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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Coventry 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6464
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads132
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.001 %
As % of the category below13.68 %1.980 %
Salaries quoted132
Average minimum salary£33,538£44,000
Average salary£33,923£44,000
% change on same period last year-22.90 %
Average maximum salary£34,308£44,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,940£37,129
% change on same period last year-5.89 %
Coventry IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Coventry
Matching permanent IT job ads95101
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.042 %
Salaries quoted8788
Average minimum salary£31,413£31,105
Average salary£33,263£33,322
% change on same period last year-0.17 %
Average maximum salary£35,113£35,538
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
VPN West MidlandsVPN
West Midlands

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Coventry VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Coventry 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.

119 (70.37 %)Windows
217 (62.96 %)Active Directory
312 (44.44 %)Citrix
411 (40.74 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (37.04 %)TCP/IP
510 (37.04 %)SQL
69 (33.33 %)Oracle
69 (33.33 %)Microsoft
69 (33.33 %)Firewall
78 (29.63 %)VMware
78 (29.63 %)Sage
78 (29.63 %)SLA
78 (29.63 %)LAN
78 (29.63 %)WAN
87 (25.93 %)MPLS
87 (25.93 %)IIS
87 (25.93 %)SAP
87 (25.93 %)CSS
87 (25.93 %)ITIL
87 (25.93 %)UNIX
87 (25.93 %)SharePoint
87 (25.93 %)COBIT
87 (25.93 %)Risk Management
87 (25.93 %)ISO27001
87 (25.93 %)Information Security
93 (11.11 %)MS Excel
93 (11.11 %)SAN
102 (7.407 %)HTTP
102 (7.407 %)IPX
102 (7.407 %)IPX/SPX

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Coventry 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.

Coventry IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (25.93 %)CSS
22 (7.407 %)XML
22 (7.407 %)WebSphere
Coventry IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (25.93 %)IIS
17 (25.93 %)SharePoint
22 (7.407 %)JBoss
22 (7.407 %)Tomcat
Coventry IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (11.11 %)MS Excel
21 (3.704 %)MS Office
Coventry IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (37.04 %)TCP/IP
29 (33.33 %)Firewall
38 (29.63 %)LAN
38 (29.63 %)WAN
47 (25.93 %)MPLS
53 (11.11 %)SAN
62 (7.407 %)HTTP
62 (7.407 %)IPX
62 (7.407 %)IPX/SPX
62 (7.407 %)Wireless
71 (3.704 %)SSL
Coventry IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (7.407 %)DB2
Coventry IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (7.407 %)Retail
21 (3.704 %)Finance
Coventry IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (29.63 %)Systems Administrator
18 (29.63 %)DBA
18 (29.63 %)Support Engineer
18 (29.63 %)Administrator
18 (29.63 %)SQL DBA
27 (25.93 %)IT Support Engineer
27 (25.93 %)IT Security Analyst
27 (25.93 %)Security Analyst
27 (25.93 %)Analyst
32 (7.407 %)Systems Engineer
41 (3.704 %)Desktop Support
41 (3.704 %)Support Specialist
41 (3.704 %)2nd Line Support
41 (3.704 %)Desktop Support Engineer
41 (3.704 %)Helpdesk Support
41 (3.704 %)Desktop Engineer
41 (3.704 %)Helpdesk Engineer
Coventry IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (7.407 %)EPoS
21 (3.704 %)Blackberry
Coventry IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (70.37 %)Windows
211 (40.74 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (25.93 %)UNIX
42 (7.407 %)Linux
42 (7.407 %)Windows XP
Coventry IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (25.93 %)ITIL
17 (25.93 %)Risk Management
17 (25.93 %)Information Security
22 (7.407 %)Technical Architecture
22 (7.407 %)Load Balancing
Coventry IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (37.04 %)SQL
22 (7.407 %)Java
Coventry IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (29.63 %)SLA
27 (25.93 %)ISO27001
27 (25.93 %)COBIT
Coventry IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (62.96 %)Active Directory
21 (3.704 %)VMware Infrastructure
Coventry IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (44.44 %)Citrix
29 (33.33 %)Microsoft
29 (33.33 %)Oracle
38 (29.63 %)Sage
38 (29.63 %)VMware
47 (25.93 %)SAP
52 (7.407 %)Cisco
61 (3.704 %)IBM
61 (3.704 %)Compaq
61 (3.704 %)Pegasus