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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 141 148 198
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +50
Permanent jobs citing VPN 208 195 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.783% 1.493% 0.901%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.853% 9.142% 7.370%
Number of salaries quoted 192 183 132
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,600 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £69,750 £72,500 £69,750
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,154 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+3.82% +8.16%
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2111 2133 1886
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 18.10% 16.33% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1880 1914 1722
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £33,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
London

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

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

City of London VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 273 (62.76%) Firewall
2 263 (60.46%) Cisco
3 204 (46.90%) WAN
4 201 (46.21%) Cisco Certification
5 171 (39.31%) Windows
6 152 (34.94%) LAN
7 134 (30.80%) Active Directory
8 132 (30.34%) MPLS
9 131 (30.11%) Juniper
10 126 (28.97%) Wireless
11 124 (28.51%) VMware
12 123 (28.28%) CheckPoint
12 123 (28.28%) CCNP
13 121 (27.82%) Cisco ASA
14 114 (26.21%) TCP/IP
15 107 (24.60%) Network Security
16 106 (24.37%) Windows Server 2008
17 103 (23.68%) DNS
18 102 (23.45%) OSPF
19 101 (23.22%) BGP
19 101 (23.22%) Finance
20 98 (22.53%) CCNA
21 91 (20.92%) Linux
21 91 (20.92%) EIGRP
22 87 (20.00%) DHCP
23 81 (18.62%) Windows Server 2003
24 77 (17.70%) CCIE
24 77 (17.70%) Cisco Nexus
25 75 (17.24%) Degree
26 71 (16.32%) Citrix

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 7 (1.609%) COM
2 5 (1.149%) Web Services
3 4 (0.920%) HTML
3 4 (0.920%) .NET
4 3 (0.690%) Silverlight
4 3 (0.690%) XML
5 2 (0.460%) CSS
5 2 (0.460%) ASP.NET
5 2 (0.460%) XML Messaging
5 2 (0.460%) GWT
5 2 (0.460%) XMPP
5 2 (0.460%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.230%) Memcached
6 1 (0.230%) LAMP
6 1 (0.230%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 56 (12.87%) MS Exchange
2 27 (6.207%) Exchange Server 2010
3 19 (4.368%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 18 (4.138%) Exchange Server 2007
5 17 (3.908%) IIS
6 13 (2.989%) SharePoint
7 11 (2.529%) Lync
7 11 (2.529%) Apache
8 9 (2.069%) Exchange Server 2003
9 8 (1.839%) Windows Azure
10 7 (1.609%) Amazon AWS
10 7 (1.609%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.920%) GroupWise
12 3 (0.690%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.460%) Lotus Notes
13 2 (0.460%) WorkSite
14 1 (0.230%) Confluence
14 1 (0.230%) Exchange Server 2013
14 1 (0.230%) Exchange Server 2000
14 1 (0.230%) nginx
Applications
1 44 (10.11%) MS Excel
2 37 (8.506%) MS Office
3 17 (3.908%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.149%) Google Apps
4 5 (1.149%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.230%) Office 365
5 1 (0.230%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (0.690%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.230%) RMDS
2 1 (0.230%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 273 (62.76%) Firewall
2 204 (46.90%) WAN
3 152 (34.94%) LAN
4 132 (30.34%) MPLS
5 126 (28.97%) Wireless
6 121 (27.82%) Cisco ASA
7 114 (26.21%) TCP/IP
8 107 (24.60%) Network Security
9 103 (23.68%) DNS
10 102 (23.45%) OSPF
11 101 (23.22%) BGP
12 91 (20.92%) EIGRP
13 87 (20.00%) DHCP
14 77 (17.70%) Cisco Nexus
15 67 (15.40%) VoIP
16 66 (15.17%) Cisco PIX
17 59 (13.56%) Cisco IOS
18 58 (13.33%) Internet
19 56 (12.87%) SAN
20 50 (11.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (8.736%) SQL Server
2 24 (5.517%) MySQL
