Hampshire VPN Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Hampshire 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 7 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 Bromley 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 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 Somerset 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 7 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	45	110
Rank change on same period last year	+65
Matching contract IT job ads	65	16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.086 %	0.017 %
As % of the category below	14.71 %	3.404 %
Daily rates quoted	7	2
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£370
Average daily rate	£357	£378
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£308	£324
% change on same period last year	-5.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	3
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.13	£21.33
Average hourly rate	£27.15	£21.67
% change on same period last year	+25.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.17	£22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.95	£23.01
% change on same period last year	-4.60 %
Communications & Networking Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	442	470
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.582 %	0.498 %
Daily rates quoted	72	96
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£337
Average daily rate	£381	£355
% change on same period last year	+7.23 %
Average maximum daily rate	£398	£372
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£343
% change on same period last year	-0.53 %
Hourly rates quoted	93	122
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.04	£31.26
Average hourly rate	£30.17	£33.09
% change on same period last year	-8.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.30	£34.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.55	£28.70
% change on same period last year	-10.97 %
VPN 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.

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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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 7 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
Portsmouth	+4	8	-	-
Basingstoke	+23	7	£165	-
Southampton	+11	5	-	-
Winchester	-	4	£350	-
Eastleigh	-	1	-	-

VPN South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 57 (55.88 %) Cisco 2 54 (52.94 %) Firewall 3 33 (32.35 %) WAN 4 31 (30.39 %) Windows 5 29 (28.43 %) LAN 5 29 (28.43 %) Security Cleared 6 28 (27.45 %) Cisco Certification 6 28 (27.45 %) CheckPoint 7 22 (21.57 %) SC Cleared 8 20 (19.61 %) CCNP 8 20 (19.61 %) ATM 8 20 (19.61 %) VoIP 8 20 (19.61 %) Unix 9 19 (18.63 %) Frame Relay 10 18 (17.65 %) MPLS

10 18 (17.65 %) Network Design 11 17 (16.67 %) VLAN 11 17 (16.67 %) Linux 11 17 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 11 17 (16.67 %) MS Excel 12 16 (15.69 %) CCNA 12 16 (15.69 %) SSL 13 15 (14.71 %) Internet 14 14 (13.73 %) Microsoft 14 14 (13.73 %) Cisco PIX 15 13 (12.75 %) Nokia 15 13 (12.75 %) MS Office 15 13 (12.75 %) Telecoms 16 12 (11.76 %) MS Exchange 16 12 (11.76 %) Broadband

