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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills across the UK 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 last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank169129
Rank change on same period last yearDown-40
Matching contract IT job ads7171033
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.901 %1.161 %
As % of the category below6.992 %8.201 %
Daily rates quoted192229
Average minimum daily rate£320£321
Average daily rate£340£337
% change on same period last year+0.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£296
% change on same period last year+10.19 %
Hourly rates quoted141166
Average minimum hourly rate£21.16£22.99
Average hourly rate£22.63£24.46
% change on same period last year-7.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.10£25.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.28£24.24
% change on same period last year-12.20 %
Communications & Networking UKCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1025412596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.88 %14.15 %
Daily rates quoted28042892
Average minimum daily rate£337£341
Average daily rate£357£360
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£334
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted13421504
Average minimum hourly rate£24.74£25.41
Average hourly rate£26.71£26.96
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.68£28.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.71£27.55
% change on same period last year-3.01 %

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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing VPN across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing VPN across the UK.

VPN Daily Rate Trend

VPN
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VPN across the UK over the past 3 months.

VPN Daily Rate Histogram

VPN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing VPN across the UK.

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 UK over the past 3 months.

VPN Hourly Rate Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandDown-43675£341+0.81 %
2LondonDown-17297£356-3.73 %
3South EastDown-10142£316-6.94 %
4City of LondonDown-1884£378+4.89 %
5East of EnglandDown-478£349+33.91 %
6West MidlandsDown-739£284+5.16 %
7HampshireUp+2138£398+15.16 %
8South WestUp+2136£329+61.75 %
9BerkshireDown-334£356+4.13 %
10North WestDown-2930£409+319.65 %
10ScotlandDown-3030£275-19.70 %
11HertfordshireDown-829£366-3.58 %
12SurreyDown-2422£325-4.35 %
12Docklands, LondonUp+222£342-13.54 %
12West YorkshireDown-1622£250-24.99 %
12YorkshireDown-2622£250-24.99 %
13LeedsDown-917£234-29.79 %
14BirminghamDown-516--
14ManchesterDown-1516£440+363.15 %
14BedfordshireUp+1616--
15EssexDown-215£311-
16MiddlesexUp+413£403+34.44 %
17CambridgeshireDown-3112--
18East MidlandsDown-3311£500+190.90 %
18North EastUp+1111£331+230.83 %
18PeterboroughDown-1711--
18GlasgowUp+911£250-54.54 %
18EdinburghUp+311--
19BasingstokeUp+2410£341-
19ReadingDown-710£394+75.00 %

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing VPN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VPN.

1720 (48.26 %)Cisco
2694 (46.51 %)Firewall
3574 (38.47 %)Windows
4450 (30.16 %)LAN
5439 (29.42 %)WAN
6419 (28.08 %)Cisco Certification
7368 (24.66 %)Active Directory
8355 (23.79 %)TCP/IP
9292 (19.57 %)Microsoft
10280 (18.77 %)CCNP
11277 (18.57 %)CheckPoint
12213 (14.28 %)DNS
13204 (13.67 %)VoIP
14200 (13.40 %)MS Exchange
15198 (13.27 %)CCNA
16187 (12.53 %)Finance
17185 (12.40 %)MPLS
18184 (12.33 %)Windows XP
19178 (11.93 %)Unix
20175 (11.73 %)MS Office
21174 (11.66 %)Exchange Server 2003
22161 (10.79 %)SSL
23160 (10.72 %)Juniper
24154 (10.32 %)Internet
24154 (10.32 %)OSPF
24154 (10.32 %)Windows 2000
25153 (10.25 %)HP
26148 (9.920 %)Cisco PIX
27143 (9.584 %)BGP
28140 (9.383 %)Microsoft Certification

