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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Norfolk 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
Rank4340
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads15
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.724 %8.197 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£195
Average daily rate-£195
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£195
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£312
% change on same period last year+15.44 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£18.10
Average hourly rate-£20.10
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.21£22.37
% change on same period last year-5.18 %
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Norfolk
Matching contract IT job ads5861
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.078 %0.060 %
Daily rates quoted1214
Average minimum daily rate£220£382
Average daily rate£253£394
% change on same period last year-35.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£341
% change on same period last year+1.49 %
Hourly rates quoted105
Average minimum hourly rate£19.41£14.31
Average hourly rate£22.14£16.03
% change on same period last year+38.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.87£17.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.70£28.54
% change on same period last year-9.93 %
VPN East of EnglandVPN
East of 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.

VPN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VPN across the Norfolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region.

Norfolk 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 Norfolk region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
King's LynnNew entry-1--
VPN East of EnglandVPN
East of England

VPN
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)HP
11 (100.00 %)Dell
11 (100.00 %)Citrix
11 (100.00 %)Thin Client
11 (100.00 %)Terminal Services
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
11 (100.00 %)Fat Client
11 (100.00 %)Kaspersky

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (100.00 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Office
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Thin Client
11 (100.00 %)Fat Client
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (100.00 %)Active Directory
11 (100.00 %)Terminal Services
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)HP
11 (100.00 %)Dell
11 (100.00 %)Citrix
11 (100.00 %)Kaspersky