London VPN Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the London 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bath Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chester Chichester City of London Cleethorpes Coventry Cramlington Crawley Croydon Cumbria Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dudley Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Grays Greenwich Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Ipswich Kent Kettering Lancashire Leeds Leek Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North Wales North West Northamptonshire Northern Ireland 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 Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Teesside Telford Tyne and Wear UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	175	157
Rank change on same period last year	-18
Matching contract IT job ads	273	480
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.364 %	0.486 %
As % of the category below	7.054 %	8.663 %
Daily rates quoted	95	99
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£357
Average daily rate	£369	£375
% change on same period last year	-1.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£394
UK excluding London average daily rate	£312	£326
% change on same period last year	-4.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	38	84
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.43	£23.35
Average hourly rate	£22.40	£24.81
% change on same period last year	-9.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.38	£26.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.92	£23.54
% change on same period last year	-6.88 %
Communications & Networking London
Matching contract IT job ads	3870	5541
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.158 %	5.606 %
Daily rates quoted	1503	1771
Average minimum daily rate	£361	£371
Average daily rate	£382	£391
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£404	£411
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	300	497
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.02	£25.43
Average hourly rate	£25.30	£27.27
% change on same period last year	-7.23 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.57	£29.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
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 London 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 London 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 London region over the 3 months to 25 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 London 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 London region over the 3 months to 25 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 jobs citing VPN within the London region over the 3 months to 25 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
City of London	-21	76	£385	+7.17 %
Docklands, London	+22	9	£425	-3.77 %
Greenwich	-	5	-	-
Canary Wharf	+9	4	£400	+207.69 %
Romford	-	3	£260	-
Hammersmith	-3	2	-	-
Croydon	+10	1	-	-
Brentford	-	1	-	-
Feltham	-	1	£375	-
Grays	-	1	-	-
Bromley	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 303 (50.67 %) Cisco 2 296 (49.50 %) Firewall 3 217 (36.29 %) Windows 4 197 (32.94 %) Cisco Certification 5 163 (27.26 %) WAN 6 148 (24.75 %) LAN 7 142 (23.75 %) Active Directory 8 136 (22.74 %) TCP/IP 9 124 (20.74 %) Finance 10 121 (20.23 %) CCNP 11 106 (17.73 %) CheckPoint 11 106 (17.73 %) BGP 12 100 (16.72 %) MS Exchange 13 95 (15.89 %) Juniper 14 91 (15.22 %) OSPF

15 88 (14.72 %) Microsoft 16 87 (14.55 %) CCNA 17 86 (14.38 %) MPLS 18 82 (13.71 %) SSL 18 82 (13.71 %) DNS 19 79 (13.21 %) Blackberry 20 78 (13.04 %) UNIX 21 73 (12.21 %) Banking 22 72 (12.04 %) VoIP 23 69 (11.54 %) Internet 24 68 (11.37 %) Cisco PIX 25 67 (11.20 %) Network Security 25 67 (11.20 %) Wireless 26 65 (10.87 %) Windows XP 27 63 (10.54 %) Exchange Server 2003

