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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Southampton 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2430
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below6.667 %10.26 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£250
Average daily rate-£275
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£309
% change on same period last year+24.97 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.08£23.16
% change on same period last year-0.37 %
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Southampton
Matching contract IT job ads1539
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.039 %
Daily rates quoted35
Average minimum daily rate£256£284
Average daily rate£295£318
% change on same period last year-7.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.57 %
Hourly rates quoted310
Average minimum hourly rate£18.73£20.07
Average hourly rate£20.36£23.27
% change on same period last year-12.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.00£26.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.44£28.92
% change on same period last year-5.09 %
VPN HampshireVPN
Hampshire

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 Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

15 (83.33 %)CheckPoint
24 (66.67 %)SSL
24 (66.67 %)Juniper
32 (33.33 %)Cisco
32 (33.33 %)Firewall
41 (16.67 %)Network Design
41 (16.67 %)Auditing
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft
41 (16.67 %)CCNP
41 (16.67 %)Citrix
41 (16.67 %)Citrix Certification
41 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
41 (16.67 %)OSPF
41 (16.67 %)McAfee Security
41 (16.67 %)Websense
41 (16.67 %)CISM
41 (16.67 %)UNIX
41 (16.67 %)MS Excel
41 (16.67 %)VoIP

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Excel
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (66.67 %)SSL
22 (33.33 %)Firewall
31 (16.67 %)VoIP
31 (16.67 %)OSPF
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Auditing
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Network Consultant
13 (50.00 %)Consultant
22 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Security Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Design Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Security Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Cisco Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Cisco Network Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Security Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Network Design Engineer
31 (16.67 %)Network Security Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Analyst
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Network Design
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)CCNP
11 (16.67 %)Citrix Certification
11 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
11 (16.67 %)CISM
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)CheckPoint
24 (66.67 %)Juniper
32 (33.33 %)Cisco
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft
41 (16.67 %)Citrix
41 (16.67 %)McAfee Security
41 (16.67 %)Websense