3 4 (0.920%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (0.690%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (0.690%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.690%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (0.460%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.460%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.230%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.230%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (1.379%) Subversion
2 2 (0.460%) Eclipse
2 2 (0.460%) Ant
2 2 (0.460%) Git (software)
2 2 (0.460%) Maven
3 1 (0.230%) FishEye
3 1 (0.230%) JIRA
3 1 (0.230%) Bugzilla
3 1 (0.230%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.230%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 101 (23.22%) Finance
2 55 (12.64%) Telecoms
3 28 (6.437%) Banking
4 26 (5.977%) Law
5 12 (2.759%) Investment Banking
6 10 (2.299%) Marketing
6 10 (2.299%) Retail
7 7 (1.609%) Financial Institution
7 7 (1.609%) Legal
8 5 (1.149%) Advertising
9 3 (0.690%) Billing
9 3 (0.690%) Front Office
9 3 (0.690%) Back Office
10 2 (0.460%) Electronics
10 2 (0.460%) German Language
10 2 (0.460%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.230%) Portuguese Language
11 1 (0.230%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.230%) Mandarin Language
11 1 (0.230%) French Language
Job Titles
1 101 (23.22%) Network Engineer
2 55 (12.64%) Analyst
3 48 (11.03%) Consultant
4 37 (8.506%) Support Engineer
5 30 (6.897%) Administrator
6 26 (5.977%) Systems Administrator
7 24 (5.517%) Cisco Engineer
8 23 (5.287%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 22 (5.057%) Systems Engineer
9 22 (5.057%) Support Analyst
10 20 (4.598%) Architect
11 19 (4.368%) Network Consultant
12 18 (4.138%) Technical Support
12 18 (4.138%) Security Engineer
13 17 (3.908%) Cisco Consultant
13 17 (3.908%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (3.678%) Network Security Engineer
14 16 (3.678%) Network Analyst
15 15 (3.448%) Senior Systems Engineer
16 14 (3.218%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.736%) Computer Science
2 29 (6.667%) Blackberry
3 16 (3.678%) Social Media
4 15 (3.448%) Video Conferencing
5 9 (2.069%) Economics
5 9 (2.069%) Management Information System
6 8 (1.839%) Derivative
7 7 (1.609%) SaaS
7 7 (1.609%) iPad
7 7 (1.609%) iPhone
8 6 (1.379%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.379%) Digital Media
9 4 (0.920%) Clustering
9 4 (0.920%) Fixed Income
9 4 (0.920%) Mobile Banking
10 3 (0.690%) Mathematics
10 3 (0.690%) Replication
11 2 (0.460%) MPEG
11 2 (0.460%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.460%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 171 (39.31%) Windows
2 106 (24.37%) Windows Server 2008
3 91 (20.92%) Linux
4 81 (18.62%) Windows Server 2003
5 37 (8.506%) Windows XP
6 36 (8.276%) UNIX
6 36 (8.276%) Windows 7
7 13 (2.989%) Windows Vista
7 13 (2.989%) Windows 2000
8 12 (2.759%) Mac OS X
9 10 (2.299%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (2.299%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.069%) Android
11 8 (1.839%) Solaris
12 7 (1.609%) Windows 8
13 6 (1.379%) CentOS
13 6 (1.379%) Apple iOS
14 5 (1.149%) Mac OS
14 5 (1.149%) NetWare
15 4 (0.920%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (14.25%) Network Design
2 38 (8.736%) ITIL
3 31 (7.126%) Network Management
4 26 (5.977%) Project Management
5 22 (5.057%) Disaster Recovery
6 21 (4.828%) Load Balancing
7 19 (4.368%) E-Commerce
8 17 (3.908%) Capacity Planning
8 17 (3.908%) Technical Architecture
9 15 (3.448%) Service Delivery
10 14 (3.218%) Business Continuity
11 12 (2.759%) Security Architecture
12 11 (2.529%) Systems Analysis
12 11 (2.529%) Network Load Balancing
13 10 (2.299%) PRINCE2
13 10 (2.299%) Information Assurance
14 9 (2.069%) DNA
15 8 (1.839%) Change Management
16 7 (1.609%) Penetration Testing
16 7 (1.609%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.586%) SQL
2 11 (2.529%) Python
3 10 (2.299%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.839%) Perl
4 8 (1.839%) Bash shell
5 7 (1.609%) PHP
6 6 (1.379%) Java
6 6 (1.379%) Shell Script
7 3 (0.690%) C
8 2 (0.460%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.460%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.460%) AWK
