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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 78 68 115
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +47
Permanent jobs citing VPN 45 63 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 2.212% 3.285% 1.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.57% 14.45% 6.452%
Number of salaries quoted 34 46 15
Average salary £38,750 £36,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.89% -3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £20,000 £31,400
10% offered a salary of more than £54,250 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+4.28% +9.37%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
389 436 341
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 19.12% 22.73% 16.61%
Number of salaries quoted 313 364 291
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £52,500 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
South East

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

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

Buckinghamshire VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Buckinghamshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes -14 23 £38,750 +40.90% 3
High Wycombe +9 14 £35,000 +34.61%
Aylesbury +12 3 £40,000 +19.40%
VPN
South East

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 58 (59.79%) Firewall
2 57 (58.76%) Cisco
3 45 (46.39%) WAN
4 40 (41.24%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (38.14%) Windows
6 32 (32.99%) Cisco ASA
7 31 (31.96%) LAN
7 31 (31.96%) MPLS
7 31 (31.96%) BGP
8 30 (30.93%) OSPF
8 30 (30.93%) Network Security
9 26 (26.80%) Wireless
10 25 (25.77%) CCNP
10 25 (25.77%) TCP/IP
11 24 (24.74%) Microsoft
11 24 (24.74%) CCIE
11 24 (24.74%) SQL
11 24 (24.74%) Telecoms
12 22 (22.68%) VoIP
13 21 (21.65%) Network Design
14 19 (19.59%) Active Directory
14 19 (19.59%) IPsec
15 18 (18.56%) CheckPoint
15 18 (18.56%) CCNA
16 17 (17.53%) Finance
17 16 (16.49%) Linux
17 16 (16.49%) Cisco PIX
18 15 (15.46%) Cisco Nexus
18 15 (15.46%) CCSP
18 15 (15.46%) DNS

