The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 70 - 63
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VPN 5 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 0.761% - 0.657%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.000% - 6.061%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
Average salary £40,000 - £30,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,800 - £28,250
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 - £31,050
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+4.28% +9.37%
All Communications & Networking
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
125 73 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 19.03% 14.40% 10.84%
Number of salaries quoted 104 61 47
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £65,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
South West

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Dorset VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VPN within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bournemouth - 3 £45,000 - 1
Poole - 1 - -
VPN
South West

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 23 (92.00%) Firewall
2 19 (76.00%) Microsoft
3 18 (72.00%) Windows
4 16 (64.00%) SQL
4 16 (64.00%) WAN
5 11 (44.00%) LAN
5 11 (44.00%) Wireless
5 11 (44.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 8 (32.00%) VMware
6 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
7 7 (28.00%) TCP/IP
7 7 (28.00%) DNS
7 7 (28.00%) MS Office
7 7 (28.00%) Windows XP
7 7 (28.00%) MS Exchange
7 7 (28.00%) Windows Vista
7 7 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2007
8 6 (24.00%) MCITP
8 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2003
8 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (24.00%) Hyper-V
8 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (24.00%) Terminal Services
8 6 (24.00%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (24.00%) MCSE
8 6 (24.00%) MCSA
8 6 (24.00%) MCP
8 6 (24.00%) DHCP

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 (4.000%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 11 (44.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 7 (28.00%) MS Exchange
3 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (24.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (20.00%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (4.000%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) MS Office
2 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (92.00%) Firewall
2 16 (64.00%) WAN
3 11 (44.00%) LAN
3 11 (44.00%) Wireless
4 7 (28.00%) TCP/IP
4 7 (28.00%) DNS
5 6 (24.00%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (24.00%) DHCP
6 5 (20.00%) SSL
6 5 (20.00%) OSPF
6 5 (20.00%) BGP
6 5 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 5 (20.00%) Junos
6 5 (20.00%) Network Security
7 2 (8.000%) SAN
8 1 (4.000%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (4.000%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (4.000%) PABX
8 1 (4.000%) Unified Communications
8 1 (4.000%) NAS
General
1 1 (4.000%) Aerospace
1 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Support Technician
2 6 (24.00%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 6 (24.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (24.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (20.00%) Network Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Technical Support Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Pre Sales Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Network Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Technical Support
5 1 (4.000%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (4.000%) UNIX Support
5 1 (4.000%) Linux Support
5 1 (4.000%) IT Support
5 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Administrator
5 1 (4.000%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.000%) iPhone
2 1 (4.000%) iPad
2 1 (4.000%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.000%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 7 (28.00%) Windows XP
2 7 (28.00%) Windows Vista
3 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (8.000%) UNIX
4 2 (8.000%) Linux
5 1 (4.000%) Android
5 1 (4.000%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) Network Management
2 4 (16.00%) Migration
3 2 (8.000%) ITIL
4 1 (4.000%) Performance Management
4 1 (4.000%) Asset Management
4 1 (4.000%) Change Control
4 1 (4.000%) CAD
4 1 (4.000%) Business Continuity
4 1 (4.000%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) MCITP
1 6 (24.00%) MCSE
1 6 (24.00%) MCSA
1 6 (24.00%) MCP
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) Active Directory
2 7 (28.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (24.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (24.00%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.000%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 19 (76.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (32.00%) VMware
3 6 (24.00%) Cisco
3 6 (24.00%) Sage
4 5 (20.00%) Lotus
4 5 (20.00%) Juniper
4 5 (20.00%) SolarWinds
5 2 (8.000%) Citrix
6 1 (4.000%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.000%) Apple
6 1 (4.000%) HP
6 1 (4.000%) Symantec