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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Bracknell 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 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2234
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads410
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.010 %
As % of the category below7.547 %10.31 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£180£283
Average daily rate£203£307
% change on same period last year-33.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£225£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£313
% change on same period last year+15.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.19£22.52
% change on same period last year-5.91 %
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Bracknell
Matching contract IT job ads5397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.096 %
Daily rates quoted1918
Average minimum daily rate£373£328
Average daily rate£381£347
% change on same period last year+9.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£342
% change on same period last year+1.36 %
Hourly rates quoted531
Average minimum hourly rate£24.88£29.08
Average hourly rate£26.74£29.88
% change on same period last year-10.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.60£30.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.46
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
VPN BerkshireVPN
Berkshire

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

16 (85.71 %)TCP/IP
16 (85.71 %)Cisco
25 (71.43 %)Cisco Certification
25 (71.43 %)MPLS
34 (57.14 %)Telecoms
34 (57.14 %)CCNP
43 (42.86 %)PPP
43 (42.86 %)SNMP
43 (42.86 %)Validation
43 (42.86 %)Internet
43 (42.86 %)CCNA
52 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
52 (28.57 %)EIGRP
52 (28.57 %)Firewall
52 (28.57 %)IPsec
52 (28.57 %)Government
52 (28.57 %)QA
52 (28.57 %)VoIP
52 (28.57 %)WAN
61 (14.29 %)Ethernet
61 (14.29 %)Perl
61 (14.29 %)UNIX
61 (14.29 %)Solaris
61 (14.29 %)ADSL
61 (14.29 %)ATM
61 (14.29 %)Broadband
61 (14.29 %)LAN
61 (14.29 %)CCIP
61 (14.29 %)Alcatel
61 (14.29 %)Nokia

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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.

Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (85.71 %)TCP/IP
25 (71.43 %)MPLS
33 (42.86 %)PPP
33 (42.86 %)SNMP
33 (42.86 %)Internet
42 (28.57 %)VoIP
42 (28.57 %)WAN
42 (28.57 %)EIGRP
42 (28.57 %)Firewall
42 (28.57 %)IPsec
51 (14.29 %)IP Telephony
51 (14.29 %)LLU
51 (14.29 %)Cisco PIX
51 (14.29 %)OSPF
51 (14.29 %)BGP
51 (14.29 %)DSLAM
51 (14.29 %)Ethernet
51 (14.29 %)ADSL
51 (14.29 %)ATM
51 (14.29 %)Broadband
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Telecoms
22 (28.57 %)Government
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (28.57 %)Network Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Deployment Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Network Specialist
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)UNIX
11 (14.29 %)Solaris
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)Validation
22 (28.57 %)Security Cleared
31 (14.29 %)SC Cleared
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)Perl
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (71.43 %)Cisco Certification
24 (57.14 %)CCNP
33 (42.86 %)CCNA
41 (14.29 %)CCIP
41 (14.29 %)CCSA
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (28.57 %)QA
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (14.29 %)Netcool
Bracknell IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (85.71 %)Cisco
21 (14.29 %)Alcatel
21 (14.29 %)Nokia
21 (14.29 %)CheckPoint
21 (14.29 %)Remedy
21 (14.29 %)Fujitsu