VPN Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 22 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 South East 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 117 89 127
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +38
Contract jobs citing VPN 113 184 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.426% 1.779% 1.179%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.538% 8.390% 6.450%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 57 55
Average daily rate £223 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.83% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £116 £136
10% offered a daily rate of more than £439 £405 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 25 21
Average hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+41.30% +64.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 £13.30 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.00 £45.00 £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+30.95% +50.00%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 1499 2193 1876
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.92% 21.20% 18.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 564 637 654
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £190 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 193 231
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.18 £13.68 £12.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
VPN
England

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East VPN Daily Rate Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VPN across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East VPN Daily Rate Histogram

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VPN across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East VPN Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Berkshire -37 39 £165 -33.33%
Hampshire +6 24 £375 -
Surrey +8 17 £279 +66.41%
Oxfordshire +12 13 £250 -16.66%
West Sussex +21 11 £438 +29.62%
Middlesex 0 3 - -
Buckinghamshire -6 3 - -
Kent -2 2 £338 +141.07%
East Sussex - 1 - -
VPN
England

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 128 (49.04%) Windows
2 109 (41.76%) Cisco
3 105 (40.23%) Firewall
4 95 (36.40%) LAN
5 92 (35.25%) TCP/IP
6 88 (33.72%) WAN
7 85 (32.57%) Active Directory
8 77 (29.50%) VMware
9 69 (26.44%) Microsoft
9 69 (26.44%) MS Office
10 61 (23.37%) DNS
11 59 (22.61%) Windows 7
12 58 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
12 58 (22.22%) Juniper
13 56 (21.46%) Cisco Certification
14 53 (20.31%) Windows Server 2003
14 53 (20.31%) Windows XP
15 51 (19.54%) ITIL
16 50 (19.16%) Citrix
17 49 (18.77%) DHCP
18 47 (18.01%) VMware Infrastructure
19 45 (17.24%) MPLS
20 43 (16.48%) BGP
20 43 (16.48%) CCNA
21 42 (16.09%) HP
21 42 (16.09%) CheckPoint
21 42 (16.09%) IPsec
21 42 (16.09%) Telecoms
22 41 (15.71%) OSPF
23 40 (15.33%) Internet

