The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Wiltshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 39 36 49
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +13
Contract jobs citing VPN 11 18 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 2.161% 3.103% 0.814%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.10% 13.43% 4.132%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 3
Average daily rate £425 £418 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.79% +8.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-10.76% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Average hourly rate £15.50 £22.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.11% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £17.75 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+49.29% +14.51%
All Communications & Networking
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
84 134 121
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 16.50% 23.10% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 46 48
Average daily rate £425 £388 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £213 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 16
Average hourly rate £35.00 £22.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+55.55% -22.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.40 £22.50 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £41.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
VPN
South West

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Swindon -6 10 £433 +3.59%
Chippenham - - - - 1
VPN
South West

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 22 (88.00%) WAN
2 19 (76.00%) LAN
2 19 (76.00%) Oracle
2 19 (76.00%) SAN
2 19 (76.00%) VMware
2 19 (76.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (76.00%) NAS
3 14 (56.00%) ITIL
3 14 (56.00%) Information Assurance
4 11 (44.00%) Oracle EBS R12
4 11 (44.00%) Oracle 10g
4 11 (44.00%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (40.00%) Oracle Application Server
5 10 (40.00%) Oracle 11i
5 10 (40.00%) Oracle 10gAS
5 10 (40.00%) Oracle RAC
6 9 (36.00%) Oracle BI EE
6 9 (36.00%) Oracle Linux
6 9 (36.00%) Linux
6 9 (36.00%) Middleware
6 9 (36.00%) BPEL
7 8 (32.00%) Configuration Management
8 7 (28.00%) Informatica
8 7 (28.00%) Change Management
8 7 (28.00%) ETL
8 7 (28.00%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (28.00%) PRINCE2
8 7 (28.00%) Release Management
9 6 (24.00%) Finance
10 5 (20.00%) Management Information System

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 9 (36.00%) Middleware
2 4 (16.00%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 10 (40.00%) Oracle Application Server
1 10 (40.00%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 11 (44.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 11 (44.00%) Oracle EBS
2 10 (40.00%) Oracle 11i
3 4 (16.00%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 22 (88.00%) WAN
2 19 (76.00%) LAN
2 19 (76.00%) SAN
2 19 (76.00%) NAS
3 3 (12.00%) IPsec
3 3 (12.00%) Firewall
3 3 (12.00%) IPv6
3 3 (12.00%) MPLS
3 3 (12.00%) OSPF
3 3 (12.00%) BGP
4 2 (8.000%) ATM
4 2 (8.000%) Ethernet
4 2 (8.000%) IPv4
5 1 (4.000%) H.323
5 1 (4.000%) DNS
5 1 (4.000%) DHCP
5 1 (4.000%) Network Security
5 1 (4.000%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (44.00%) Oracle 10g
2 9 (36.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 7 (28.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (8.000%) Oracle 11g
General
1 6 (24.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (68.00%) Team Leader
1 17 (68.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 5 (20.00%) Information Assurance Leader
3 3 (12.00%) Network Designer
3 3 (12.00%) Designer
4 2 (8.000%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Deskside Support
4 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Network Support
5 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Technical Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Oracle Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.000%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.00%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.000%) PDA
4 1 (4.000%) Cryptography
4 1 (4.000%) NHS
4 1 (4.000%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Oracle Linux
1 9 (36.00%) Linux
2 2 (8.000%) Windows Vista
2 2 (8.000%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) ITIL
1 14 (56.00%) Information Assurance
2 9 (36.00%) BPEL
3 8 (32.00%) Configuration Management
4 7 (28.00%) Change Management
4 7 (28.00%) ETL
4 7 (28.00%) PRINCE2
4 7 (28.00%) Release Management
5 4 (16.00%) Transition Management
6 3 (12.00%) ERP
7 2 (8.000%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (8.000%) Service Management
7 2 (8.000%) Data Analysis
8 1 (4.000%) Network Design
8 1 (4.000%) Project Management
8 1 (4.000%) Scrum
8 1 (4.000%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) CCNP
2 3 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (12.00%) JNCIS
3 2 (8.000%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.000%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.000%) CCDP
System Software
1 19 (76.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (40.00%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (8.000%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (76.00%) Oracle
1 19 (76.00%) VMware
2 7 (28.00%) Informatica
3 5 (20.00%) Siebel
3 5 (20.00%) Hyperion
4 4 (16.00%) Cisco
5 3 (12.00%) Juniper
6 2 (8.000%) HP
6 2 (8.000%) Compaq
6 2 (8.000%) Microsoft