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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Croydon 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5952
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads1712
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.005 %
As % of the category below10.83 %16.00 %
Salaries quoted1612
Average minimum salary£26,188£43,500
Average salary£28,563£45,125
% change on same period last year-36.70 %
Average maximum salary£30,938£46,750
UK excluding London average salary£34,820£36,824
% change on same period last year-5.44 %
Croydon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Croydon
Matching permanent IT job ads15775
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.086 %0.031 %
Salaries quoted14868
Average minimum salary£36,110£37,460
Average salary£38,180£39,803
% change on same period last year-4.07 %
Average maximum salary£40,250£42,147
UK excluding London average salary£37,625£39,458
% change on same period last year-4.64 %
VPN LondonVPN
London

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Croydon VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

120 (68.97 %)Active Directory
219 (65.52 %)Microsoft
219 (65.52 %)Firewall
313 (44.83 %)MS Exchange
410 (34.48 %)SQL Server
410 (34.48 %)Windows
410 (34.48 %)IPsec
59 (31.03 %)Auditing
59 (31.03 %)Network Security
59 (31.03 %)LAN
59 (31.03 %)TCP/IP
59 (31.03 %)CheckPoint
59 (31.03 %)DMZ
67 (24.14 %)DNS
67 (24.14 %)Windows XP
67 (24.14 %)Microsoft Certification
67 (24.14 %)MCP
67 (24.14 %)MS Excel
67 (24.14 %)MS Office
67 (24.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
67 (24.14 %)Altiris
76 (20.69 %)Insurance
85 (17.24 %)HP
85 (17.24 %)Cisco
85 (17.24 %)Internet
94 (13.79 %)Check Point Certification
94 (13.79 %)MCSE
94 (13.79 %)ITIL
94 (13.79 %)Finance
94 (13.79 %)VLAN

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (44.83 %)MS Exchange
27 (24.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (10.34 %)Lotus Notes
33 (10.34 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Croydon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (24.14 %)MS Office
17 (24.14 %)MS Excel
Croydon IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (6.897 %)Great Plains
12 (6.897 %)Pegasus Opera
12 (6.897 %)SAP Business One
Croydon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (65.52 %)Firewall
210 (34.48 %)IPsec
39 (31.03 %)Network Security
39 (31.03 %)TCP/IP
39 (31.03 %)LAN
39 (31.03 %)DMZ
47 (24.14 %)DNS
55 (17.24 %)Internet
64 (13.79 %)VLAN
73 (10.34 %)Wireless
82 (6.897 %)WAN
91 (3.448 %)DHCP
91 (3.448 %)ADSL
91 (3.448 %)ISDN
91 (3.448 %)3G
91 (3.448 %)OSPF
91 (3.448 %)BGP
91 (3.448 %)EIGRP
91 (3.448 %)Frame Relay
Croydon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (34.48 %)SQL Server
21 (3.448 %)OLAP
21 (3.448 %)Oracle OLAP
Croydon IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (31.03 %)Auditing
26 (20.69 %)Insurance
34 (13.79 %)Finance
43 (10.34 %)Back Office
43 (10.34 %)FMCG
51 (3.448 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (3.448 %)Health
Croydon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (31.03 %)Administrator
19 (31.03 %)Network Administrator
27 (24.14 %)Analyst
27 (24.14 %)Support Analyst
34 (13.79 %)Network Engineer
43 (10.34 %)Network Manager
43 (10.34 %)Senior Network Engineer
52 (6.897 %)Desktop Support
52 (6.897 %)Desktop Analyst
52 (6.897 %)IT Support Engineer
52 (6.897 %)Field Engineer
52 (6.897 %)Desktop Support Analyst
52 (6.897 %)Support Engineer
52 (6.897 %)Applications Support
61 (3.448 %)Infrastructure Analyst
61 (3.448 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
Croydon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (10.34 %)Blackberry
13 (10.34 %)AS400
Croydon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (34.48 %)Windows
27 (24.14 %)Windows XP
33 (10.34 %)Windows 2000
33 (10.34 %)Windows NT
42 (6.897 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (6.897 %)Windows Vista
42 (6.897 %)Windows 2000 Server
42 (6.897 %)UNIX
51 (3.448 %)Linux
Croydon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (13.79 %)ITIL
23 (10.34 %)PRINCE2
23 (10.34 %)Configuration Management
32 (6.897 %)Project Management
32 (6.897 %)Document Management
41 (3.448 %)Asset Management
Croydon IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (10.34 %)SQL
21 (3.448 %)C
Croydon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (24.14 %)MCP
17 (24.14 %)Microsoft Certification
24 (13.79 %)Check Point Certification
24 (13.79 %)MCSE
32 (6.897 %)MCDST
32 (6.897 %)A+ Certification
41 (3.448 %)CCNA
41 (3.448 %)Cisco Certification
Croydon IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (68.97 %)Active Directory
23 (10.34 %)Terminal Services
32 (6.897 %)Backup Exec
41 (3.448 %)MetaFrame
Croydon IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (10.34 %)ServiceCenter
Croydon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (65.52 %)Microsoft
29 (31.03 %)CheckPoint
37 (24.14 %)Altiris
45 (17.24 %)Cisco
45 (17.24 %)HP
53 (10.34 %)Dell
53 (10.34 %)Citrix
53 (10.34 %)Peregrine
53 (10.34 %)Lotus
62 (6.897 %)CODA
62 (6.897 %)Agresso
62 (6.897 %)Sage
62 (6.897 %)Pegasus
62 (6.897 %)Symantec
62 (6.897 %)Exchequer
62 (6.897 %)Adobe
62 (6.897 %)SAP
71 (3.448 %)Oracle