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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Cumbria 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
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£388£303
% change on same period last year+27.99 %
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£23.70£23.02
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cumbria
Matching contract IT job ads1113
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.013 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£388-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£425-
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted72
Average minimum hourly rate£16.58£20.00
Average hourly rate£19.24£23.00
% change on same period last year-16.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.91£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
VPN North WestVPN
North West

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

Cumbria VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cumbria 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.

14 (100.00 %)LAN
14 (100.00 %)WAN
14 (100.00 %)Cisco
14 (100.00 %)SAN
23 (75.00 %)VLAN
23 (75.00 %)Oracle
23 (75.00 %)UNIX
23 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Linux
32 (50.00 %)EMC
41 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
41 (25.00 %)Network Security
41 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
41 (25.00 %)Firewall
41 (25.00 %)KiloStream
41 (25.00 %)MegaStream
41 (25.00 %)Government
41 (25.00 %)ITIL
41 (25.00 %)CCNA

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cumbria 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.

Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (100.00 %)LAN
14 (100.00 %)WAN
14 (100.00 %)SAN
23 (75.00 %)VLAN
31 (25.00 %)Network Security
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)KiloStream
31 (25.00 %)MegaStream
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Government
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Network Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Network Support
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)UNIX
13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Linux
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
11 (25.00 %)ITIL
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (25.00 %)CCNA
Cumbria IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Cisco
23 (75.00 %)Oracle
32 (50.00 %)EMC