The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 17 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 Dorset 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 28 23 35
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +12
Contract jobs citing VPN 4 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 2.041% 3.802% 1.320%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.79% 20.83% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 0
Average daily rate £210 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +46.66%
All Communications & Networking
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
29 48 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 14.80% 18.25% 14.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 34 21
Average daily rate £240 £375 £382
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.00% -1.83%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -32.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VPN
South West

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Dorset VPN Jobs Demand Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VPN across the Dorset region.

Dorset VPN Daily Rate Trend

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the Dorset region.

Dorset VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth -2 4 £210 -6.66%
VPN
South West

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (80.00%) Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (60.00%) Network Management
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Information Management
3 3 (60.00%) Handset
3 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (60.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (60.00%) MCSE
3 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (60.00%) Avaya
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) MCDST

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (60.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) VoIP
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
2 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) Broadband
3 1 (20.00%) 3G
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Desktop Support
1 4 (80.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 3 (60.00%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (60.00%) Handset
3 1 (20.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (60.00%) Information Management
2 3 (60.00%) Network Management
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) Avaya
3 3 (60.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) Dell