8 2 (0.460%) sed
9 1 (0.230%) Lua
9 1 (0.230%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.230%) C#
Qualifications
1 201 (46.21%) Cisco Certification
2 123 (28.28%) CCNP
3 98 (22.53%) CCNA
4 77 (17.70%) CCIE
5 75 (17.24%) Degree
6 33 (7.586%) CCSP
7 30 (6.897%) JNCIS
7 30 (6.897%) CISSP
8 29 (6.667%) JNCIA
9 27 (6.207%) CCDP
10 23 (5.287%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (5.287%) CCVP
11 21 (4.828%) MCSE
12 20 (4.598%) CCSA
12 20 (4.598%) CCIP
13 18 (4.138%) CCSE
14 16 (3.678%) CCDA
15 15 (3.448%) Security Cleared
16 14 (3.218%) SC Cleared
17 13 (2.989%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.368%) SLA
2 10 (2.299%) PCI DSS
3 6 (1.379%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.690%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.460%) QA
6 1 (0.230%) BS25999
System Software
1 134 (30.80%) Active Directory
2 60 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (5.517%) VMware ESX
4 22 (5.057%) XenApp
5 18 (4.138%) XenDesktop
6 17 (3.908%) ProxySG
7 13 (2.989%) vSphere
8 8 (1.839%) Terminal Services
9 7 (1.609%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (1.609%) Hyper-V
10 5 (1.149%) NFS
11 4 (0.920%) Samba
11 4 (0.920%) XenServer
12 3 (0.690%) Xen
12 3 (0.690%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.690%) ISA Server
13 2 (0.460%) Squid
14 1 (0.230%) OpenSIPS
14 1 (0.230%) vCloud
14 1 (0.230%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 28 (6.437%) CiscoWorks
2 26 (5.977%) Cisco CUCM
3 22 (5.057%) Cisco UCCX
4 18 (4.138%) Backup Exec
5 16 (3.678%) SCCM
6 14 (3.218%) Norton AntiVirus
7 12 (2.759%) WSUS
8 11 (2.529%) SolarWinds Orion
9 10 (2.299%) Cisco UCCE
9 10 (2.299%) WhatsUp Gold
10 5 (1.149%) Nagios
11 4 (0.920%) ServiceCenter
12 2 (0.460%) OpenView
12 2 (0.460%) Tivoli
12 2 (0.460%) Puppet
13 1 (0.230%) HP Quality Center
13 1 (0.230%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
13 1 (0.230%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.230%) Cacti
13 1 (0.230%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 263 (60.46%) Cisco
2 131 (30.11%) Juniper
3 124 (28.51%) VMware
4 123 (28.28%) CheckPoint
5 71 (16.32%) Citrix
6 67 (15.40%) Microsoft
7 66 (15.17%) F5
8 38 (8.736%) HP
9 37 (8.506%) Symantec
10 32 (7.356%) Blue Coat
11 22 (5.057%) Dell
11 22 (5.057%) EMC
12 20 (4.598%) NetApp
12 20 (4.598%) SolarWinds
13 18 (4.138%) Twitter
14 17 (3.908%) Red Hat
15 16 (3.678%) Nokia
15 16 (3.678%) Aruba
16 15 (3.448%) Infoblox
17 14 (3.218%) Akamai
City, London
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Morgan Cassidy UK Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
In order to succeed in this role it is essential that you have the following skills and experience : Windows Server 2008Exchange 2007/2010Active DirectoryBlackberry Enterprise ServerIdeally you will...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £30000 - £330000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 2 May 2013
City of London
Your main responsibilities will be Supporting, System Migrations, Project implementations and high end Network support. Key skills required: Configuring firewalls, switches & VPN systems VMware vSphere SAN experience Microsoft...
Satigo
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Desirable: MS-Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010 Citrix Xenapp Linux Symantec Enterprise Vault My client is a growing Managed Service Provider who requires an Infrastructure Consultant with solid...
Satigo
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Candidates who have experience of working in a scientific, research or higher education environment are highly desirable.Cisco Network Analyst Role*Support the design, implementation, operation, sustainability and...
Sand Resources
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
City of London
Essential skills/Experience*-ITIL processes-Strong Windows knowledge-MS Office Suite-VOIP experience-Active directory management/administration-Printer administration-MS Exchange Server-VPN operations*Desirable skills/Experience*-DNS-...
