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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 38 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing VPN 5 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 2.058% 3.077% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.937% 13.95% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,154 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.82% +8.16%
All Communications & Networking
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
63 43 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 25.93% 22.05% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 22 19 8
Average salary £42,500 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.66% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £15,500 £37,800
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
County Antrim

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 26 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 25 (96.15%) Windows
3 23 (88.46%) Internet
3 23 (88.46%) Windows Vista
3 23 (88.46%) PKI
3 23 (88.46%) ADSL
4 18 (69.23%) Cisco
5 12 (46.15%) Danish Language
6 10 (38.46%) Russian Language
6 10 (38.46%) Turkish Language
7 9 (34.62%) Dutch Language
8 6 (23.08%) Hungarian Language
8 6 (23.08%) Polish Language
8 6 (23.08%) Swedish Language
9 2 (7.692%) VLAN
9 2 (7.692%) Firewall
9 2 (7.692%) Wireless
9 2 (7.692%) IPsec
9 2 (7.692%) DNS
9 2 (7.692%) Juniper
9 2 (7.692%) CheckPoint
9 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
9 2 (7.692%) Wireless Security
9 2 (7.692%) F5
10 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
10 1 (3.846%) Citrix
10 1 (3.846%) CISSP
10 1 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
10 1 (3.846%) CCNA

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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.

Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 26 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 23 (88.46%) Internet
2 23 (88.46%) ADSL
3 2 (7.692%) VLAN
3 2 (7.692%) Firewall
3 2 (7.692%) Wireless
3 2 (7.692%) IPsec
3 2 (7.692%) DNS
3 2 (7.692%) Wireless Security
General
1 12 (46.15%) Danish Language
2 10 (38.46%) Russian Language
2 10 (38.46%) Turkish Language
3 9 (34.62%) Dutch Language
4 6 (23.08%) Hungarian Language
4 6 (23.08%) Polish Language
4 6 (23.08%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (88.46%) Technical Support
2 2 (7.692%) Security Engineer
3 1 (3.846%) Desktop Support
3 1 (3.846%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 23 (88.46%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (96.15%) Windows
2 23 (88.46%) Windows Vista
3 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.846%) AIX
3 1 (3.846%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (3.846%) ITIL
1 1 (3.846%) Information Security
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) CISSP
1 1 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (3.846%) CCNA
1 1 (3.846%) CCSA
1 1 (3.846%) JNCIA
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Cisco
2 2 (7.692%) Juniper
2 2 (7.692%) CheckPoint
2 2 (7.692%) F5
3 1 (3.846%) Citrix
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.846%) Blue Coat