 (20.00 %)DHCP
31 (20.00 %)Ethernet
31 (20.00 %)RIP
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Technical Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Support Technician
21 (20.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Network Analyst
21 (20.00 %)IT Support Analyst
21 (20.00 %)Desktop Engineer
21 (20.00 %)IT Support Technician
21 (20.00 %)Installations Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Cisco Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Technical Manager
21 (20.00 %)Cisco Network Engineer
21 (20.00 %)Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (60.00 %)Windows
22 (40.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (20.00 %)Windows NT
31 (20.00 %)Windows XP
31 (20.00 %)Solaris
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Network Design
21 (20.00 %)Load Balancing
21 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (20.00 %)Project Management
21 (20.00 %)Migration
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)CCNA
11 (20.00 %)Cisco Certification
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
21 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Cisco
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft
21 (20.00 %)Nortel
21 (20.00 %)Citrix
21 (20.00 %)Novell
21 (20.00 %)CheckPoint
21 (20.00 %)VMware