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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Leicestershire 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
Rank2837
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.000 %3.846 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£275
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
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 %
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Leicestershire
Matching contract IT job ads4052
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted93
Average minimum daily rate£181£252
Average daily rate£181£276
% change on same period last year-34.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£181£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted1511
Average minimum hourly rate£16.00£17.65
Average hourly rate£18.08£18.85
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.16£20.06
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
VPN East MidlandsVPN
East Midlands

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire VPN Daily Rate Trend

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leicestershire VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Top 21 Related IT Skills

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

14 (80.00 %)SQL Server
23 (60.00 %)MS Office
23 (60.00 %)Windows
23 (60.00 %)DHCP
23 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
23 (60.00 %)DNS
23 (60.00 %)Active Directory
23 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
31 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (20.00 %)Firewall
31 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
31 (20.00 %)BT
31 (20.00 %)LAN
31 (20.00 %)WAN
31 (20.00 %)Blackberry
31 (20.00 %)Citrix
31 (20.00 %)Alcatel
31 (20.00 %)Nokia
31 (20.00 %)Windows XP

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)MS Exchange
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (60.00 %)MS Office
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)DHCP
13 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (60.00 %)DNS
21 (20.00 %)Firewall
21 (20.00 %)Wi-Fi
21 (20.00 %)LAN
21 (20.00 %)WAN
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (80.00 %)SQL Server
23 (60.00 %)SQL Server 2000
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (40.00 %)Support Analyst
12 (40.00 %)Network Support Analyst
12 (40.00 %)Network Analyst
12 (40.00 %)Analyst
12 (40.00 %)Network Support
21 (20.00 %)Technical Lead
21 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Server Support
21 (20.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
21 (20.00 %)Project Manager
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Blackberry
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (60.00 %)Windows
13 (60.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
21 (20.00 %)Windows XP
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (60.00 %)Active Directory
Leicestershire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Citrix
11 (20.00 %)Alcatel
11 (20.00 %)Nokia
11 (20.00 %)BT