The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 South Wales 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 39 39 40
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Contract jobs citing VPN 2 4 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.610% 0.990% 1.683%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.704% 6.154% 11.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £307 £300
% change year-on-year
-2.12% +2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £14.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.25 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+29.41% +51.78%
All Communications & Networking
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
54 65 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 16.46% 16.09% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 30 41
Average daily rate £313 £298 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.04% -8.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £123 £200 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 7
Average hourly rate £15.25 £15.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.61% +6.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.00 £7.41
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.65 £27.50 £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
VPN
Wales

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales 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
Cardiff +3 1 £350 -
Newport - 1 £650 -
VPN
Wales

VPN
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (60.00%) CESG
2 3 (60.00%) CESG CLAS
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) MS Project
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) SSL
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (20.00%) Integration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) CESG
1 3 (60.00%) CESG CLAS
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Juniper
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft