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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VPN 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 0.935% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.000% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £33,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,154 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.82% +8.16%
All Communications & Networking
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
50 114 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 23.36% 28.22% 26.72%
Number of salaries quoted 47 71 48
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
Gloucestershire

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

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

Cheltenham VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Broadband
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (100.00%) AppSense
1 2 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Websense
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) PDA
2 1 (50.00%) CCA
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham 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 Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Broadband
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 1st Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Project Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (50.00%) MCITP
1 1 (50.00%) CCA
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (100.00%) Terminal Services
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) AppSense
1 2 (100.00%) Symantec
2 1 (50.00%) Websense
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
The successful candidate must have excellent knowledge of VMWare ESX, Storage Area Networking, Citrix / Terminal Services, Citrix VDI, Remote Access solutions and all Windows Server technologies and associated...
Commercial Group
Salary: From £38,000 to £42,000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013