East of England VPN Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London Cleethorpes Coventry Cramlington Cumbria Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Folkestone Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Greenwich Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Ipswich Kent Kettering Lancashire Leeds Leek Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North Wales North West Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redditch Rickmansworth Romford Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Asaph Staffordshire Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Teesside Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	96	83
Rank change on same period last year	-13
Matching contract IT job ads	55	61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.073 %	0.065 %
As % of the category below	7.294 %	8.166 %
Daily rates quoted	28	9
Average minimum daily rate	£330	£349
Average daily rate	£349	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£368	£359
UK excluding London average daily rate	£308	£324
% change on same period last year	-5.03 %
Hourly rates quoted	12	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.08	£19.00
Average hourly rate	£15.54	£19.43
% change on same period last year	-20.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.00	£19.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.94	£22.12
% change on same period last year	-0.83 %
Communications & Networking East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	754	747
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.994 %	0.792 %
Daily rates quoted	253	203
Average minimum daily rate	£323	£334
Average daily rate	£350	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£377	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£344
% change on same period last year	-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	115	124
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.07	£26.92
Average hourly rate	£28.64	£29.15
% change on same period last year	-1.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.20	£31.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.58	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-10.35 %
VPN 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VPN across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VPN across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing VPN within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	-10	24	£339	-13.13 %
Essex	+7	20	£396	-
Cambridgeshire	-12	6	-	-
Suffolk	+2	5	£294	+17.50 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 70 (51.09 %) Firewall 2 65 (47.45 %) LAN 3 62 (45.26 %) Cisco 4 53 (38.69 %) Windows 5 38 (27.74 %) Active Directory 6 34 (24.82 %) CheckPoint 7 33 (24.09 %) TCP/IP 8 29 (21.17 %) Cisco Certification 9 28 (20.44 %) Microsoft 10 27 (19.71 %) HP 11 26 (18.98 %) Internet 12 25 (18.25 %) Dell 13 23 (16.79 %) DNS 13 23 (16.79 %) WAN 13 23 (16.79 %) MS Office

13 23 (16.79 %) MS Excel 13 23 (16.79 %) Windows NT 13 23 (16.79 %) MS Exchange 14 22 (16.06 %) Nokia 15 21 (15.33 %) Windows 2000 15 21 (15.33 %) Problem Management 15 21 (15.33 %) Cisco PIX 16 16 (11.68 %) BGP 16 16 (11.68 %) NetScreen 16 16 (11.68 %) DHCP 16 16 (11.68 %) IBM 16 16 (11.68 %) CCNA 17 15 (10.95 %) Lotus Notes 17 15 (10.95 %) Unix 17 15 (10.95 %) Lotus

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 Development 1 1 (0.730 %) .NET 1 1 (0.730 %) ASP.NET	Application Platforms 1 23 (16.79 %) MS Exchange 2 15 (10.95 %) Lotus Notes 3 8 (5.839 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 7 (5.109 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 5 (3.650 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (0.730 %) Apache 6 1 (0.730 %) IIS
