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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Surrey 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7869
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads1649
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.049 %
As % of the category below6.324 %11.95 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£300£255
Average daily rate£313£260
% change on same period last year+20.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£265
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£300
% change on same period last year+28.71 %
Hourly rates quoted47
Average minimum hourly rate£21.75£16.57
Average hourly rate£24.00£17.00
% change on same period last year+41.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.25£17.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.59£23.25
% change on same period last year+1.48 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads253410
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.353 %0.412 %
Daily rates quoted35111
Average minimum daily rate£326£324
Average daily rate£348£334
% change on same period last year+4.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£336
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
Hourly rates quoted5981
Average minimum hourly rate£23.08£24.31
Average hourly rate£24.53£25.30
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.98£26.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.35£28.52
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
VPN South EastVPN
South East

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey VPN Hourly Rate Trend

VPN
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VPN across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 6 October 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
GuildfordNew entry-5£313-
DorkingNew entry-1--
Sunbury-on-ThamesDown-81--
VPN South EastVPN
South East

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

116 (59.26 %)Firewall
211 (40.74 %)Cisco
310 (37.04 %)Windows
49 (33.33 %)LAN
49 (33.33 %)Active Directory
58 (29.63 %)TCP/IP
58 (29.63 %)Microsoft
66 (22.22 %)MS Exchange
66 (22.22 %)Citrix
66 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
66 (22.22 %)IPsec
75 (18.52 %)Wireless
75 (18.52 %)Microsoft Certification
75 (18.52 %)CheckPoint
75 (18.52 %)MS Office
84 (14.81 %)WLAN
84 (14.81 %)SSL
84 (14.81 %)SLA
84 (14.81 %)Juniper
84 (14.81 %)Windows Server 2003
84 (14.81 %)CCNA
84 (14.81 %)VLAN
84 (14.81 %)Network Security
93 (11.11 %)NetScreen
93 (11.11 %)Cisco PIX
93 (11.11 %)Cisco ASA
93 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
93 (11.11 %)Intrusion Detection
93 (11.11 %)CCNP
93 (11.11 %)Nortel

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (22.22 %)MS Exchange
22 (7.407 %)Exchange Server 2000
22 (7.407 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (7.407 %)IIS
31 (3.704 %)Lotus Notes
31 (3.704 %)Apache
31 (3.704 %)Tomcat
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (18.52 %)MS Office
21 (3.704 %)MS Excel
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.704 %)Line 50
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (59.26 %)Firewall
29 (33.33 %)LAN
38 (29.63 %)TCP/IP
46 (22.22 %)IPsec
55 (18.52 %)Wireless
64 (14.81 %)VLAN
64 (14.81 %)Network Security
64 (14.81 %)WLAN
64 (14.81 %)SSL
73 (11.11 %)SAN
73 (11.11 %)Internet
73 (11.11 %)WAN
73 (11.11 %)DNS
73 (11.11 %)Cisco PIX
73 (11.11 %)Intrusion Detection
73 (11.11 %)NetScreen
73 (11.11 %)Cisco ASA
82 (7.407 %)VoIP
82 (7.407 %)MPLS
82 (7.407 %)DSL
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (11.11 %)SQL Server
21 (3.704 %)SQL Server 2000
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (3.704 %)Telecoms
11 (3.704 %)Education
11 (3.704 %)Government
11 (3.704 %)Retail
11 (3.704 %)Auditing
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (22.22 %)Network Engineer
16 (22.22 %)Support Engineer
25 (18.52 %)Analyst
34 (14.81 %)3rd Line Support
34 (14.81 %)Helpdesk Support
34 (14.81 %)Network Support
43 (11.11 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
43 (11.11 %)Cisco Engineer
43 (11.11 %)Administrator
52 (7.407 %)Network Support Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Network Security Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Support Analyst
52 (7.407 %)Desktop Support
52 (7.407 %)Network Administrator
52 (7.407 %)Cisco Network Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Security Engineer
61 (3.704 %)Helpdesk Engineer
61 (3.704 %)Security Administrator
61 (3.704 %)NOC Engineer
61 (3.704 %)Cisco Support
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (11.11 %)Firmware
22 (7.407 %)Dutch Language
31 (3.704 %)Video Conferencing
31 (3.704 %)Blackberry
31 (3.704 %)Clustering
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (37.04 %)Windows
24 (14.81 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (7.407 %)Windows Vista
42 (7.407 %)Windows XP
42 (7.407 %)Mac OS X
42 (7.407 %)Windows 2000
51 (3.704 %)Windows NT
51 (3.704 %)Linux
51 (3.704 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (3.704 %)UNIX
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (7.407 %)Business Intelligence
12 (7.407 %)Change Management
21 (3.704 %)Data Security
21 (3.704 %)Asset Management
21 (3.704 %)SC Cleared
21 (3.704 %)Security Cleared
21 (3.704 %)ITIL
21 (3.704 %)CRM
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (7.407 %)SQL
21 (3.704 %)Shell Script
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (22.22 %)Cisco Certification
25 (18.52 %)Microsoft Certification
34 (14.81 %)CCNA
43 (11.11 %)CCNP
43 (11.11 %)MCP
43 (11.11 %)MCSE
52 (7.407 %)CCIE
61 (3.704 %)CCSA
61 (3.704 %)Degree
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (14.81 %)SLA
21 (3.704 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (33.33 %)Active Directory
22 (7.407 %)Terminal Services
22 (7.407 %)ISA Server
31 (3.704 %)Samba
31 (3.704 %)VMware ESX
31 (3.704 %)NetBackup
31 (3.704 %)Xen
31 (3.704 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (3.704 %)Terminal Server
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (11.11 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (3.704 %)ARCserve
21 (3.704 %)MAILsweeper
21 (3.704 %)DameWare
21 (3.704 %)MOM
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (40.74 %)Cisco
28 (29.63 %)Microsoft
36 (22.22 %)Citrix
45 (18.52 %)CheckPoint
54 (14.81 %)Juniper
63 (11.11 %)Nokia
63 (11.11 %)Nortel
72 (7.407 %)Remedy
72 (7.407 %)VMware
72 (7.407 %)Avaya
72 (7.407 %)HP
72 (7.407 %)Intel
81 (3.704 %)Oracle
81 (3.704 %)Compaq
81 (3.704 %)Dell
81 (3.704 %)Adobe
81 (3.704 %)Sun
81 (3.704 %)NetApp
81 (3.704 %)VERITAS
81 (3.704 %)Lotus