Salary: £25 - £28 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Requirements * Holds a minimum Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP) or Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) or equivalent practical experience and expertise above this level obtained in a network...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
The following experience is essential for the role:- Confidence building edge router configurations using Cisco / Nortel / Juniper.- Routing experience with a least 2 of the following protocols: OSPF/...
Bloomberg
Posted: 25 May 2013
City, London
Tech skills: Win2003 Win2008 MS Exchange 2003 2010 AD MS Exchange Our client is a global professional services firm, - this role is working in its busy London office.
Eutopia Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
CCIE qualification Core Competencies and essential skills: LAN and WAN Network Implementation and Support Connectivity to Major Exchanges and Clients Cisco - 3750, 3800, 7200, 6500, Nexus * EIGRP, BGP,...
Real Staffing
Salary: £55000 - £80000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
The organisation has offices based over two sites and you will be responsible for providing technical expertise and consultancy as well as design and practical implementation of security...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £70000 - £71000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Cisco & Juniper Network Security Manager | Consultancy | CCNP... Senior technical support skill for Security products: Juniper JunOS, Netscreen Blue Coat Juniper SA, SRX, EX, MAG with SAM CISCO ASA...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + OOH
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
ICT Field Support Technician - London (Office, On-Site & Home Based) Windows / Server / Network / Active Directory / Exchange / VMware / ESX / RAID / DNS / Backup / TCP/IP / VPN / DHCP / DNS / IIS / Apple /...
greywood
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + expenses + bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
ICT Field Support Technician - London (Office, On-Site & Home Based) Windows / Server / Network / Active Directory / Exchange / VMware / ESX / RAID / DNS / Backup / TCP/IP / VPN / DHCP / DNS / IIS / Apple /...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + expenses + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
The organisation has offices based over two sites and you will be responsible for providing technical expertise and consultancy as well as design and practical implementation of security...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £65000 - £71000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
We are currently recruiting for an Experienced Network Support Engineer who will be responsible for supporting bespoke Ethernet Networks and Managed Services. You will have strong MPLS/VPLS/...
Exponential-e
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Senior technical support skill for Security products: Juniper JunOS, Netscreen Blue Coat Juniper SA, SRX, EX, MAG with SAM CISCO ASA CheckPoint F5 Leadership to complete project release...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + OOH
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Cisco & Juniper Network Security Manager | Consultancy | CCNP... Senior technical support skill for Security products: Juniper JunOS, Netscreen Blue Coat Juniper SA, SRX, EX, MAG with SAM CISCO ASA...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + OOH
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Think Sky, a FTSE TOP 30 and the UK's favourite triple play provider- TV, broadband and telephony... 1 choice in entertainment and communications.Sky Network Services (SNS)...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013
City, London
You will have a CCSP and preferably a CCNP qualification or equivalent. You must be Security Check eligible... Firewall capabilities and limitations... BGP, IS-IS. IP, MPLS and...
Sky
Salary: competitive
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
My client, a market leading Hedge Fund is looking for a dynamic, proactive candidate to join their Infrastructure Engineering team and are prepared to offer a highly attractive...
Aston Carter
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
KEY SKILLS: Windows Server (2003/2008/2012), Exchange Server (2007/2010/2013), Windows (XP/7/8), Microsoft Office (2007/2010/2013), Active Directory, network administration (TCP/IP, DHCP,...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
City, London
Experience in the following would be essential: - Linux - preferably CentOS. - DNS - bind. - LAMP -configuration and performance tuning. - Storage technologies - SAN,NAS etc. - MySQL DB - HA, scaling high traffic...
BrightTALK
Salary: Competative
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Essentials skills: Microsoft Certified... Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012/SBS, Exchange 2007/10, Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2011/2013, Windows XP/7/8, Vmware, Virtualisation, SAN, Microsoft SQL...
Neos-IT
Posted: 30 April 2013
City, London
Job Title: Cisco Networks Consultant - Cisco Switches, Routers, VPN, Firewalls with strong Linux systems Administrative skills.Skills: Network Consultant, Cisco switches, Cisco Routers, trunking and interconnections, IPSEC VPNs,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013