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 11 (1.839 %) MAPI 2 5 (0.836 %) WebServices 3 4 (0.669 %) Software Packaging 4 3 (0.502 %) Middleware 4 3 (0.502 %) XML 4 3 (0.502 %) J2EE 4 3 (0.502 %) ASP 4 3 (0.502 %) CSS 5 2 (0.334 %) HTML 5 2 (0.334 %) .NET 5 2 (0.334 %) .NET Framework 6 1 (0.167 %) Application Packaging 6 1 (0.167 %) WAP 6 1 (0.167 %) SOAP	Application Platforms 1 100 (16.72 %) MS Exchange 2 63 (10.54 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 40 (6.689 %) IIS 4 36 (6.020 %) Exchange Server 2000 5 15 (2.508 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 14 (2.341 %) Lotus Notes 7 10 (1.672 %) SharePoint 8 5 (0.836 %) Apache 9 3 (0.502 %) GroupWise 10 2 (0.334 %) WebLogic 10 2 (0.334 %) Tomcat 10 2 (0.334 %) GlassFish 10 2 (0.334 %) Office Communications Server 10 2 (0.334 %) Exchange Server 5.5 10 2 (0.334 %) SharePoint Server 2007 11 1 (0.167 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 49 (8.194 %) MS Office 2 46 (7.692 %) MS Excel 3 4 (0.669 %) MS Project 3 4 (0.669 %) MS PowerPoint 4 3 (0.502 %) Acrobat 5 2 (0.334 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (0.334 %) Oracle EBS 2 1 (0.167 %) SoftGrid 2 1 (0.167 %) SAP HR
Communications & Networking 1 296 (49.50 %) Firewall 2 163 (27.26 %) WAN 3 148 (24.75 %) LAN 4 136 (22.74 %) TCP/IP 5 106 (17.73 %) BGP 6 91 (15.22 %) OSPF 7 86 (14.38 %) MPLS 8 82 (13.71 %) DNS 8 82 (13.71 %) SSL 9 72 (12.04 %) VoIP 10 69 (11.54 %) Internet 11 68 (11.37 %) Cisco PIX 12 67 (11.20 %) Network Security 12 67 (11.20 %) Wireless 13 37 (6.187 %) Ethernet 14 34 (5.686 %) SMTP 14 34 (5.686 %) DHCP 15 33 (5.518 %) SAN 16 32 (5.351 %) NetScreen 17 29 (4.849 %) IPsec	Database & Business Intelligence 1 45 (7.525 %) SQL Server 2 12 (2.007 %) SQL Server 2000 3 7 (1.171 %) SQL Server 2005 4 6 (1.003 %) Oracle 10g 5 5 (0.836 %) GIS 5 5 (0.836 %) MySQL 6 2 (0.334 %) PostgreSQL 6 2 (0.334 %) BusinessObjects 6 2 (0.334 %) Crystal Reports 7 1 (0.167 %) Oracle 9i 7 1 (0.167 %) RDBMS 7 1 (0.167 %) SQL Server 7 7 1 (0.167 %) Oracle 11g
Development Applications 1 5 (0.836 %) MSI 2 1 (0.167 %) LoadRunner	General 1 124 (20.74 %) Finance 2 73 (12.21 %) Banking 3 50 (8.361 %) Telecoms 4 45 (7.525 %) Investment Banking 5 23 (3.846 %) Government 6 20 (3.344 %) Financial Institution 7 11 (1.839 %) Health 8 10 (1.672 %) Multimedia 9 9 (1.505 %) Law 10 7 (1.171 %) Insurance 11 6 (1.003 %) Legal 11 6 (1.003 %) Games 12 4 (0.669 %) Retail 13 3 (0.502 %) Publishing 13 3 (0.502 %) Front Office 13 3 (0.502 %) Back Office 13 3 (0.502 %) Education 13 3 (0.502 %) Billing 13 3 (0.502 %) Auditing 13 3 (0.502 %) Online Games
Job Titles 1 139 (23.24 %) Analyst 2 128 (21.40 %) Network Engineer 3 79 (13.21 %) Support Analyst 4 62 (10.37 %) Support Engineer 5 61 (10.20 %) Network Support 6 59 (9.866 %) Network Analyst 6 59 (9.866 %) Desktop Support 7 44 (7.358 %) Cisco Engineer 8 42 (7.023 %) Security Engineer 9 33 (5.518 %) Desktop Analyst 9 33 (5.518 %) Desktop Support Analyst 10 32 (5.351 %) Network Support Analyst 10 32 (5.351 %) Cisco Network Engineer 11 30 (5.017 %) Consultant 12 27 (4.515 %) Network Specialist 13 25 (4.181 %) Desktop Engineer 14 23 (3.846 %) Senior Security Engineer 15 22 (3.679 %) Security Analyst 16 20 (3.344 %) Architect 17 19 (3.177 %) Desktop Support Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 79 (13.21 %) Blackberry 2 19 (3.177 %) Clustering 3 14 (2.341 %) Derivative 4 11 (1.839 %) PKI 5 10 (1.672 %) Replication 6 9 (1.505 %) PDA 6 9 (1.505 %) Video Conferencing 7 7 (1.171 %) SecurID 8 6 (1.003 %) Management Information System 9 5 (0.836 %) NHS 9 5 (0.836 %) Fixed Income 10 4 (0.669 %) Smartcard 10 4 (0.669 %) Computer Science 11 3 (0.502 %) Firmware 12 2 (0.334 %) Mainframe 12 2 (0.334 %) CESG 12 2 (0.334 %) Dutch Language 12 2 (0.334 %) French Language 12 2 (0.334 %) Italian Language 12 2 (0.334 %) Spanish Language