Applications 1 23 (16.79 %) MS Office 1 23 (16.79 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.730 %) MS Visio 2 1 (0.730 %) TeamPlay 2 1 (0.730 %) S-PLUS 2 1 (0.730 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 70 (51.09 %) Firewall 2 65 (47.45 %) LAN 3 33 (24.09 %) TCP/IP 4 26 (18.98 %) Internet 5 23 (16.79 %) DNS 5 23 (16.79 %) WAN 6 21 (15.33 %) Cisco PIX 7 16 (11.68 %) NetScreen 7 16 (11.68 %) BGP 7 16 (11.68 %) DHCP 8 15 (10.95 %) MPLS 8 15 (10.95 %) IPsec 9 14 (10.22 %) WLAN 10 13 (9.489 %) SSL 11 11 (8.029 %) OSPF 12 10 (7.299 %) Wireless 13 8 (5.839 %) Network Security 13 8 (5.839 %) Ethernet 13 8 (5.839 %) SMS 14 7 (5.109 %) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (2.190 %) SQL Server 2 1 (0.730 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (0.730 %) SQL Server 2005 2 1 (0.730 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 1 (0.730 %) Bugzilla 1 1 (0.730 %) Subversion
General 1 11 (8.029 %) Telecoms 1 11 (8.029 %) Finance 2 9 (6.569 %) Back Office 3 4 (2.920 %) Government 4 3 (2.190 %) Automotive 5 2 (1.460 %) Education 6 1 (0.730 %) Insurance 6 1 (0.730 %) Chemicals	Job Titles 1 50 (36.50 %) Analyst 2 17 (12.41 %) Desktop Support 3 16 (11.68 %) Support Analyst 4 15 (10.95 %) Service Analyst 4 15 (10.95 %) Service Desk Analyst 5 14 (10.22 %) Security Analyst 6 12 (8.759 %) Network Engineer 6 12 (8.759 %) Firewall Analyst 7 10 (7.299 %) Desktop Analyst 8 9 (6.569 %) Helpdesk Analyst 9 8 (5.839 %) Administrator 9 8 (5.839 %) Desktop Support Analyst 10 7 (5.109 %) 1st Line Support 10 7 (5.109 %) Support Engineer 10 7 (5.109 %) Consultant 10 7 (5.109 %) Helpdesk Support 10 7 (5.109 %) Desktop Engineer 11 6 (4.380 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 11 6 (4.380 %) Network Support 11 6 (4.380 %) Support Technician
Miscellaneous 1 12 (8.759 %) Blackberry 2 9 (6.569 %) PDA 3 4 (2.920 %) Mainframe 4 2 (1.460 %) Management Information System 4 2 (1.460 %) AS400 5 1 (0.730 %) German Language 5 1 (0.730 %) Fat Client 5 1 (0.730 %) NHS 5 1 (0.730 %) Thin Client	Operating Systems 1 53 (38.69 %) Windows 2 23 (16.79 %) Windows NT 3 21 (15.33 %) Windows 2000 4 15 (10.95 %) Unix 5 13 (9.489 %) Linux 6 12 (8.759 %) Windows XP 7 6 (4.380 %) Solaris 8 5 (3.650 %) Windows Server 2003 9 1 (0.730 %) AIX 9 1 (0.730 %) Mac OS X 9 1 (0.730 %) MVS
Processes & Methodologies 1 21 (15.33 %) Problem Management 2 10 (7.299 %) ITIL 2 10 (7.299 %) Load Balancing 3 8 (5.839 %) Network Design 4 6 (4.380 %) Change Management 4 6 (4.380 %) Migration 5 5 (3.650 %) Penetration Testing 6 4 (2.920 %) Disaster Recovery 6 4 (2.920 %) Project Management 6 4 (2.920 %) Time Management 6 4 (2.920 %) Data Migration 7 3 (2.190 %) SC Cleared 7 3 (2.190 %) Security Cleared 7 3 (2.190 %) Service Management 8 2 (1.460 %) Service Delivery 8 2 (1.460 %) Data Security 8 2 (1.460 %) Network Planning 8 2 (1.460 %) Information Security 9 1 (0.730 %) Document Management 9 1 (0.730 %) Business Continuity	Programming Languages 1 3 (2.190 %) C 2 2 (1.460 %) SQL 3 1 (0.730 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 29 (21.17 %) Cisco Certification 2 16 (11.68 %) CCNA 3 13 (9.489 %) Microsoft Certification 4 9 (6.569 %) MCSE 4 9 (6.569 %) CCNP 5 6 (4.380 %) CCDP 5 6 (4.380 %) Degree 6 5 (3.650 %) CCIE 6 5 (3.650 %) CCSA 7 4 (2.920 %) MCP 7 4 (2.920 %) CCIP 7 4 (2.920 %) CISSP 8 3 (2.190 %) CCSE 9 2 (1.460 %) ITIL Certification 9 2 (1.460 %) SSCP 9 2 (1.460 %) CISA 9 2 (1.460 %) CISM 10 1 (0.730 %) CCVP 10 1 (0.730 %) CCDA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (5.839 %) SLA 2 1 (0.730 %) PCI DSS
System Software 1 38 (27.74 %) Active Directory 2 4 (2.920 %) Terminal Services 3 2 (1.460 %) Backup Exec 4 1 (0.730 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (0.730 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 1 (0.730 %) NFS 4 1 (0.730 %) ISA Server 4 1 (0.730 %) MetaFrame	Systems Management 1 9 (6.569 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 7 (5.109 %) OpenView 3 3 (2.190 %) Unicenter 4 2 (1.460 %) Norton AntiVirus 4 2 (1.460 %) OVSD 4 2 (1.460 %) WSUS 5 1 (0.730 %) CiscoWorks
Vendors 1 62 (45.26 %) Cisco 2 34 (24.82 %) CheckPoint 3 28 (20.44 %) Microsoft 4 27 (19.71 %) HP 5 25 (18.25 %) Dell 6 22 (16.06 %) Nokia 7 16 (11.68 %) IBM 8 15 (10.95 %) Lotus 9 14 (10.22 %) Crossbeam 10 11 (8.029 %) Blue Coat 11 10 (7.299 %) Compaq 11 10 (7.299 %) VERITAS 12 9 (6.569 %) Nortel 13 8 (5.839 %) Remedy 14 7 (5.109 %) Symantec 14 7 (5.109 %) Novell 15 6 (4.380 %) Sophos 16 5 (3.650 %) McAfee Security 16 5 (3.650 %) Citrix 17 4 (2.920 %) MetaSolv