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 2 (1.961 %) .NET 1 2 (1.961 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 12 (11.76 %) MS Exchange 2 8 (7.843 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 7 (6.863 %) Lotus Notes 4 3 (2.941 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 1 (0.980 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 17 (16.67 %) MS Excel 2 13 (12.75 %) MS Office 3 5 (4.902 %) MS Project 4 4 (3.922 %) QuarkXPress 5 2 (1.961 %) Acrobat	Communications & Networking 1 54 (52.94 %) Firewall 2 33 (32.35 %) WAN 3 29 (28.43 %) LAN 4 20 (19.61 %) ATM 4 20 (19.61 %) VoIP 5 19 (18.63 %) Frame Relay 6 18 (17.65 %) MPLS 7 17 (16.67 %) VLAN 8 16 (15.69 %) SSL 9 15 (14.71 %) Internet 10 14 (13.73 %) Cisco PIX 11 12 (11.76 %) Broadband 12 11 (10.78 %) TCP/IP 12 11 (10.78 %) BGP 13 10 (9.804 %) Network Security 14 8 (7.843 %) Intrusion Detection 14 8 (7.843 %) OSPF 15 7 (6.863 %) SSH 16 6 (5.882 %) IPsec 17 5 (4.902 %) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (1.961 %) SQL Server 2 1 (0.980 %) SQL Server 2000 2 1 (0.980 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 1 (0.980 %) MSI
General 1 13 (12.75 %) Telecoms 2 8 (7.843 %) Finance 2 8 (7.843 %) Government 3 5 (4.902 %) Auditing 4 1 (0.980 %) Financial Institution 4 1 (0.980 %) Military	Job Titles 1 28 (27.45 %) Analyst 2 21 (20.59 %) Consultant 3 17 (16.67 %) Network Consultant 4 16 (15.69 %) Network Engineer 5 11 (10.78 %) Network Analyst 6 8 (7.843 %) Security Analyst 7 7 (6.863 %) Design Engineer 7 7 (6.863 %) Administrator 7 7 (6.863 %) Network Design Engineer 8 6 (5.882 %) Network Security Analyst 8 6 (5.882 %) Test Analyst 9 5 (4.902 %) Cisco Engineer 10 4 (3.922 %) UNIX Administrator 10 4 (3.922 %) Network Support 10 4 (3.922 %) Cisco Network Engineer 10 4 (3.922 %) Systems Administrator 10 4 (3.922 %) Support Analyst 10 4 (3.922 %) 3rd Line Support 10 4 (3.922 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 11 3 (2.941 %) Helpdesk Support
Miscellaneous 1 5 (4.902 %) PKI 2 3 (2.941 %) Blackberry 3 1 (0.980 %) Clustering 3 1 (0.980 %) SecurID 3 1 (0.980 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 31 (30.39 %) Windows 2 20 (19.61 %) Unix 3 17 (16.67 %) Linux 3 17 (16.67 %) Windows 2000 4 11 (10.78 %) Windows XP 5 10 (9.804 %) Solaris 6 4 (3.922 %) AIX 7 1 (0.980 %) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies 1 29 (28.43 %) Security Cleared 2 22 (21.57 %) SC Cleared 3 18 (17.65 %) Network Design 4 6 (5.882 %) Software Testing 4 6 (5.882 %) Project Management 4 6 (5.882 %) Service Delivery 5 5 (4.902 %) Configuration Management 6 4 (3.922 %) Migration 7 3 (2.941 %) Business Development 7 3 (2.941 %) Document Management 8 2 (1.961 %) DV Cleared 8 2 (1.961 %) Load Balancing 8 2 (1.961 %) Information Security 9 1 (0.980 %) E-Commerce 9 1 (0.980 %) Change Management 9 1 (0.980 %) Workflow 9 1 (0.980 %) Problem Management	Programming Languages 1 2 (1.961 %) C++ 1 2 (1.961 %) Java 2 1 (0.980 %) Perl 2 1 (0.980 %) SQL 2 1 (0.980 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 28 (27.45 %) Cisco Certification 2 20 (19.61 %) CCNP 3 16 (15.69 %) CCNA 4 6 (5.882 %) ISEB 5 4 (3.922 %) Degree 6 3 (2.941 %) CCSP 6 3 (2.941 %) Microsoft Certification 6 3 (2.941 %) MCSE 7 2 (1.961 %) MCSA 7 2 (1.961 %) CCIE 7 2 (1.961 %) MCP 7 2 (1.961 %) HND 7 2 (1.961 %) CISSP 8 1 (0.980 %) Citrix Certification 8 1 (0.980 %) Check Point Certification 8 1 (0.980 %) CISM 8 1 (0.980 %) CCDA 8 1 (0.980 %) CCDP	System Software 1 12 (11.76 %) Active Directory 2 8 (7.843 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 5 (4.902 %) Norton AntiVirus 1 5 (4.902 %) SCCM 1 5 (4.902 %) SCOM 2 4 (3.922 %) CiscoWorks 3 2 (1.961 %) Netcool 4 1 (0.980 %) MAILsweeper 4 1 (0.980 %) WSUS	Vendors 1 57 (55.88 %) Cisco 2 28 (27.45 %) CheckPoint 3 14 (13.73 %) Microsoft 4 13 (12.75 %) Nokia 5 12 (11.76 %) Juniper 6 10 (9.804 %) Sun 7 8 (7.843 %) SAP 7 8 (7.843 %) VERITAS 8 7 (6.863 %) Lotus 8 7 (6.863 %) Symantec 8 7 (6.863 %) McAfee Security 9 6 (5.882 %) Hummingbird 10 5 (4.902 %) Novell 10 5 (4.902 %) Citrix 11 4 (3.922 %) Adobe 11 4 (3.922 %) Quark 12 3 (2.941 %) Blue Coat 13 2 (1.961 %) Finjan 14 1 (0.980 %) IronPort 14 1 (0.980 %) Websense