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 9 (9.278%) SOAP
2 8 (8.247%) CSS
3 5 (5.155%) REST
3 5 (5.155%) Middleware
4 3 (3.093%) XML
5 2 (2.062%) .NET
5 2 (2.062%) soapUI
6 1 (1.031%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (9.278%) MS Exchange
2 7 (7.216%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (6.186%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (3.093%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.031%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 10 (10.31%) MS Office
2 8 (8.247%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.031%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 58 (59.79%) Firewall
2 45 (46.39%) WAN
3 32 (32.99%) Cisco ASA
4 31 (31.96%) LAN
4 31 (31.96%) MPLS
4 31 (31.96%) BGP
5 30 (30.93%) OSPF
5 30 (30.93%) Network Security
6 26 (26.80%) Wireless
7 25 (25.77%) TCP/IP
8 22 (22.68%) VoIP
9 19 (19.59%) IPsec
10 16 (16.49%) Cisco PIX
11 15 (15.46%) Cisco Nexus
11 15 (15.46%) DNS
11 15 (15.46%) EIGRP
12 13 (13.40%) Ethernet
13 12 (12.37%) VLAN
14 11 (11.34%) SNMP
15 10 (10.31%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.124%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.062%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (2.062%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (2.062%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.062%) Visual Studio
1 2 (2.062%) GNU Toolchain
1 2 (2.062%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (24.74%) Telecoms
2 17 (17.53%) Finance
3 9 (9.278%) Banking
4 4 (4.124%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.093%) French Language
6 1 (1.031%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (19.59%) Network Engineer
2 18 (18.56%) Consultant
3 11 (11.34%) Network Architect
3 11 (11.34%) Support Engineer
3 11 (11.34%) Architect
4 10 (10.31%) Analyst
5 6 (6.186%) Network Consultant
5 6 (6.186%) Technical Architect
5 6 (6.186%) Software Engineer
5 6 (6.186%) IT Support
5 6 (6.186%) Senior Architect
5 6 (6.186%) Technical Design Architect
5 6 (6.186%) Network Technical Architect
5 6 (6.186%) Network Design Architect
5 6 (6.186%) Senior Technical Architect
5 6 (6.186%) Senior Network Architect
6 5 (5.155%) Cisco Consultant
6 5 (5.155%) Support Consultant
7 4 (4.124%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (4.124%) Help Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.186%) Computer Science
2 5 (5.155%) Embedded Systems
2 5 (5.155%) Device Driver
3 4 (4.124%) SaaS
4 3 (3.093%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.062%) Firmware
5 2 (2.062%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.062%) Economics
6 1 (1.031%) IVR
6 1 (1.031%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.031%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 37 (38.14%) Windows
2 16 (16.49%) Linux
3 14 (14.43%) Windows 7
4 11 (11.34%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (9.278%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (7.216%) UNIX
7 6 (6.186%) Windows XP
8 5 (5.155%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (5.155%) VxWorks
9 2 (2.062%) Mac OS X
9 2 (2.062%) Windows 8
9 2 (2.062%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (21.65%) Network Design
2 14 (14.43%) ERP
3 12 (12.37%) ITIL
4 9 (9.278%) Load Balancing
5 7 (7.216%) Software Engineering
6 6 (6.186%) Change Control
7 5 (5.155%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (5.155%) CRM
8 4 (4.124%) Service Delivery
8 4 (4.124%) Incident Management
8 4 (4.124%) Knowledge Management
9 3 (3.093%) Project Planning
9 3 (3.093%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (2.062%) PRINCE2
10 2 (2.062%) Migration
10 2 (2.062%) Change Management
10 2 (2.062%) Data Security
10 2 (2.062%) BCP
10 2 (2.062%) Project Management
10 2 (2.062%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 24 (24.74%) SQL
2 10 (10.31%) C
3 7 (7.216%) C++
4 3 (3.093%) C#
5 2 (2.062%) Perl
5 2 (2.062%) Python
5 2 (2.062%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.062%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.031%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.031%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 40 (41.24%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (25.77%) CCNP
3 24 (24.74%) CCIE
4 18 (18.56%) CCNA
5 15 (15.46%) CCSP
6 13 (13.40%) CCDP
7 11 (11.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (10.31%) Degree
9 8 (8.247%) CCSA
10 7 (7.216%) MCSE
11 6 (6.186%) CCSE
12 5 (5.155%) CCIP
13 4 (4.124%) Security Cleared
13 4 (4.124%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 3 (3.093%) MCP
15 2 (2.062%) MCSA
15 2 (2.062%) VCAP
15 2 (2.062%) CCDE
15 2 (2.062%) SC Cleared
15 2 (2.062%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.46%) SLA
2 6 (6.186%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (6.186%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (4.124%) ISO 9000
4 2 (2.062%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.031%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 19 (19.59%) Active Directory
2 10 (10.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (6.186%) NFS
4 5 (5.155%) Terminal Services
5 4 (4.124%) XenApp
6 2 (2.062%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.062%) Hyper-V
7 1 (1.031%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (10.31%) Netcool
2 6 (6.186%) CiscoWorks
2 6 (6.186%) OpenView
2 6 (6.186%) Backup Exec
3 4 (4.124%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (3.093%) WSUS
Vendors
1 57 (58.76%) Cisco
2 24 (24.74%) Microsoft
3 18 (18.56%) CheckPoint
4 13 (13.40%) VMware
5 10 (10.31%) Citrix
6 9 (9.278%) HP
6 9 (9.278%) Reuters
6 9 (9.278%) Bloomberg
7 8 (8.247%) SAP
8 7 (7.216%) Blue Coat
8 7 (7.216%) F5
9 6 (6.186%) Oracle
9 6 (6.186%) Infovista
10 5 (5.155%) Symantec
11 4 (4.124%) Dell
11 4 (4.124%) Avaya
12 3 (3.093%) WatchGuard
12 3 (3.093%) Twitter
12 3 (3.093%) 3PAR
12 3 (3.093%) NetApp
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Key Skills required: MS Windows Server Technologies... Active Directory. Firewalls, Router & VPN Technologies. VMware... Qualifications such as MCSE, MCITP, CCNA or VCP would be excellent to have for...
Focus IT Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Support, Windows Server, SQL Server, IIS, Exchange, Active Directory, Network, TCP/IP, DNS, LAN, WAN, WLAN, MS SQL Server Management, Enterprise Server, Deployment Implementation, 3rd line Support, Group...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Posted: 12 June 2013
Buckinghamshire
Based in a strong technical team this senior position will primarily be focused around the design, build and implementation of various networks. The successful candidate will deliver various...
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £65000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
SOX)... OSPF, EIGRP, BGP) § Excellent knowledge of IP VPN and MPLS § Substantial Experience in LAN/WAN utilising IP, CWDM, and DWDM § Extensive experience of working with STP, PVST,...
Advantage XPO
Salary: £70000 - £75000 per annum + Car Allowence + Bens + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
Buckinghamshire
C# and VB.Net are the programming languages used across our platform *Team foundation server is the code repository used to store all source *SQL Server Reporting services *...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013