The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 80 84 72
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -12
Permanent jobs citing VPN 38 16 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.235% 1.080% 1.414%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.99% 5.479% 7.755%
Number of salaries quoted 31 14 16
Average salary £34,000 £33,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.49% +9.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,800 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £35,000 £31,750
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,154 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.82% +8.16%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
317 292 245
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.65% 19.70% 18.23%
Number of salaries quoted 255 255 222
Average salary £41,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £59,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
West Midlands

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 47 (70.15%) Windows
1 47 (70.15%) Firewall
2 43 (64.18%) Cisco
3 33 (49.25%) Active Directory
4 27 (40.30%) DNS
4 27 (40.30%) Windows Server 2008
5 26 (38.81%) DHCP
6 21 (31.34%) Windows Server 2003
7 19 (28.36%) NetApp
7 19 (28.36%) Microsoft
7 19 (28.36%) IP Telephony
8 18 (26.87%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (26.87%) Time Management
9 17 (25.37%) Banking
9 17 (25.37%) Finance
10 16 (23.88%) Back Office
11 14 (20.90%) CheckPoint
11 14 (20.90%) OSPF
11 14 (20.90%) WAN
12 13 (19.40%) BGP
12 13 (19.40%) Citrix
12 13 (19.40%) Wireless
13 11 (16.42%) SSL
13 11 (16.42%) LAN
14 10 (14.93%) MS Excel
14 10 (14.93%) TCP/IP
14 10 (14.93%) CCNP
14 10 (14.93%) CCNA
14 10 (14.93%) SAN
15 9 (13.43%) ITIL

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 Development
1 7 (10.45%) CSS
2 2 (2.985%) COM
3 1 (1.493%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.463%) Lync
2 3 (4.478%) WorkSite
2 3 (4.478%) MS Exchange
2 3 (4.478%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.985%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (2.985%) Apache
3 2 (2.985%) Tomcat
3 2 (2.985%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (14.93%) MS Excel
2 5 (7.463%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 47 (70.15%) Firewall
2 27 (40.30%) DNS
3 26 (38.81%) DHCP
4 19 (28.36%) IP Telephony
5 14 (20.90%) OSPF
5 14 (20.90%) WAN
6 13 (19.40%) BGP
6 13 (19.40%) Wireless
7 11 (16.42%) SSL
7 11 (16.42%) LAN
8 10 (14.93%) TCP/IP
8 10 (14.93%) SAN
9 9 (13.43%) MPLS
10 8 (11.94%) FWSM
10 8 (11.94%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (10.45%) Network Security
12 6 (8.955%) WLAN
12 6 (8.955%) Cisco PIX
13 5 (7.463%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (7.463%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.985%) SQL Server
General
1 17 (25.37%) Banking
1 17 (25.37%) Finance
2 16 (23.88%) Back Office
3 4 (5.970%) Telecoms
4 3 (4.478%) Financial Institution
4 3 (4.478%) Law
4 3 (4.478%) Legal
5 2 (2.985%) Advertising
6 1 (1.493%) Marketing
6 1 (1.493%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.493%) Cantonese Language
6 1 (1.493%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (46.27%) Network Engineer
2 12 (17.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (13.43%) Support Engineer
4 6 (8.955%) Analyst
4 6 (8.955%) Network Specialist
4 6 (8.955%) Cisco Specialist
4 6 (8.955%) Cisco Network Specialist
5 5 (7.463%) Support Analyst
6 4 (5.970%) Systems Support
6 4 (5.970%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (5.970%) Systems Support Engineer
6 4 (5.970%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 4 (5.970%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.478%) IT Support
7 3 (4.478%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (4.478%) Consultant
8 2 (2.985%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (2.985%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.985%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.463%) Blackberry
2 2 (2.985%) Replication
2 2 (2.985%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.985%) Clustering
2 2 (2.985%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.985%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.493%) Open Source
3 1 (1.493%) iPad
3 1 (1.493%) Xserve
3 1 (1.493%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.493%) iPhone
3 1 (1.493%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 47 (70.15%) Windows
2 27 (40.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (31.34%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (10.45%) Windows XP
5 6 (8.955%) Linux
5 6 (8.955%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.985%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.985%) UNIX
7 1 (1.493%) Windows Phone
7 1 (1.493%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.493%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.493%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.493%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) Time Management
2 9 (13.43%) ITIL
3 6 (8.955%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (7.463%) Network Design
4 5 (7.463%) Service Delivery
5 4 (5.970%) Project Management
6 3 (4.478%) Load Balancing
6 3 (4.478%) Change Management
6 3 (4.478%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (4.478%) PRINCE2
7 2 (2.985%) E-Commerce
7 2 (2.985%) Migration
7 2 (2.985%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (2.985%) Incident Management
7 2 (2.985%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (2.985%) ITIL V3
7 2 (2.985%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.493%) Network Management
8 1 (1.493%) Integration Testing
8 1 (1.493%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.478%) SQL
2 2 (2.985%) Shell Script
2 2 (2.985%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 18 (26.87%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (14.93%) CCNP
2 10 (14.93%) CCNA
3 8 (11.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (10.45%) MCSE
5 6 (8.955%) MCP
6 5 (7.463%) CCIE
6 5 (7.463%) CCA
6 5 (7.463%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (5.970%) Check Point Certification
7 4 (5.970%) CCSE
7 4 (5.970%) CCSA
7 4 (5.970%) Degree
8 3 (4.478%) MCITP
9 2 (2.985%) CCDP
9 2 (2.985%) HP ASE
9 2 (2.985%) HP MASE
10 1 (1.493%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.493%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.493%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (1.493%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (49.25%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.463%) Terminal Services
3 4 (5.970%) VMware ESX
3 4 (5.970%) XenDesktop
4 3 (4.478%) Hyper-V
5 2 (2.985%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.985%) XenServer
6 1 (1.493%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 6 (8.955%) WSUS
1 6 (8.955%) FortiGate
2 2 (2.985%) Backup Exec
2 2 (2.985%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.493%) Cacti
Vendors
1 43 (64.18%) Cisco
2 19 (28.36%) NetApp
2 19 (28.36%) Microsoft
3 14 (20.90%) CheckPoint
4 13 (19.40%) Citrix
5 6 (8.955%) VMware
6 5 (7.463%) Juniper
7 4 (5.970%) Nokia
7 4 (5.970%) Huawei
7 4 (5.970%) Aruba
8 2 (2.985%) Adobe
8 2 (2.985%) HP
8 2 (2.985%) Lotus
8 2 (2.985%) Apple
8 2 (2.985%) CommVault
8 2 (2.985%) Hitachi
8 2 (2.985%) 3Com
8 2 (2.985%) ProCurve
8 2 (2.985%) Brocade
8 2 (2.985%) Trapeze
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