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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Grays 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below50.00 %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£360£312
% change on same period last year+15.44 %
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£21.21£22.37
% change on same period last year-5.18 %
Grays IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Grays
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
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£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
VPN LondonVPN
London

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

Grays VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Grays 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.

11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)SMTP
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)CCNA
11 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
11 (100.00 %)Nokia
11 (100.00 %)CheckPoint
11 (100.00 %)ISA Server
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)Migration
11 (100.00 %)Supplier Management
11 (100.00 %)Network Security

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Grays 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.

Grays IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)SMTP
11 (100.00 %)DHCP
11 (100.00 %)DNS
11 (100.00 %)Firewall
11 (100.00 %)Network Security
Grays IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Analyst
11 (100.00 %)Support Analyst
11 (100.00 %)Network Support Analyst
11 (100.00 %)Network Analyst
11 (100.00 %)Network Support
Grays IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
Grays IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Migration
11 (100.00 %)Supplier Management
Grays IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)CCNA
11 (100.00 %)Cisco Certification
Grays IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)ISA Server
Grays IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Nokia
11 (100.00 %)CheckPoint