Operating Systems 1 217 (36.29 %) Windows 2 78 (13.04 %) UNIX 3 65 (10.87 %) Windows XP 4 51 (8.528 %) Windows Server 2003 5 44 (7.358 %) Linux 6 34 (5.686 %) Windows 2000 7 32 (5.351 %) Solaris 8 14 (2.341 %) Windows NT 9 4 (0.669 %) Windows Mobile 9 4 (0.669 %) NetWare 10 3 (0.502 %) Mac OS X 10 3 (0.502 %) HPUX 11 1 (0.167 %) MVS 11 1 (0.167 %) Mac OS X Server	Processes & Methodologies 1 42 (7.023 %) ITIL 2 33 (5.518 %) Project Management 3 32 (5.351 %) Network Design 4 29 (4.849 %) Migration 5 23 (3.846 %) Disaster Recovery 6 22 (3.679 %) Service Delivery 7 16 (2.676 %) Information Security 8 14 (2.341 %) Load Balancing 8 14 (2.341 %) Security Cleared 9 13 (2.174 %) Data Security 10 12 (2.007 %) Asset Management 10 12 (2.007 %) PRINCE2 11 11 (1.839 %) Risk Assessment 12 10 (1.672 %) Incident Management 13 8 (1.338 %) Release Management 13 8 (1.338 %) SC Cleared 13 8 (1.338 %) CRM 14 7 (1.171 %) Service Management 14 7 (1.171 %) Investment Management 15 6 (1.003 %) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages 1 37 (6.187 %) SQL 2 8 (1.338 %) C 3 5 (0.836 %) Perl 3 5 (0.836 %) PHP 3 5 (0.836 %) VB 4 4 (0.669 %) Java 5 3 (0.502 %) C++ 5 3 (0.502 %) Shell Script 6 1 (0.167 %) JCL 6 1 (0.167 %) ABAP 6 1 (0.167 %) VC++ 6 1 (0.167 %) JavaScript 6 1 (0.167 %) PL/SQL 6 1 (0.167 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 197 (32.94 %) Cisco Certification 2 121 (20.23 %) CCNP 3 87 (14.55 %) CCNA 4 50 (8.361 %) Microsoft Certification 4 50 (8.361 %) CCIE 5 39 (6.522 %) MCSE 5 39 (6.522 %) Degree 6 33 (5.518 %) CISSP 7 20 (3.344 %) CCDP 8 19 (3.177 %) CCIP 9 15 (2.508 %) CISA 9 15 (2.508 %) CISM 10 11 (1.839 %) CCSA 11 9 (1.505 %) CCSP 11 9 (1.505 %) MCP 12 7 (1.171 %) CCDA 13 5 (0.836 %) MCSA 14 3 (0.502 %) CCSE 14 3 (0.502 %) MCDST 15 2 (0.334 %) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 9 (1.505 %) SLA 2 5 (0.836 %) BS7799 2 5 (0.836 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.167 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 142 (23.75 %) Active Directory 2 19 (3.177 %) Backup Exec 3 17 (2.843 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 14 (2.341 %) VMware ESX 5 13 (2.174 %) ISA Server 6 11 (1.839 %) Terminal Server 7 8 (1.338 %) NetBackup 7 8 (1.338 %) Squid 8 6 (1.003 %) Terminal Services 9 5 (0.836 %) MetaFrame 10 4 (0.669 %) VMware Server 11 3 (0.502 %) Citrix Presentation Server 12 2 (0.334 %) Snort 12 2 (0.334 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 12 2 (0.334 %) VMware GSX 13 1 (0.167 %) Xen 13 1 (0.167 %) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management 1 45 (7.525 %) CiscoWorks 2 32 (5.351 %) OpenView 3 21 (3.512 %) BMC PATROL 4 11 (1.839 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 5 10 (1.672 %) MAILsweeper 6 6 (1.003 %) NNM 6 6 (1.003 %) MOM 7 4 (0.669 %) Norton AntiVirus 7 4 (0.669 %) Tivoli 7 4 (0.669 %) SCCM 7 4 (0.669 %) SCOM 8 3 (0.502 %) DameWare 9 2 (0.334 %) MIMEsweeper 10 1 (0.167 %) WSUS 10 1 (0.167 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 10 1 (0.167 %) Unicenter 10 1 (0.167 %) MIIS	Vendors 1 303 (50.67 %) Cisco 2 106 (17.73 %) CheckPoint 3 95 (15.89 %) Juniper 4 88 (14.72 %) Microsoft 5 60 (10.03 %) HP 6 55 (9.197 %) Citrix 7 54 (9.030 %) Nokia 8 37 (6.187 %) VMware 9 25 (4.181 %) BMC 10 21 (3.512 %) Avaya 11 18 (3.010 %) Oracle 12 17 (2.843 %) Nortel 13 16 (2.676 %) Blue Coat 13 16 (2.676 %) Remedy 14 14 (2.341 %) Lotus 15 13 (2.174 %) Bloomberg 15 13 (2.174 %) Sophos 16 12 (2.007 %) Reuters 17 10 (1.672 %) VERITAS 18 9 (1.505 %) Apple