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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11598
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads2730
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.012 %
As % of the category below3.444 %3.713 %
Salaries quoted2028
Average minimum salary£33,250£34,179
Average salary£36,575£35,054
% change on same period last year+4.34 %
Average maximum salary£39,900£35,929
UK excluding London average salary£35,014£37,150
% change on same period last year-5.75 %
Communications & Networking CambridgeCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads784808
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.409 %0.333 %
Salaries quoted656662
Average minimum salary£35,739£34,264
Average salary£38,533£37,906
% change on same period last year+1.65 %
Average maximum salary£41,328£41,549
UK excluding London average salary£37,379£39,687
% change on same period last year-5.81 %
VPN CambridgeshireVPN
Cambridgeshire

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Cambridge VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

141 (50.62 %)Windows
237 (45.68 %)WAN
335 (43.21 %)Cisco
432 (39.51 %)TCP/IP
531 (38.27 %)Microsoft
630 (37.04 %)LAN
726 (32.10 %)Linux
726 (32.10 %)UNIX
824 (29.63 %)SNMP
923 (28.40 %)SSL
923 (28.40 %)Active Directory
1022 (27.16 %)SAN
1121 (25.93 %)DNS
1121 (25.93 %)DHCP
1219 (23.46 %)MS Excel
1318 (22.22 %)Oracle
1417 (20.99 %)Red Hat
1417 (20.99 %)Firewall
1516 (19.75 %)HP
1615 (18.52 %)Cisco Certification
1615 (18.52 %)Windows Server 2003
1713 (16.05 %)NFS
1713 (16.05 %)FTP
1713 (16.05 %)Tivoli
1713 (16.05 %)IPsec
1812 (14.81 %)Back Office
1812 (14.81 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1812 (14.81 %)PPTP
1812 (14.81 %)CheckPoint
1812 (14.81 %)SUSE

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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
15 (6.173 %)XML
15 (6.173 %)CGI
21 (1.235 %)HTML
Application Platforms
112 (14.81 %)Exchange Server 2003
211 (13.58 %)IIS
211 (13.58 %)MS Exchange
36 (7.407 %)Exchange Server 2007
43 (3.704 %)Exchange Server 2000
52 (2.469 %)Apache
61 (1.235 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
61 (1.235 %)CMS
Applications
119 (23.46 %)MS Excel
26 (7.407 %)MS Office
32 (2.469 %)Acrobat
Communications & Networking
137 (45.68 %)WAN
232 (39.51 %)TCP/IP
330 (37.04 %)LAN
424 (29.63 %)SNMP
523 (28.40 %)SSL
622 (27.16 %)SAN
721 (25.93 %)DNS
721 (25.93 %)DHCP
817 (20.99 %)Firewall
913 (16.05 %)IPsec
913 (16.05 %)FTP
1012 (14.81 %)HTTP
1012 (14.81 %)SMTP
1012 (14.81 %)Network Security
1012 (14.81 %)PPTP
119 (11.11 %)Internet
128 (9.877 %)MPLS
128 (9.877 %)Frame Relay
135 (6.173 %)Bluetooth
144 (4.938 %)Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (4.938 %)SQL Server
23 (3.704 %)MySQL
31 (1.235 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
11 (1.235 %)PVCS
11 (1.235 %)ClearCase
General
112 (14.81 %)Back Office
211 (13.58 %)Pharmaceutical
35 (6.173 %)Marketing
35 (6.173 %)Electronics
43 (3.704 %)Telecoms
52 (2.469 %)Education
Job Titles
142 (51.85 %)Administrator
225 (30.86 %)Systems Administrator
313 (16.05 %)Analyst
412 (14.81 %)AIX Administrator
511 (13.58 %)Network Administrator
610 (12.35 %)Support Analyst
79 (11.11 %)2nd Line Support
88 (9.877 %)Network Engineer
96 (7.407 %)IT Administrator
96 (7.407 %)Product Manager
105 (6.173 %)UNIX Administrator
114 (4.938 %)Network Manager
114 (4.938 %)Security Manager
114 (4.938 %)Network Security Manager
123 (3.704 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
123 (3.704 %)Helpdesk Support
123 (3.704 %)Cisco Engineer
123 (3.704 %)Cisco Network Engineer
123 (3.704 %)Systems Engineer
123 (3.704 %)Technical Support
Miscellaneous
13 (3.704 %)Bioinformatics
21 (1.235 %)SecurID
21 (1.235 %)PKI
21 (1.235 %)Computer Science
21 (1.235 %)Blackberry
Operating Systems
141 (50.62 %)Windows
226 (32.10 %)Linux
226 (32.10 %)UNIX
315 (18.52 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (14.81 %)SUSE
412 (14.81 %)Windows 2000
412 (14.81 %)AIX
55 (6.173 %)Solaris
63 (3.704 %)Windows XP
71 (1.235 %)Windows NT
71 (1.235 %)Debian
71 (1.235 %)Ubuntu
71 (1.235 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
13 (3.704 %)Software Engineering
22 (2.469 %)Configuration Management
22 (2.469 %)Product Marketing
31 (1.235 %)ITIL
31 (1.235 %)E-Commerce
31 (1.235 %)Project Management
31 (1.235 %)Data Security
31 (1.235 %)Network Design
31 (1.235 %)Competitor Analysis
31 (1.235 %)Load Balancing
31 (1.235 %)Release Management
31 (1.235 %)System Testing
Programming Languages
112 (14.81 %)SQL
25 (6.173 %)C++
25 (6.173 %)Perl
25 (6.173 %)PHP
34 (4.938 %)C
41 (1.235 %)Java
Qualifications
115 (18.52 %)Cisco Certification
29 (11.11 %)Degree
38 (9.877 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (9.877 %)MCSE
45 (6.173 %)RHCE
54 (4.938 %)CISSP
54 (4.938 %)CCIE
54 (4.938 %)CCNP
63 (3.704 %)CCNA
71 (1.235 %)CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.235 %)SLA
System Software
123 (28.40 %)Active Directory
213 (16.05 %)NFS
310 (12.35 %)VMware Infrastructure
310 (12.35 %)VMware ESX
46 (7.407 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (1.235 %)VMware Server
Systems Management
113 (16.05 %)Tivoli
212 (14.81 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
32 (2.469 %)CiscoWorks
Vendors
135 (43.21 %)Cisco
231 (38.27 %)Microsoft
318 (22.22 %)Oracle
417 (20.99 %)Red Hat
516 (19.75 %)HP
612 (14.81 %)IBM
612 (14.81 %)CheckPoint
612 (14.81 %)Brocade
711 (13.58 %)VMware
810 (12.35 %)Citrix
96 (7.407 %)NetApp
105 (6.173 %)Sun
114 (4.938 %)MKS
122 (2.469 %)Adobe
131 (1.235 %)Avaya
131 (1.235 %)Perforce
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