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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank5655
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads79
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.009 %
As % of the category below4.217 %3.734 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£313
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£326
% change on same period last year-4.23 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£15.25-
Average hourly rate£16.13-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£17.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.92£23.54
% change on same period last year-6.88 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads166241
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.221 %0.244 %
Daily rates quoted1724
Average minimum daily rate£267£270
Average daily rate£302£290
% change on same period last year+4.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£344
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted4161
Average minimum hourly rate£26.48£31.69
Average hourly rate£28.88£33.58
% change on same period last year-14.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.27£35.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.81£28.58
% change on same period last year-9.70 %
VPN East of EnglandVPN
East of England

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Cambridgeshire VPN Hourly Rate Histogram

VPN
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+96--
PeterboroughNew entry-1--
VPN East of EnglandVPN
East of England

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

113 (68.42 %)LAN
113 (68.42 %)Active Directory
212 (63.16 %)Blackberry
212 (63.16 %)Dell
310 (52.63 %)WLAN
310 (52.63 %)Windows
310 (52.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
49 (47.37 %)Windows 2000
49 (47.37 %)TCP/IP
58 (42.11 %)MS Exchange
67 (36.84 %)PDA
67 (36.84 %)DNS
76 (31.58 %)Microsoft Certification
76 (31.58 %)HP
76 (31.58 %)Compaq
76 (31.58 %)SMS
76 (31.58 %)Windows NT
76 (31.58 %)Exchange Server 5.5
85 (26.32 %)MS Excel
94 (21.05 %)UNIX
94 (21.05 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
103 (15.79 %)Exchange Server 2007
103 (15.79 %)SharePoint
103 (15.79 %)Windows XP
103 (15.79 %)MCSE
103 (15.79 %)MCP
103 (15.79 %)Cisco
103 (15.79 %)Microsoft
112 (10.53 %)SLA
112 (10.53 %)WAN

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (52.63 %)Exchange Server 2003
28 (42.11 %)MS Exchange
36 (31.58 %)Exchange Server 5.5
43 (15.79 %)SharePoint
43 (15.79 %)Exchange Server 2007
52 (10.53 %)Exchange Server 2000
61 (5.263 %)Apache
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (26.32 %)MS Excel
22 (10.53 %)MS Office
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (68.42 %)LAN
210 (52.63 %)WLAN
39 (47.37 %)TCP/IP
47 (36.84 %)DNS
56 (31.58 %)SMS
62 (10.53 %)WAN
62 (10.53 %)Wireless
71 (5.263 %)Cisco PIX
71 (5.263 %)DHCP
71 (5.263 %)Broadband
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.263 %)MySQL
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.263 %)Bugzilla
11 (5.263 %)Subversion
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (47.37 %)Desktop Support
28 (42.11 %)Analyst
28 (42.11 %)Support Analyst
36 (31.58 %)Desktop Support Analyst
36 (31.58 %)Desktop Engineer
36 (31.58 %)Desktop Analyst
45 (26.32 %)Support Engineer
54 (21.05 %)Helpdesk Support
63 (15.79 %)Desktop Support Engineer
72 (10.53 %)2nd Line Support
72 (10.53 %)Helpdesk Analyst
72 (10.53 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
81 (5.263 %)Helpdesk Engineer
81 (5.263 %)Systems Support Manager
81 (5.263 %)Systems Manager
81 (5.263 %)IT Manager
81 (5.263 %)Network Engineer
81 (5.263 %)Systems Support
81 (5.263 %)Network Support Engineer
81 (5.263 %)Network Support
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (63.16 %)Blackberry
27 (36.84 %)PDA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (52.63 %)Windows
29 (47.37 %)Windows 2000
36 (31.58 %)Windows NT
44 (21.05 %)UNIX
53 (15.79 %)Windows XP
62 (10.53 %)Windows Mobile
62 (10.53 %)Linux
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.53 %)Configuration Management
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.263 %)C
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (31.58 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (15.79 %)MCP
23 (15.79 %)MCSE
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (10.53 %)SLA
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (68.42 %)Active Directory
21 (5.263 %)NFS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (21.05 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (63.16 %)Dell
26 (31.58 %)HP
26 (31.58 %)Compaq
33 (15.79 %)Cisco
33 (15.79 %)Microsoft
41 (5.263 %)NetApp
41 (5.263 %)Red Hat
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