VPN Contracts in Manchester
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Manchester region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 71 60 62
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +2
Contract jobs citing VPN 4 23 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.429% 1.780% 0.960%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.846% 9.504% 8.547%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
Average daily rate - £325 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £307 £300
% change year-on-year
-2.12% +2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
Average hourly rate £9.25 £14.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.92% +12.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.25 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+29.41% +51.78%
Search 8 VPN jobs in Manchester
All Communications & Networking
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 104 242 117
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 11.15% 18.73% 11.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 84 35
Average daily rate £299 £300 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.41% -1.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £190 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £441 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 15
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.25 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £32.50 £17.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
VPN
North West

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Manchester VPN Jobs Demand Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VPN across the Manchester region.

Manchester VPN Daily Rate Trend

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester VPN Hourly Rate Trend

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Altrincham - 2 - -
VPN
North West

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 14 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 11 (52.38%) ITIL
3 11 (52.38%) Firewall
3 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (47.62%) Kaspersky
4 10 (47.62%) Windows 7
5 9 (42.86%) SurfControl
5 9 (42.86%) Linux
5 9 (42.86%) CheckPoint
6 8 (38.10%) Clearswift
6 8 (38.10%) UNIX
6 8 (38.10%) SSL
7 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 7 (33.33%) MS Office
7 7 (33.33%) Citrix
8 6 (28.57%) Local Government
9 5 (23.81%) Change Management
9 5 (23.81%) Blackberry
9 5 (23.81%) Windows XP
9 5 (23.81%) MS Exchange
9 5 (23.81%) WAN
10 4 (19.05%) LAN
10 4 (19.05%) Ethernet
10 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
10 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
10 4 (19.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (14.29%) Terminal Services
11 3 (14.29%) Cisco
11 3 (14.29%) Cisco Certification

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 1 (4.762%) COM
1 1 (4.762%) Application Packaging
1 1 (4.762%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) MS Exchange
2 3 (14.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (14.29%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (9.524%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) MS Office
2 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) Firewall
2 8 (38.10%) SSL
3 5 (23.81%) WAN
4 4 (19.05%) LAN
4 4 (19.05%) Ethernet
4 4 (19.05%) TCP/IP
5 3 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (9.524%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (9.524%) Wireless
6 2 (9.524%) ADSL
6 2 (9.524%) VoIP
6 2 (9.524%) EIGRP
6 2 (9.524%) MPLS
6 2 (9.524%) OSPF
6 2 (9.524%) NetScreen
6 2 (9.524%) SAN
6 2 (9.524%) Internet
7 1 (4.762%) 3G
7 1 (4.762%) X.25
7 1 (4.762%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (28.57%) Local Government
2 2 (9.524%) Manufacturing
2 2 (9.524%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) IT Support
4 2 (9.524%) IT Support Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Helpdesk Technician
4 2 (9.524%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.762%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.762%) Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Network Specialist
5 1 (4.762%) Windows Server Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Network Technician
5 1 (4.762%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.762%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Server Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Server Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Blackberry
2 3 (14.29%) iPad
3 2 (9.524%) Fat Client
3 2 (9.524%) iPhone
3 2 (9.524%) Thin Client
4 1 (4.762%) NHS
4 1 (4.762%) Client/Server
4 1 (4.762%) Statistics
4 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.762%) Handset
4 1 (4.762%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 19 (90.48%) Windows
2 11 (52.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (47.62%) Windows 7
4 9 (42.86%) Linux
5 8 (38.10%) UNIX
6 5 (23.81%) Windows XP
7 3 (14.29%) Windows 2000
8 2 (9.524%) Windows Vista
8 2 (9.524%) VMS
9 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) ITIL
2 5 (23.81%) Change Management
3 3 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (9.524%) Network Management
4 2 (9.524%) Computer Security
4 2 (9.524%) Release Management
4 2 (9.524%) Asset Management
4 2 (9.524%) Project Management
5 1 (4.762%) Load Balancing
5 1 (4.762%) Migration
5 1 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Integration Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.762%) Change Control
5 1 (4.762%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) C
2 1 (4.762%) VBScript
2 1 (4.762%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.762%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.762%) CCIE
3 1 (4.762%) CCNP
3 1 (4.762%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) SLA
1 1 (4.762%) QA
System Software
1 14 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (14.29%) Terminal Services
3 2 (9.524%) XenServer
3 2 (9.524%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (9.524%) SCCM
2 2 (9.524%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (4.762%) DameWare
3 1 (4.762%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (4.762%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Kaspersky
2 9 (42.86%) SurfControl
2 9 (42.86%) CheckPoint
3 8 (38.10%) Clearswift
4 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 7 (33.33%) Citrix
5 3 (14.29%) Cisco
5 3 (14.29%) Lotus
6 2 (9.524%) EMC
6 2 (9.524%) Symantec
6 2 (9.524%) Avaya
6 2 (9.524%) Veritas
7 1 (4.762%) Websense
7 1 (4.762%) Intel
7 1 (4.762%) Dell
7 1 (4.762%) Brocade
7 1 (4.762%) VMware
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