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The table below looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Chester 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 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5156
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching permanent IT job ads98
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.003 %
As % of the category below14.06 %9.091 %
Salaries quoted98
Average minimum salary£23,111£24,625
Average salary£25,500£24,813
% change on same period last year+2.77 %
Average maximum salary£27,889£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,727£36,669
% change on same period last year-5.29 %
Chester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Chester
Matching permanent IT job ads6488
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.037 %
Salaries quoted5086
Average minimum salary£28,029£29,740
Average salary£29,441£32,871
% change on same period last year-10.43 %
Average maximum salary£30,854£36,003
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
VPN CheshireVPN
Cheshire

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Chester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Chester VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

110 (90.91 %)Windows
110 (90.91 %)Active Directory
29 (81.82 %)MS Exchange
38 (72.73 %)MS Excel
38 (72.73 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (63.64 %)WAN
47 (63.64 %)Firewall
56 (54.55 %)IIS
56 (54.55 %)Windows XP
56 (54.55 %)MCSE
56 (54.55 %)MCSA
56 (54.55 %)Terminal Services
56 (54.55 %)Microsoft Certification
65 (45.45 %)Dell
65 (45.45 %)Microsoft
65 (45.45 %)Windows Server 2008
65 (45.45 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (18.18 %)Finance
72 (18.18 %)Exchange Server 2003
72 (18.18 %)Citrix
72 (18.18 %)LAN
72 (18.18 %)DHCP
72 (18.18 %)TCP/IP
72 (18.18 %)DNS
81 (9.091 %)Cisco
81 (9.091 %)Broadband
81 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
81 (9.091 %)SQL
81 (9.091 %)SQL Server
81 (9.091 %)Cisco Certification

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (81.82 %)MS Exchange
26 (54.55 %)IIS
32 (18.18 %)Exchange Server 2003
Chester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (72.73 %)MS Excel
Chester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (63.64 %)WAN
17 (63.64 %)Firewall
22 (18.18 %)LAN
22 (18.18 %)DHCP
22 (18.18 %)TCP/IP
22 (18.18 %)DNS
31 (9.091 %)SAN
31 (9.091 %)Broadband
31 (9.091 %)Network Security
Chester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (9.091 %)SQL Server
11 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
Chester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (18.18 %)Finance
21 (9.091 %)Games
21 (9.091 %)Telecoms
Chester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (45.45 %)Network Engineer
15 (45.45 %)Support Engineer
15 (45.45 %)Network Support Engineer
15 (45.45 %)Network Support
24 (36.36 %)Administrator
24 (36.36 %)Systems Administrator
32 (18.18 %)Systems Support
41 (9.091 %)Analyst
41 (9.091 %)Technical Analyst
41 (9.091 %)3rd Line Support
41 (9.091 %)2nd Line Support
41 (9.091 %)Infrastructure Manager
41 (9.091 %)Technical Manager
Chester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (9.091 %)PDA
Chester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (90.91 %)Windows
28 (72.73 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (54.55 %)Windows XP
45 (45.45 %)Windows Server 2008
45 (45.45 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
Chester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (9.091 %)SQL
Chester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (54.55 %)MCSE
16 (54.55 %)MCSA
16 (54.55 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (9.091 %)CCNA
21 (9.091 %)Cisco Certification
Chester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (90.91 %)Active Directory
26 (54.55 %)Terminal Services
31 (9.091 %)Backup Exec
Chester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (9.091 %)Norton AntiVirus
Chester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (45.45 %)Microsoft
15 (45.45 %)Dell
22 (18.18 %)Citrix
31 (9.091 %)Avaya
31 (9.091 %)Nokia
31 (9.091 %)VERITAS
31 (9.091 %)CheckPoint
31 (9.091 %)Symantec
31 (9.091 %)Cisco