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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the East Sussex 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1733
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads94
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.004 %
As % of the category below25.71 %11.76 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£417-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£433-
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£305
% change on same period last year+27.27 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£13.80-
Average hourly rate£15.30-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£16.80-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.22£23.30
% change on same period last year-0.34 %
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
East Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads3534
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.034 %
Daily rates quoted611
Average minimum daily rate£387£240
Average daily rate£405£248
% change on same period last year+63.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£424£256
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+4.78 %
Hourly rates quoted112
Average minimum hourly rate£15.38£25.00
Average hourly rate£16.71£25.00
% change on same period last year-33.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.03£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.43£28.95
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
VPN South EastVPN
South East

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex VPN Daily Rate Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VPN across the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

East Sussex VPN Daily Rate Histogram

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

East Sussex VPN Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
BrightonUp+88£417-
LewesNew entry-1--
VPN South EastVPN
South East

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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.

112 (75.00 %)LAN
112 (75.00 %)WAN
29 (56.25 %)Windows
37 (43.75 %)Windows 2000
37 (43.75 %)Cisco
37 (43.75 %)MPLS
46 (37.50 %)Cisco Certification
46 (37.50 %)VoIP
46 (37.50 %)IPsec
46 (37.50 %)Finance
55 (31.25 %)Firewall
55 (31.25 %)SQL
55 (31.25 %)Windows Server 2003
64 (25.00 %)ERP
64 (25.00 %)ITSM
64 (25.00 %)Government
64 (25.00 %)Service Management
64 (25.00 %)Local Government
64 (25.00 %)VLAN
64 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
73 (18.75 %)Network Planning
73 (18.75 %)Windows XP
73 (18.75 %)SQL Server
73 (18.75 %)ATM
73 (18.75 %)CheckPoint
73 (18.75 %)OSPF
73 (18.75 %)EIGRP
73 (18.75 %)CCIE
73 (18.75 %)CCNP
73 (18.75 %)CCNA

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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.

East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.250 %)MS Exchange
11 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2003
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (12.50 %)MS Office
12 (12.50 %)MS Excel
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (75.00 %)LAN
112 (75.00 %)WAN
27 (43.75 %)MPLS
36 (37.50 %)IPsec
36 (37.50 %)VoIP
45 (31.25 %)Firewall
54 (25.00 %)VLAN
63 (18.75 %)OSPF
63 (18.75 %)EIGRP
63 (18.75 %)ATM
72 (12.50 %)Wireless
81 (6.250 %)Cisco PIX
81 (6.250 %)ISDN
81 (6.250 %)SMTP
81 (6.250 %)TCP/IP
81 (6.250 %)DNS
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (18.75 %)SQL Server
22 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2000
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (37.50 %)Finance
24 (25.00 %)Government
24 (25.00 %)Local Government
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (37.50 %)Network Engineer
24 (25.00 %)Helpdesk Manager
24 (25.00 %)IT Manager
33 (18.75 %)Cisco Engineer
33 (18.75 %)Cisco Network Engineer
42 (12.50 %)Analyst
42 (12.50 %)Helpdesk Analyst
51 (6.250 %)Support Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Service Manager
51 (6.250 %)Network Support Engineer
51 (6.250 %)Architect
51 (6.250 %)Information Manager
51 (6.250 %)Network Architect
51 (6.250 %)Network Support
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (12.50 %)Blackberry
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (56.25 %)Windows
27 (43.75 %)Windows 2000
35 (31.25 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
53 (18.75 %)Windows XP
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (25.00 %)ERP
14 (25.00 %)Service Management
14 (25.00 %)ITSM
23 (18.75 %)Network Planning
32 (12.50 %)Migration
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (31.25 %)SQL
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (37.50 %)Cisco Certification
23 (18.75 %)CCIE
23 (18.75 %)CCNP
23 (18.75 %)CCNA
32 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (12.50 %)MCSE
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.250 %)SLA
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (18.75 %)Active Directory
21 (6.250 %)Citrix Presentation Server
East Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (43.75 %)Cisco
23 (18.75 %)CheckPoint
31 (6.250 %)Fortinet
31 (6.250 %)Citrix
31 (6.250 %)Motorola