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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 105 142 141
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -1
Permanent jobs citing VPN 54 26 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.715% 0.786% 0.917%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.091% 5.118% 5.304%
Number of salaries quoted 50 22 31
Average salary £35,750 £37,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.66% +36.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £22,675 £18,550
10% offered a salary of more than £62,250 £45,000 £37,250
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+4.28% +9.37%
All Communications & Networking
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
594 508 641
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 18.87% 15.35% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 525 454 563
Average salary £39,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £23,250 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
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England

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands VPN Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VPN across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands VPN Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

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

East Midlands VPN Salary Histogram

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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 East Midlands 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
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Job
Vacancies
Leicestershire +16 21 £35,750 +5.92%
Nottinghamshire +11 19 £45,000 +98.89%
Derbyshire +11 14 £35,000 -22.22% 1
Lincolnshire -23 5 £31,500 -16.00%
Northamptonshire -5 1 £70,000 +75.00%
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 54 (58.70%) Firewall
2 49 (53.26%) Windows
3 46 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 41 (44.57%) Cisco
5 34 (36.96%) Citrix
6 31 (33.70%) CCNP
7 26 (28.26%) CCNA
7 26 (28.26%) LAN
8 25 (27.17%) TCP/IP
9 23 (25.00%) Microsoft
10 22 (23.91%) WAN
11 21 (22.83%) Cisco ASA
12 20 (21.74%) MS Exchange
12 20 (21.74%) CCIE
13 19 (20.65%) MPLS
13 19 (20.65%) Linux
14 18 (19.57%) Cisco PIX
14 18 (19.57%) Network Security
15 16 (17.39%) Degree
15 16 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
16 15 (16.30%) Internet
16 15 (16.30%) Computer Science
16 15 (16.30%) Finance
17 14 (15.22%) Load Balancing
17 14 (15.22%) Windows Server 2008
17 14 (15.22%) Microsoft Certification
18 13 (14.13%) Biometrics
18 13 (14.13%) Smartcard
18 13 (14.13%) UNIX
18 13 (14.13%) .NET