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing VPN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VPN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
19 (0.603 %).NET
19 (0.603 %)Middleware
27 (0.469 %)XML
35 (0.335 %)SOAP
44 (0.268 %)CSS
53 (0.201 %).NET Framework
53 (0.201 %)Software Packaging
53 (0.201 %)WebServices
53 (0.201 %)ASP
62 (0.134 %)WebSphere
71 (0.067 %)Application Packaging
71 (0.067 %)FIX Protocol
71 (0.067 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.067 %)MAPI
71 (0.067 %)Spring
Application Platforms
1200 (13.40 %)MS Exchange
2174 (11.66 %)Exchange Server 2003
399 (6.635 %)Exchange Server 2000
462 (4.155 %)Lotus Notes
547 (3.150 %)IIS
627 (1.810 %)Exchange Server 5.5
724 (1.609 %)Exchange Server 2007
810 (0.670 %)SharePoint
98 (0.536 %)Apache
98 (0.536 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
106 (0.402 %)CMS
114 (0.268 %)GroupWise
122 (0.134 %)Lotus Domino
131 (0.067 %)WebLogic
131 (0.067 %)Documentum
131 (0.067 %)BizTalk Server
131 (0.067 %)iPlanet
131 (0.067 %)SharePoint Server 2007
131 (0.067 %)IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1175 (11.73 %)MS Office
2133 (8.914 %)MS Excel
312 (0.804 %)MS PowerPoint
411 (0.737 %)MS Visio
59 (0.603 %)MS Project
64 (0.268 %)CATIA
71 (0.067 %)TeamPlay
71 (0.067 %)S-PLUS
Business Applications
18 (0.536 %)RMDS
25 (0.335 %)SAP HR
34 (0.268 %)SAP R/3
34 (0.268 %)SAP Payroll
43 (0.201 %)SAP CRM
43 (0.201 %)Line 50
52 (0.134 %)BPCS
52 (0.134 %)Oracle EBS
52 (0.134 %)SoftGrid
61 (0.067 %)assyst
61 (0.067 %)Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1694 (46.51 %)Firewall
2450 (30.16 %)LAN
3439 (29.42 %)WAN
4355 (23.79 %)TCP/IP
5213 (14.28 %)DNS
6204 (13.67 %)VoIP
7185 (12.40 %)MPLS
8161 (10.79 %)SSL
9154 (10.32 %)OSPF
9154 (10.32 %)Internet
10148 (9.920 %)Cisco PIX
11143 (9.584 %)BGP
12129 (8.646 %)Network Security
13107 (7.172 %)DHCP
1498 (6.568 %)Wireless
1591 (6.099 %)VLAN
1669 (4.625 %)Broadband
1765 (4.357 %)Ethernet
1765 (4.357 %)IPsec
1856 (3.753 %)Frame Relay
Database & Business Intelligence
158 (3.887 %)SQL Server
215 (1.005 %)SQL Server 2000
312 (0.804 %)SQL Server 7
410 (0.670 %)SQL Server 2005
59 (0.603 %)Oracle 10g
68 (0.536 %)MySQL
72 (0.134 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.067 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.067 %)MS Access
81 (0.067 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
12 (0.134 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (0.134 %)MSI
21 (0.067 %)LoadRunner
General
1187 (12.53 %)Finance
2103 (6.903 %)Telecoms
396 (6.434 %)Government
491 (6.099 %)Banking
543 (2.882 %)Investment Banking
621 (1.408 %)Financial Institution
720 (1.340 %)Health
815 (1.005 %)Publishing
914 (0.938 %)Legal
914 (0.938 %)Back Office
1011 (0.737 %)Law
1011 (0.737 %)Insurance
1011 (0.737 %)Games
1110 (0.670 %)Retail
1110 (0.670 %)Education
128 (0.536 %)Multimedia
137 (0.469 %)Local Government
137 (0.469 %)Front Office
137 (0.469 %)Pharmaceutical
146 (0.402 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
1317 (21.25 %)Analyst
2308 (20.64 %)Network Engineer
3164 (10.99 %)Support Analyst
4161 (10.79 %)Support Engineer
5126 (8.445 %)Network Support
6122 (8.177 %)Cisco Engineer
7104 (6.971 %)Consultant
899 (6.635 %)Desktop Support
986 (5.764 %)Cisco Network Engineer
1082 (5.496 %)Network Analyst
1161 (4.088 %)Security Engineer
1257 (3.820 %)2nd Line Support
1355 (3.686 %)Network Consultant
1454 (3.619 %)Administrator
1547 (3.150 %)Network Support Engineer
1646 (3.083 %)Desktop Analyst
1744 (2.949 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1843 (2.882 %)Service Analyst
1942 (2.815 %)Service Desk Analyst
1942 (2.815 %)Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1112 (7.507 %)Blackberry
247 (3.150 %)PKI
337 (2.480 %)SecurID
431 (2.078 %)PDA
527 (1.810 %)Clustering
618 (1.206 %)AS400
717 (1.139 %)NHS
717 (1.139 %)Video Conferencing
813 (0.871 %)Thin Client