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 7 (2.682%) CSS
2 3 (1.149%) Web Services
2 3 (1.149%) .NET
3 2 (0.766%) WAP
3 2 (0.766%) COM
4 1 (0.383%) X-Windows
4 1 (0.383%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 32 (12.26%) MS Exchange
2 23 (8.812%) Exchange Server 2003
3 19 (7.280%) Exchange Server 2007
4 17 (6.513%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (4.981%) Lotus Notes
6 12 (4.598%) SharePoint
6 12 (4.598%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 5 (1.916%) Apache
7 5 (1.916%) IIS
8 2 (0.766%) Lotus Domino
8 2 (0.766%) Zimbra
8 2 (0.766%) Lync
9 1 (0.383%) CMS
Applications
1 69 (26.44%) MS Office
2 21 (8.046%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.149%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.766%) MS Project
5 1 (0.383%) Office 365
5 1 (0.383%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.383%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.766%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.383%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 105 (40.23%) Firewall
2 95 (36.40%) LAN
3 92 (35.25%) TCP/IP
4 88 (33.72%) WAN
5 61 (23.37%) DNS
6 49 (18.77%) DHCP
7 45 (17.24%) MPLS
8 43 (16.48%) BGP
9 42 (16.09%) IPsec
10 41 (15.71%) OSPF
11 40 (15.33%) Internet
12 36 (13.79%) SAN
13 33 (12.64%) Ethernet
14 29 (11.11%) VLAN
15 27 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
16 25 (9.579%) SSL
16 25 (9.579%) Network Security
17 18 (6.897%) FTP
18 17 (6.513%) Wi-Fi
19 16 (6.130%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.831%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.916%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (1.916%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (1.533%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (1.533%) MySQL
4 1 (0.383%) SAP BW
General
1 42 (16.09%) Telecoms
2 17 (6.513%) Finance
3 5 (1.916%) Marketing
3 5 (1.916%) Military
4 4 (1.533%) Legal
4 4 (1.533%) Back Office
5 3 (1.149%) Advertising
5 3 (1.149%) Publishing
6 2 (0.766%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.766%) Banking
7 1 (0.383%) French Language
7 1 (0.383%) German Language
7 1 (0.383%) Avionics
7 1 (0.383%) Automotive
7 1 (0.383%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 74 (28.35%) Network Engineer
2 53 (20.31%) Analyst
3 23 (8.812%) Service Desk Analyst
3 23 (8.812%) Service Analyst
3 23 (8.812%) Support Engineer
4 20 (7.663%) Desktop Support
5 18 (6.897%) Support Analyst
6 17 (6.513%) Desktop Engineer
7 16 (6.130%) Design Engineer
8 14 (5.364%) Network Design Engineer
8 14 (5.364%) Architect
8 14 (5.364%) Administrator
8 14 (5.364%) Cisco Engineer
8 14 (5.364%) Server Engineer
9 13 (4.981%) Consultant
10 12 (4.598%) Security Engineer
11 11 (4.215%) 2nd Line Support
12 10 (3.831%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.831%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 9 (3.448%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.513%) Blackberry
2 14 (5.364%) Clustering
3 13 (4.981%) PDA
4 9 (3.448%) PKI
5 7 (2.682%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.916%) SecurID
7 4 (1.533%) NHS
7 4 (1.533%) Replication
7 4 (1.533%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.149%) EFT
9 2 (0.766%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.766%) IVR
9 2 (0.766%) Mainframe
9 2 (0.766%) iSeries
9 2 (0.766%) Computer Science
9 2 (0.766%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.766%) SaaS
10 1 (0.383%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 128 (49.04%) Windows
2 59 (22.61%) Windows 7
3 58 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 53 (20.31%) Windows Server 2003
4 53 (20.31%) Windows XP
5 20 (7.663%) Linux
6 19 (7.280%) Windows Vista
7 12 (4.598%) Windows 2000 Server
7 12 (4.598%) UNIX
8 9 (3.448%) Mac OS X
9 7 (2.682%) VMS
10 6 (2.299%) Windows 2000
11 4 (1.533%) NetWare
12 3 (1.149%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.149%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.766%) AIX
14 1 (0.383%) Windows 8
14 1 (0.383%) Android
14 1 (0.383%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (19.54%) ITIL
2 26 (9.962%) Migration
3 20 (7.663%) Network Design
4 16 (6.130%) Release Management
5 15 (5.747%) Load Balancing
5 15 (5.747%) Capacity Planning
6 14 (5.364%) Project Management
7 9 (3.448%) Fault Management
8 8 (3.065%) PRINCE2
8 8 (3.065%) Service Management
8 8 (3.065%) Network Architecture
9 7 (2.682%) Project Planning
9 7 (2.682%) Service Delivery
9 7 (2.682%) Change Management
9 7 (2.682%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (2.299%) Document Management
10 6 (2.299%) Network Management
10 6 (2.299%) Software Distribution
11 5 (1.916%) Incident Management
11 5 (1.916%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.747%) SQL
2 12 (4.598%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.065%) VBScript
4 3 (1.149%) C
5 2 (0.766%) VB
6 1 (0.383%) R
6 1 (0.383%) C#
6 1 (0.383%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 56 (21.46%) Cisco Certification
2 43 (16.48%) CCNA
3 28 (10.73%) Security Cleared
3 28 (10.73%) CCNP
4 25 (9.579%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.747%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.831%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (2.682%) CISSP
8 4 (1.533%) CCIE
8 4 (1.533%) MCP
8 4 (1.533%) MCSE
8 4 (1.533%) CISM
8 4 (1.533%) Degree
8 4 (1.533%) JNCIP
8 4 (1.533%) JNCIE
8 4 (1.533%) MCDST
9 3 (1.149%) MCITP
9 3 (1.149%) BC Cleared
9 3 (1.149%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.149%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.49%) SLA
2 7 (2.682%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.766%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.383%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 85 (32.57%) Active Directory
2 47 (18.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.981%) XenApp
4 9 (3.448%) vSphere
4 9 (3.448%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.065%) VMware Workstation
6 7 (2.682%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.682%) ProxySG
6 7 (2.682%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 7 (2.682%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (2.299%) Terminal Services
7 6 (2.299%) VMware ESX
8 4 (1.533%) Postfix
9 3 (1.149%) Terminal Server
10 2 (0.766%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.766%) Snort
11 1 (0.383%) SpamAssassin
11 1 (0.383%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.383%) UAG
11 1 (0.383%) Squid
Systems Management
1 20 (7.663%) SCCM
2 10 (3.831%) SCOM
3 8 (3.065%) NetBackup
4 7 (2.682%) Unicenter
5 5 (1.916%) Norton AntiVirus
6 4 (1.533%) Backup Exec
6 4 (1.533%) WSUS
7 3 (1.149%) Sysprep
8 2 (0.766%) Cisco IPCC
8 2 (0.766%) Nessus
8 2 (0.766%) HP SIM
8 2 (0.766%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.383%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.383%) OVSD
9 1 (0.383%) OpenView
9 1 (0.383%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 109 (41.76%) Cisco
2 77 (29.50%) VMware
3 69 (26.44%) Microsoft
4 58 (22.22%) Juniper
5 50 (19.16%) Citrix
6 42 (16.09%) HP
6 42 (16.09%) CheckPoint
7 23 (8.812%) Dell
8 19 (7.280%) Blue Coat
8 19 (7.280%) F5
8 19 (7.280%) Remedy
9 18 (6.897%) Symantec
10 15 (5.747%) Lotus
11 11 (4.215%) Avaya
11 11 (4.215%) NetApp
11 11 (4.215%) Nokia
12 10 (3.831%) Sophos
13 9 (3.448%) SAP
13 9 (3.448%) Oracle
13 9 (3.448%) CA
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Essential skills: *CCNA *MPLS *ASA Firewalls *Layer 2 Switching *High Speed Routers & Switches Desirable Skills: *CCNP *Knowledge of IP Networking *Experience in Design & Configuration This is a fantastic...
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Posted: 21 May 2013
Network Engineer - CCNA
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Network Analyst - Juniper/Cisco
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Rate: £31000 - 35000 Per Annum bonus & benefits
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Project Manager /Systems Analyst - MPLS Project
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Rate: £300 - £320 per day
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1st Line Service Desk Analyst
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Network Engineer x2 (Routers, VLAN, Switches L2/3, MoD)
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Rate: £40 per hour
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