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 13 (14.13%) .NET
2 8 (8.696%) Web Services
3 5 (5.435%) CSS
3 5 (5.435%) HTML
4 3 (3.261%) Middleware
4 3 (3.261%) HTML5
5 2 (2.174%) XML
5 2 (2.174%) LAMP
6 1 (1.087%) jQuery
6 1 (1.087%) RESTful
6 1 (1.087%) ODBC
6 1 (1.087%) SOAP
6 1 (1.087%) J2EE
6 1 (1.087%) ADO
6 1 (1.087%) ASP
6 1 (1.087%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.087%) SAML
6 1 (1.087%) Worklight
6 1 (1.087%) CSS3
6 1 (1.087%) Sencha Touch
Application Platforms
1 20 (21.74%) MS Exchange
2 8 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (6.522%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (4.348%) IIS
4 4 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.087%) Apache
5 1 (1.087%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.087%) OpenROAD
5 1 (1.087%) Lync
Applications
1 10 (10.87%) MS Office
2 8 (8.696%) Office 365
3 4 (4.348%) MS Excel
4 2 (2.174%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.087%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 54 (58.70%) Firewall
2 26 (28.26%) LAN
3 25 (27.17%) TCP/IP
4 22 (23.91%) WAN
5 21 (22.83%) Cisco ASA
6 19 (20.65%) MPLS
7 18 (19.57%) Cisco PIX
7 18 (19.57%) Network Security
8 15 (16.30%) Internet
9 13 (14.13%) VLAN
10 12 (13.04%) DNS
11 11 (11.96%) BGP
11 11 (11.96%) Cisco Nexus
12 10 (10.87%) SSL
13 9 (9.783%) SMTP
14 8 (8.696%) ISDN
14 8 (8.696%) WLAN
15 7 (7.609%) Wireless
15 7 (7.609%) xDSL
15 7 (7.609%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.435%) RDBMS
3 4 (4.348%) SQL Server 2012
3 4 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (3.261%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (3.261%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 3 (3.261%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (3.261%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (3.261%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (3.261%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.261%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (3.261%) Big Data
5 2 (2.174%) MySQL
5 2 (2.174%) Ingres
Development Applications
1 3 (3.261%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (1.087%) PhoneGap
General
1 15 (16.30%) Finance
2 4 (4.348%) Legal
3 3 (3.261%) Retail
3 3 (3.261%) Aerospace
3 3 (3.261%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.174%) Marketing
5 1 (1.087%) Games
Job Titles
1 13 (14.13%) Network Engineer
2 12 (13.04%) Architect
2 12 (13.04%) Analyst
3 10 (10.87%) Systems Administrator
4 9 (9.783%) Consultant
5 8 (8.696%) Support Manager
6 7 (7.609%) Network Administrator
6 7 (7.609%) IT Administrator
6 7 (7.609%) Network Architect
6 7 (7.609%) Network Analyst
6 7 (7.609%) Graduate
6 7 (7.609%) Administrator
6 7 (7.609%) Software Engineer
7 6 (6.522%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (6.522%) Cisco Engineer
8 4 (4.348%) Support Analyst
8 4 (4.348%) IT Support
8 4 (4.348%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (4.348%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 4 (4.348%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.30%) Computer Science
2 13 (14.13%) Biometrics
2 13 (14.13%) Smartcard
3 9 (9.783%) Mathematics
4 8 (8.696%) Clustering
5 7 (7.609%) Mobile Payment
5 7 (7.609%) Cryptography
5 7 (7.609%) Blackberry
6 5 (5.435%) Fat Client
6 5 (5.435%) Thin Client
7 2 (2.174%) E-Learning
8 1 (1.087%) SecurID
8 1 (1.087%) PKI
8 1 (1.087%) Data Integration
8 1 (1.087%) SaaS
8 1 (1.087%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.087%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.087%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.087%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 49 (53.26%) Windows
2 19 (20.65%) Linux
3 16 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (15.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (14.13%) UNIX
6 8 (8.696%) Windows XP
6 8 (8.696%) Android
7 6 (6.522%) Solaris
8 5 (5.435%) Windows 7
9 2 (2.174%) Apple iOS
9 2 (2.174%) Windows 8
9 2 (2.174%) Mac OS
9 2 (2.174%) SUSE
10 1 (1.087%) Debian
10 1 (1.087%) CentOS
10 1 (1.087%) AIX
10 1 (1.087%) Windows Phone
10 1 (1.087%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (15.22%) Load Balancing
2 13 (14.13%) Cyber Security
3 8 (8.696%) Web Development
4 7 (7.609%) ITIL
5 6 (6.522%) Network Design
5 6 (6.522%) Identity Management
6 5 (5.435%) Information Security
6 5 (5.435%) Time Management
6 5 (5.435%) Project Management
7 4 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (4.348%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (3.261%) Migration
8 3 (3.261%) Network Architecture
8 3 (3.261%) Infrastructure Management
8 3 (3.261%) ITIL V3
8 3 (3.261%) ITIL V2
8 3 (3.261%) Change Control
9 2 (2.174%) OO
9 2 (2.174%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.87%) JavaScript
2 9 (9.783%) C#
3 7 (7.609%) Objective-C
3 7 (7.609%) XAML
3 7 (7.609%) C++
3 7 (7.609%) Java
3 7 (7.609%) SQL
4 5 (5.435%) PowerShell
5 4 (4.348%) PHP
6 2 (2.174%) VB
7 1 (1.087%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.087%) Perl
Qualifications
1 46 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 31 (33.70%) CCNP
3 26 (28.26%) CCNA
4 20 (21.74%) CCIE
5 16 (17.39%) Degree
6 14 (15.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (11.96%) MCSE
8 9 (9.783%) MCP
9 7 (7.609%) PhD
10 6 (6.522%) MCSA
10 6 (6.522%) MCITP
10 6 (6.522%) MCTS
11 3 (3.261%) MCDST
11 3 (3.261%) CCIP
12 2 (2.174%) A+ Certification
12 2 (2.174%) CISSP
12 2 (2.174%) CCDP
12 2 (2.174%) CCSP
12 2 (2.174%) CCSA
12 2 (2.174%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.261%) SLA
2 2 (2.174%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.174%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (10.87%) Active Directory
1 10 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (4.348%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.261%) XenApp
3 3 (3.261%) Terminal Services
4 2 (2.174%) vSphere
4 2 (2.174%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.087%) Xen
5 1 (1.087%) OpenSSO
5 1 (1.087%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 6 (6.522%) Backup Exec
2 4 (4.348%) WSUS
3 3 (3.261%) Cisco UCCX
4 2 (2.174%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (2.174%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (2.174%) ServiceCenter
4 2 (2.174%) DameWare
5 1 (1.087%) Plesk
5 1 (1.087%) Tivoli
5 1 (1.087%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 41 (44.57%) Cisco
2 34 (36.96%) Citrix
3 23 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 13 (14.13%) VMware
5 11 (11.96%) HP
6 10 (10.87%) CheckPoint
6 10 (10.87%) Symantec
7 9 (9.783%) Juniper
8 7 (7.609%) F5
9 6 (6.522%) Apple
9 6 (6.522%) Oracle
10 5 (5.435%) Sophos
11 3 (3.261%) Blue Coat
11 3 (3.261%) Fortinet
11 3 (3.261%) Brocade
11 3 (3.261%) Intel
12 2 (2.174%) Bomgar
12 2 (2.174%) Aruba
12 2 (2.174%) Trapeze
12 2 (2.174%) Sun
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