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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank10683
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching permanent IT job ads3628
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.012 %
As % of the category below5.210 %6.651 %
Salaries quoted2922
Average minimum salary£31,034£30,182
Average salary£34,690£31,989
% change on same period last year+8.44 %
Average maximum salary£38,345£33,795
UK excluding London average salary£35,673£36,997
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Communications & Networking BristolCommunications & Networking
Bristol
Matching permanent IT job ads691421
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.339 %0.186 %
Salaries quoted645266
Average minimum salary£31,894£30,693
Average salary£34,804£33,944
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Average maximum salary£37,713£37,196
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
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VPN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing VPN across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Salary Trend

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

Bristol VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Bristol region over the past 3 months.

Bristol VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Bristol region citing VPN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VPN.

131 (53.45 %)Windows
224 (41.38 %)Active Directory
323 (39.66 %)Firewall
323 (39.66 %)LAN
421 (36.21 %)WAN
421 (36.21 %)TCP/IP
520 (34.48 %)SQL Server
618 (31.03 %)Microsoft
715 (25.86 %)SQL Server 2000
715 (25.86 %)MS Exchange
715 (25.86 %)Network Security
814 (24.14 %)CheckPoint
913 (22.41 %)Windows Server 2003
913 (22.41 %)Windows 2000
1012 (20.69 %)IPsec
1012 (20.69 %)SharePoint
1012 (20.69 %)ADSL
1012 (20.69 %)IIS
1012 (20.69 %)SSL
1111 (18.97 %)MySQL
1111 (18.97 %)Apache
1111 (18.97 %)SQL Server 2005
1111 (18.97 %)Exchange Server 2000
1210 (17.24 %)PHP
1210 (17.24 %)SQL
1210 (17.24 %)Cisco
139 (15.52 %)DNS
139 (15.52 %)DHCP
139 (15.52 %)MS Office
139 (15.52 %)Linux

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Bristol region citing VPN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VPN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
15 (8.621 %)CSS
15 (8.621 %)XML
Application Platforms
115 (25.86 %)MS Exchange
212 (20.69 %)IIS
212 (20.69 %)SharePoint
311 (18.97 %)Apache
311 (18.97 %)Exchange Server 2000
48 (13.79 %)Exchange Server 2003
48 (13.79 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
57 (12.07 %)SharePoint Server 2007
57 (12.07 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (1.724 %)Lotus Notes
61 (1.724 %)Lotus Domino
Applications
19 (15.52 %)MS Office
21 (1.724 %)AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
123 (39.66 %)LAN
123 (39.66 %)Firewall
221 (36.21 %)WAN
221 (36.21 %)TCP/IP
315 (25.86 %)Network Security
412 (20.69 %)IPsec
412 (20.69 %)SSL
412 (20.69 %)ADSL
59 (15.52 %)DHCP
59 (15.52 %)DNS
68 (13.79 %)SSH
68 (13.79 %)WLAN
68 (13.79 %)PSTN
68 (13.79 %)3G
68 (13.79 %)WINS
77 (12.07 %)Cisco PIX
86 (10.34 %)VoIP
94 (6.897 %)SAN
103 (5.172 %)SMTP
103 (5.172 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
120 (34.48 %)SQL Server
215 (25.86 %)SQL Server 2000
311 (18.97 %)SQL Server 2005
311 (18.97 %)MySQL
47 (12.07 %)SQL Server 7
51 (1.724 %)RDBMS
General
18 (13.79 %)Finance
18 (13.79 %)Construction
23 (5.172 %)Back Office
32 (3.448 %)Health
32 (3.448 %)Pensions
41 (1.724 %)Telecoms
Job Titles
124 (41.38 %)Analyst
213 (22.41 %)Support Analyst
213 (22.41 %)Network Analyst
310 (17.24 %)Network Support
310 (17.24 %)IT Manager
49 (15.52 %)Network Support Analyst
58 (13.79 %)Security Analyst
67 (12.07 %)Administrator
67 (12.07 %)Systems Administrator
74 (6.897 %)Desktop Support
83 (5.172 %)Support Engineer
83 (5.172 %)Network Engineer
83 (5.172 %)Audit Manager
83 (5.172 %)AIX Administrator
83 (5.172 %)IT Audit Manager
83 (5.172 %)Network Security Analyst
92 (3.448 %)Desktop Analyst
92 (3.448 %)Network Designer
92 (3.448 %)Service Analyst
92 (3.448 %)2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
18 (13.79 %)Blackberry
21 (1.724 %)Management Information System
21 (1.724 %)Client/Server
Operating Systems
131 (53.45 %)Windows
213 (22.41 %)Windows 2000
213 (22.41 %)Windows Server 2003
39 (15.52 %)Linux
45 (8.621 %)Unix
54 (6.897 %)Windows XP
63 (5.172 %)Ubuntu
63 (5.172 %)AIX
63 (5.172 %)SUSE
71 (1.724 %)Debian
71 (1.724 %)Windows NT
71 (1.724 %)Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
16 (10.34 %)Disaster Recovery
16 (10.34 %)Load Balancing
25 (8.621 %)Investment Management
25 (8.621 %)Web Design
32 (3.448 %)Network Design
32 (3.448 %)Penetration Testing
41 (1.724 %)Data Analysis
41 (1.724 %)Problem Management
41 (1.724 %)Information Security
41 (1.724 %)Content Management
41 (1.724 %)Identity Management
41 (1.724 %)ITIL
41 (1.724 %)CAD
41 (1.724 %)Service Management
41 (1.724 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
110 (17.24 %)PHP
110 (17.24 %)SQL
27 (12.07 %)C
35 (8.621 %)Transact-SQL
43 (5.172 %)PHP5
52 (3.448 %)PHP4
61 (1.724 %)Perl
61 (1.724 %)VB
Qualifications
16 (10.34 %)Cisco Certification
24 (6.897 %)CCNP
24 (6.897 %)CCNA
32 (3.448 %)CCSP
41 (1.724 %)MCSE
41 (1.724 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (1.724 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
13 (5.172 %)SLA
System Software
124 (41.38 %)Active Directory
23 (5.172 %)NFS
32 (3.448 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
13 (5.172 %)Tivoli
13 (5.172 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
118 (31.03 %)Microsoft
214 (24.14 %)CheckPoint
310 (17.24 %)Cisco
48 (13.79 %)Juniper
48 (13.79 %)Symantec
56 (10.34 %)Red Hat
65 (8.621 %)HP
74 (6.897 %)Oracle
83 (5.172 %)Brocade
83 (5.172 %)Citrix
83 (5.172 %)IBM
92 (3.448 %)Sun
101 (1.724 %)Lotus
101 (1.724 %)VMware
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