VPN Contracts in West Yorkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 17 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 West Yorkshire 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 85 79 63
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -16
Contract jobs citing VPN 6 15 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.473% 0.927% 0.981%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.597% 7.732% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
Average daily rate £300 £165 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -57.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 6
Average hourly rate £12.42 £12.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.50% -56.36%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+25.00% +46.66%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 231 194 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 18.20% 11.99% 7.939%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 98 33
Average daily rate £275 £275 £343
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £202 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £420 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 23 18
Average hourly rate £16.50 £14.50 £23.19
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.79% -37.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £12.00 £11.53
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £115.00 £33.50 £31.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
VPN
Yorkshire

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds -14 5 £300 -
Bradford +3 1 - -
VPN
Yorkshire

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 8 (50.00%) Firewall
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco
2 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
3 6 (37.50%) Windows
4 5 (31.25%) UNIX
4 5 (31.25%) WAN
5 4 (25.00%) Linux
5 4 (25.00%) ITIL
5 4 (25.00%) SSL
5 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
5 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (25.00%) Finance
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle Application Server
6 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (18.75%) Service Management
6 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (18.75%) MPLS
6 3 (18.75%) OSPF
6 3 (18.75%) BGP
6 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
6 3 (18.75%) Solaris
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle 9i
6 3 (18.75%) SQL
6 3 (18.75%) Oracle
6 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
6 3 (18.75%) MS Office

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 3 (18.75%) Oracle Application Server
2 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Office
2 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (31.25%) WAN
3 4 (25.00%) SSL
4 3 (18.75%) MPLS
4 3 (18.75%) OSPF
4 3 (18.75%) BGP
4 3 (18.75%) LAN
5 2 (12.50%) ISDN
5 2 (12.50%) ADSL
5 2 (12.50%) ATM
5 2 (12.50%) Ethernet
5 2 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (12.50%) HSRP
6 1 (6.250%) Wireless
6 1 (6.250%) IPsec
6 1 (6.250%) Network Security
6 1 (6.250%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (6.250%) WAAS
6 1 (6.250%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle 8/8i
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle 9i
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2000
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle 11g
1 3 (18.75%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Network Engineer
1 3 (18.75%) DBA
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle DBA
2 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Tester
3 1 (6.250%) Developer
3 1 (6.250%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Systems Developer
3 1 (6.250%) Network Specialist
3 1 (6.250%) Test Leader
3 1 (6.250%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Customer Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Support Technician
3 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Design Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
2 1 (6.250%) Fat Client
2 1 (6.250%) iPhone
2 1 (6.250%) iPad
2 1 (6.250%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) UNIX
3 4 (25.00%) Linux
4 3 (18.75%) Solaris
5 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
6 1 (6.250%) Apple iOS
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 8
6 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
6 1 (6.250%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (18.75%) Service Management
3 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (6.250%) Information Security
4 1 (6.250%) Incident Management
4 1 (6.250%) Load Balancing
4 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
4 1 (6.250%) Performance Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Load Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Performance Management
4 1 (6.250%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.250%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) VBScript
2 1 (6.250%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.250%) Bash shell
2 1 (6.250%) BeanShell
2 1 (6.250%) C
2 1 (6.250%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (12.50%) CCNP
2 2 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (6.250%) MCSE
3 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (6.250%) CCSA
3 1 (6.250%) CCSE
3 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) VMware ESX
2 1 (6.250%) Xen
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (6.250%) vSphere
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (18.75%) Oracle
3 3 (18.75%) Sun
4 2 (12.50%) Citrix
4 2 (12.50%) VMware
5 1 (6.250%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.250%) Wyse
5 1 (6.250%) Juniper
5 1 (6.250%) Nokia
5 1 (6.250%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.250%) Apple
5 1 (6.250%) HP
5 1 (6.250%) Adobe
3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Windows Server, VMWare
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
3 rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Citrix, Novell, VMWare... You must have most of the following skills: Windows Server (Group Policy, DNS, DHCP), Citrix, Cisco, Backup Software, VMWare, Firewalls,...
Latcom Ltd
Rate: From £200 to £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Network and Secuirty Engineer
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Austin Fraser are currently looking for a Network Security Engineerbased in Leeds for an initial 6 month contract with view to extensions. The role of the Network Security...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Infrastructure Analyst - Contract
Leeds, West Yorkshire
An ideal candidate would have a number of these skills and Microsoft / Cisco certification would be advantageous although not essential: Windows Server 2000 \ 2003 \ 2008 (Group Policy \ DNS \...
Search Consultancy
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 15 May 2013
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