The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 64 68 85
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +17
Contract jobs citing VPN 16 27 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.388% 1.676% 0.980%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.466% 10.27% 5.980%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 9
Average daily rate £279 £168 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+66.41% -44.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £116 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £406 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £307 £300
% change year-on-year
-2.12% +2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +167.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £21.25 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+29.41% +51.78%
All Communications & Networking
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
189 263 301
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 16.39% 16.33% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 114 148
Average daily rate £331 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.51% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 20
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +129.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.10 £13.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.95 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
VPN
South East

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Staines +9 7 £500 -
Reigate +9 2 - -
Redhill +3 2 - -
Dorking - 2 - -
Horley - 2 - -
Chertsey - 1 £95 -
VPN
South East

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 26 (72.22%) Windows
2 18 (50.00%) Cisco
2 18 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 17 (47.22%) Firewall
4 15 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 14 (38.89%) MS Exchange
6 13 (36.11%) DHCP
6 13 (36.11%) ITIL
6 13 (36.11%) MS Office
6 13 (36.11%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
8 11 (30.56%) DNS
8 11 (30.56%) Windows XP
8 11 (30.56%) CheckPoint
8 11 (30.56%) Exchange Server 2003
9 10 (27.78%) Windows 7
10 9 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
10 9 (25.00%) TCP/IP
11 8 (22.22%) FTP
11 8 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
12 7 (19.44%) VMware
12 7 (19.44%) Windows Vista
12 7 (19.44%) Blue Coat
12 7 (19.44%) WAN
12 7 (19.44%) LAN
12 7 (19.44%) HP
12 7 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (16.67%) CCNA
13 6 (16.67%) Nokia
13 6 (16.67%) Oracle

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 3 (8.333%) CSS
2 1 (2.778%) .NET
2 1 (2.778%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 14 (38.89%) MS Exchange
2 11 (30.56%) Exchange Server 2003
3 9 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 8 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (8.333%) SharePoint
5 3 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (2.778%) Lync
6 1 (2.778%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (36.11%) MS Office
2 5 (13.89%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.778%) Office 365
3 1 (2.778%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (2.778%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 17 (47.22%) Firewall
2 13 (36.11%) DHCP
3 11 (30.56%) DNS
4 9 (25.00%) TCP/IP
5 8 (22.22%) FTP
6 7 (19.44%) WAN
6 7 (19.44%) LAN
7 5 (13.89%) SSH
7 5 (13.89%) SSL
8 3 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (8.333%) IPsec
9 2 (5.556%) NetScreen
9 2 (5.556%) SAN
9 2 (5.556%) VoIP
9 2 (5.556%) Junos
10 1 (2.778%) Network Security
10 1 (2.778%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (2.778%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (2.778%) MPLS
10 1 (2.778%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.333%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (13.89%) Finance
2 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.333%) Advertising
3 3 (8.333%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Applications Support Analyst
3 5 (13.89%) Applications Support
4 4 (11.11%) Consultant
4 4 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (11.11%) Server Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (8.333%) Desktop Support
5 3 (8.333%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (8.333%) Support Manager
5 3 (8.333%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) Server Support Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (8.333%) Firewall Consultant
5 3 (8.333%) Server Support
6 2 (5.556%) Infrastructure Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.333%) EFT
2 2 (5.556%) PKI
3 1 (2.778%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 26 (72.22%) Windows
2 15 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (36.11%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (30.56%) Windows XP
5 10 (27.78%) Windows 7
6 7 (19.44%) Windows Vista
7 5 (13.89%) UNIX
8 4 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
9 3 (8.333%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (8.333%) Mac OS
9 3 (8.333%) Mac OS X
10 2 (5.556%) AIX
10 2 (5.556%) Linux
11 1 (2.778%) Windows 8
11 1 (2.778%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) ITIL
2 6 (16.67%) Migration
3 3 (8.333%) Network Architecture
3 3 (8.333%) Load Balancing
3 3 (8.333%) ITSM
3 3 (8.333%) Change Management
3 3 (8.333%) Project Management
4 2 (5.556%) PRINCE2
4 2 (5.556%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.778%) Service Management
5 1 (2.778%) Validation
5 1 (2.778%) Release Management
5 1 (2.778%) ERP
5 1 (2.778%) CRM
5 1 (2.778%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.67%) SQL
1 6 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.556%) VBScript
2 2 (5.556%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (16.67%) CCNA
3 3 (8.333%) MCITP
3 3 (8.333%) MCSE
3 3 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.556%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.778%) VCP5
5 1 (2.778%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (2.778%) MCDST
5 1 (2.778%) MCTS
5 1 (2.778%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.778%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) SLA
2 2 (5.556%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.11%) XenApp
3 3 (8.333%) vSphere
3 3 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.333%) ProxySG
4 1 (2.778%) UAG
4 1 (2.778%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.778%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (2.778%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) SCCM
2 3 (8.333%) Sysprep
3 1 (2.778%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (50.00%) Cisco
2 12 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 11 (30.56%) CheckPoint
4 7 (19.44%) VMware
4 7 (19.44%) Blue Coat
4 7 (19.44%) HP
5 6 (16.67%) Nokia
5 6 (16.67%) Oracle
6 5 (13.89%) Dell
6 5 (13.89%) Citrix
6 5 (13.89%) Symantec
7 4 (11.11%) Apple
7 4 (11.11%) Juniper
7 4 (11.11%) 3Com
8 3 (8.333%) F5
8 3 (8.333%) TippingPoint
8 3 (8.333%) Crossbeam
8 3 (8.333%) Adobe
8 3 (8.333%) McAfee
9 1 (2.778%) NETGEAR