813 (0.871 %)Fat Client
911 (0.737 %)Derivative
1010 (0.670 %)Smartcard
119 (0.603 %)Management Information System
119 (0.603 %)Replication
119 (0.603 %)Asset Management
128 (0.536 %)Computer Science
128 (0.536 %)Mainframe
136 (0.402 %)CESG
145 (0.335 %)IVR
145 (0.335 %)CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1574 (38.47 %)Windows
2184 (12.33 %)Windows XP
3178 (11.93 %)Unix
4154 (10.32 %)Windows 2000
5125 (8.378 %)Linux
6108 (7.239 %)Windows Server 2003
7103 (6.903 %)Windows NT
863 (4.223 %)Solaris
915 (1.005 %)Windows Mobile
1012 (0.804 %)Mac OS X
1111 (0.737 %)NetWare
125 (0.335 %)MVS
125 (0.335 %)Debian
125 (0.335 %)AIX
125 (0.335 %)HPUX
133 (0.201 %)Gentoo
133 (0.201 %)SUSE
142 (0.134 %)OS/400
151 (0.067 %)VMS
151 (0.067 %)Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1121 (8.110 %)ITIL
294 (6.300 %)Network Design
369 (4.625 %)Project Management
451 (3.418 %)Service Delivery
451 (3.418 %)Load Balancing
546 (3.083 %)Migration
645 (3.016 %)PRINCE2
735 (2.346 %)Disaster Recovery
823 (1.542 %)Problem Management
921 (1.408 %)Information Security
1017 (1.139 %)Risk Assessment
1017 (1.139 %)Data Security
1115 (1.005 %)Service Management
1115 (1.005 %)Time Management
1214 (0.938 %)Change Management
1312 (0.804 %)CRM
1312 (0.804 %)Incident Management
1410 (0.670 %)Release Management
157 (0.469 %)Software Testing
157 (0.469 %)Validation
Programming Languages
151 (3.418 %)SQL
216 (1.072 %)Perl
314 (0.938 %)C
413 (0.871 %)Shell Script
413 (0.871 %)Java
56 (0.402 %)VB
65 (0.335 %)C++
65 (0.335 %)PHP
74 (0.268 %)VB.NET
82 (0.134 %)VBScript
91 (0.067 %)VC++
91 (0.067 %)JCL
91 (0.067 %)Korn
Qualifications
1419 (28.08 %)Cisco Certification
2280 (18.77 %)CCNP
3198 (13.27 %)CCNA
4140 (9.383 %)Microsoft Certification
599 (6.635 %)MCSE
680 (5.362 %)CCIE
773 (4.893 %)Degree
868 (4.558 %)CCDP
952 (3.485 %)CCIP
1042 (2.815 %)MCP
1140 (2.681 %)CISSP
1237 (2.480 %)CCSA
1324 (1.609 %)CCDA
1418 (1.206 %)CCSP
1517 (1.139 %)MCSA
1517 (1.139 %)CCSE
1616 (1.072 %)CISM
1715 (1.005 %)CISA
1811 (0.737 %)CCVP
1811 (0.737 %)JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
134 (2.279 %)SLA
28 (0.536 %)ISO27001
36 (0.402 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
45 (0.335 %)BS7799
54 (0.268 %)ISO17799
54 (0.268 %)QA
62 (0.134 %)CESG Infosec
62 (0.134 %)ISO/IEC 20000
62 (0.134 %)PCI DSS
System Software
1368 (24.66 %)Active Directory
246 (3.083 %)Backup Exec
330 (2.011 %)Terminal Services
429 (1.944 %)ISA Server
519 (1.273 %)MetaFrame
519 (1.273 %)VMware ESX
617 (1.139 %)Citrix Presentation Server
715 (1.005 %)Terminal Server
811 (0.737 %)NetBackup
811 (0.737 %)Squid
96 (0.402 %)VMware GSX
104 (0.268 %)NFS
104 (0.268 %)VMware Workstation
112 (0.134 %)Oracle RMAN
112 (0.134 %)Snort
112 (0.134 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
121 (0.067 %)Novell eDirectory
121 (0.067 %)VMware Server
121 (0.067 %)Xen
121 (0.067 %)MailMarshal
Systems Management
164 (4.290 %)OpenView
249 (3.284 %)CiscoWorks
343 (2.882 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
418 (1.206 %)MAILsweeper
516 (1.072 %)BMC PATROL
613 (0.871 %)DameWare
613 (0.871 %)Norton AntiVirus
712 (0.804 %)MOM
88 (0.536 %)Tivoli
97 (0.469 %)ZENworks
97 (0.469 %)WSUS
106 (0.402 %)SCCM
106 (0.402 %)SCOM
115 (0.335 %)Unicenter
123 (0.201 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
132 (0.134 %)Legato
132 (0.134 %)OVSD
132 (0.134 %)EMC NetWorker
141 (0.067 %)ServiceCenter
141 (0.067 %)NNM
Vendors
1720 (48.26 %)Cisco
2292 (19.57 %)Microsoft
3277 (18.57 %)CheckPoint
4160 (10.72 %)Juniper
5153 (10.25 %)HP
6137 (9.182 %)Citrix
7114 (7.641 %)Nokia
865 (4.357 %)Nortel
962 (4.155 %)Lotus
962 (4.155 %)VMware
1042 (2.815 %)VERITAS
1139 (2.614 %)Dell
1237 (2.480 %)Remedy
1332 (2.145 %)Blue Coat
1430 (2.011 %)Avaya
1529 (1.944 %)IBM
1626 (1.743 %)Symantec
1723 (1.542 %)Sun
1822 (1.475 %)Novell
1822 (1.475 %)Sophos
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