The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 34 45 37
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -8
Permanent jobs citing VPN 15 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 4.373% 1.312% 0.955%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.00% 6.329% 5.455%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 3
Average salary £42,500 £36,000 £64,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.05% -43.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £20,800 £62,800
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £51,200 £64,800
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+4.28% +9.37%
All Communications & Networking
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
60 79 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 17.49% 20.73% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 46 60 48
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,250 £22,200 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £64,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
Scotland

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen VPN Jobs Demand Trend

VPN
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VPN across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Aberdeen VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VPN.

1 19 (82.61%) WAN
2 18 (78.26%) Cisco
2 18 (78.26%) Wireless
3 16 (69.57%) Firewall
3 16 (69.57%) CCNP
3 16 (69.57%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (47.83%) LAN
5 10 (43.48%) CCNA
5 10 (43.48%) Riverbed
6 9 (39.13%) Network Security
6 9 (39.13%) CCDA
6 9 (39.13%) ITIL
7 7 (30.43%) Windows
7 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
7 7 (30.43%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (26.09%) FWSM
8 6 (26.09%) CCIE
8 6 (26.09%) CCSP
8 6 (26.09%) CCDP
8 6 (26.09%) CCIP
8 6 (26.09%) TCP/IP
8 6 (26.09%) MPLS
8 6 (26.09%) OSPF
8 6 (26.09%) BGP
8 6 (26.09%) EIGRP
8 6 (26.09%) CCVP
8 6 (26.09%) Network Design
9 5 (21.74%) MS Office
10 4 (17.39%) VoIP
10 4 (17.39%) Active Directory

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VPN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (8.696%) IIS
2 1 (4.348%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (21.74%) MS Office
2 2 (8.696%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (4.348%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (82.61%) WAN
2 18 (78.26%) Wireless
3 16 (69.57%) Firewall
4 11 (47.83%) LAN
5 9 (39.13%) Network Security
6 7 (30.43%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (26.09%) FWSM
7 6 (26.09%) TCP/IP
7 6 (26.09%) MPLS
7 6 (26.09%) OSPF
7 6 (26.09%) BGP
7 6 (26.09%) EIGRP
8 4 (17.39%) VoIP
9 2 (8.696%) ICMP
9 2 (8.696%) Intranet
9 2 (8.696%) FTP
9 2 (8.696%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (8.696%) NAS
10 1 (4.348%) DNS
10 1 (4.348%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
1 2 (8.696%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Network Engineer
2 9 (39.13%) Support Engineer
3 8 (34.78%) Network Support Engineer
3 8 (34.78%) Network Support
4 6 (26.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 6 (26.09%) Cisco Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Cisco Support Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Cisco Network Consultant
5 3 (13.04%) Network Consultant
5 3 (13.04%) Consultant
5 3 (13.04%) Cisco Support
5 3 (13.04%) Cisco Consultant
6 2 (8.696%) Network Manager
6 2 (8.696%) ICT Technician
7 1 (4.348%) IT Support
7 1 (4.348%) ICT Support Technician
7 1 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
7 1 (4.348%) Junior
7 1 (4.348%) Support Technician
7 1 (4.348%) Deskside Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.348%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 7 (30.43%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows 7
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.348%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) ITIL
2 6 (26.09%) Network Design
3 4 (17.39%) Project Management
4 1 (4.348%) Business Transformation
4 1 (4.348%) Software Deployment
4 1 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (4.348%) Logistics
4 1 (4.348%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (69.57%) CCNP
1 16 (69.57%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (43.48%) CCNA
3 9 (39.13%) CCDA
4 6 (26.09%) CCIE
4 6 (26.09%) CCSP
4 6 (26.09%) CCDP
4 6 (26.09%) CCIP
4 6 (26.09%) CCVP
5 3 (13.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) vSphere
2 3 (13.04%) VMware ESXi
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (8.696%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Backup Exec
2 2 (8.696%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Cisco
2 10 (43.48%) Riverbed
3 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
4 3 (13.04%) Symantec
4 3 (13.04%) VMware
5 2 (8.696%) Aruba
5 2 (8.696%) Twitter
6 1 (4.348%) F5
6 1 (4.348%) Sage
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Active Directory account creation on Windows Server 2008 and New Start Process. - Avaya VoIP telephony configuration... - Trouble shooting connectivity issues including Citrix and VPN. - Mailbox/Contacts creation/administration...
ADIL
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Posted: 11 June 2013