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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 46 - 54
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VPN 5 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 1.479% - 0.397%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.576% - 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
Average salary £26,000 - £27,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,154 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.82% +8.16%
All Communications & Networking
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
66 22 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 19.53% 14.10% 7.143%
Number of salaries quoted 28 21 17
Average salary £35,000 £30,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £42,500 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
Cheshire

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 7 (63.64%) WAN
2 7 (63.64%) LAN
2 7 (63.64%) Cisco
3 6 (54.55%) Juniper
4 5 (45.45%) DNS
4 5 (45.45%) DHCP
4 5 (45.45%) BGP
5 4 (36.36%) Internet
6 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
6 3 (27.27%) Nokia
6 3 (27.27%) SSL
6 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
6 3 (27.27%) Citrix
6 3 (27.27%) RIP
6 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
6 3 (27.27%) Wireless
6 3 (27.27%) EIGRP
6 3 (27.27%) OSPF
6 3 (27.27%) Load Balancing
6 3 (27.27%) VLAN
6 3 (27.27%) Cisco PIX
7 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (18.18%) Network Management
7 2 (18.18%) vSphere
7 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (18.18%) HSRP
7 2 (18.18%) Change Management
7 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
1 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 7 (63.64%) WAN
2 7 (63.64%) LAN
3 5 (45.45%) DNS
3 5 (45.45%) DHCP
3 5 (45.45%) BGP
4 4 (36.36%) Internet
5 3 (27.27%) SSL
5 3 (27.27%) RIP
5 3 (27.27%) TCP/IP
5 3 (27.27%) Wireless
5 3 (27.27%) EIGRP
5 3 (27.27%) OSPF
5 3 (27.27%) VLAN
5 3 (27.27%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (18.18%) HSRP
6 2 (18.18%) IP Telephony
6 2 (18.18%) ATM
6 2 (18.18%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2012
1 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Support Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support
3 2 (18.18%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Network Support
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Support
4 1 (9.091%) DBA
4 1 (9.091%) Support Technician
4 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (9.091%) Network Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) SQL DBA
4 1 (9.091%) 2nd Line Support Technician
4 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Handset
1 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
2 1 (9.091%) Thin Client
2 1 (9.091%) SecurID
2 1 (9.091%) Clustering
2 1 (9.091%) EqualLogic
2 1 (9.091%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (9.091%) Solaris
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
2 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Load Balancing
2 2 (18.18%) Network Management
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL
3 1 (9.091%) Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) Capacity Management
3 1 (9.091%) Database Tuning
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (18.18%) CCNP
2 1 (9.091%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) vSphere
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (9.091%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) NetBackup
1 1 (9.091%) Backup Exec
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Cisco
2 6 (54.55%) Juniper
3 3 (27.27%) CheckPoint
3 3 (27.27%) Nokia
3 3 (27.27%) Citrix
4 2 (18.18%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.091%) NetApp
5 1 (9.091%) HP
5 1 (9.091%) Dell
5 1 (9.091%) Foundry
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