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This section looks at the demand for Virtual Private Network (VPN) skills within the Edinburgh 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVirtual Private Network (VPN)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank71102
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching permanent IT job ads154
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below6.550 %1.444 %
Salaries quoted122
Average minimum salary£32,917£20,500
Average salary£36,042£21,875
% change on same period last year+64.76 %
Average maximum salary£39,167£23,250
UK excluding London average salary£35,673£36,997
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Communications & Networking EdinburghCommunications & Networking
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads229277
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.123 %
Salaries quoted161205
Average minimum salary£33,825£32,830
Average salary£37,805£34,679
% change on same period last year+9.01 %
Average maximum salary£41,785£36,528
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
VPN ScotlandVPN
Scotland

VPN
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh VPN Demand Trend

VPN
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing VPN across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Edinburgh region over the past 3 months.

Edinburgh VPN Salary Histogram

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing VPN also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VPN.

125 (60.98 %)Cisco
125 (60.98 %)Firewall
223 (56.10 %)WAN
320 (48.78 %)TCP/IP
419 (46.34 %)LAN
419 (46.34 %)Windows
518 (43.90 %)Linux
518 (43.90 %)CCNP
518 (43.90 %)Cisco Certification
617 (41.46 %)OSPF
617 (41.46 %)BGP
715 (36.59 %)CheckPoint
811 (26.83 %)CCIE
811 (26.83 %)IPsec
910 (24.39 %)Network Security
910 (24.39 %)SSL
109 (21.95 %)CISSP
109 (21.95 %)Juniper
109 (21.95 %)CCSP
109 (21.95 %)Active Directory
109 (21.95 %)Samba
109 (21.95 %)Blue Coat
118 (19.51 %)SUSE
118 (19.51 %)Finance
118 (19.51 %)Microsoft
118 (19.51 %)DNS
118 (19.51 %)Red Hat
127 (17.07 %)FTP
127 (17.07 %)NFS
127 (17.07 %)Windows XP

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Edinburgh region citing VPN also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing VPN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11 (2.439 %)X-Windows
11 (2.439 %)Application Packaging
Application Platforms
16 (14.63 %)Apache
22 (4.878 %)MS Exchange
31 (2.439 %)Exchange Server 2007
Applications
12 (4.878 %)MS Office
12 (4.878 %)MS Excel
Communications & Networking
125 (60.98 %)Firewall
223 (56.10 %)WAN
320 (48.78 %)TCP/IP
419 (46.34 %)LAN
517 (41.46 %)OSPF
517 (41.46 %)BGP
611 (26.83 %)IPsec
710 (24.39 %)SSL
710 (24.39 %)Network Security
88 (19.51 %)DNS
97 (17.07 %)FTP
104 (9.756 %)Internet
104 (9.756 %)TACACS
113 (7.317 %)VoIP
122 (4.878 %)Ethernet
122 (4.878 %)MPLS
122 (4.878 %)Cisco IOS
122 (4.878 %)EIGRP
131 (2.439 %)Cisco PIX
131 (2.439 %)ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence
13 (7.317 %)MySQL
21 (2.439 %)SQL Server
Development Applications
16 (14.63 %)Subversion
General
18 (19.51 %)Finance
23 (7.317 %)Health
23 (7.317 %)Pensions
Job Titles
111 (26.83 %)IT Manager
210 (24.39 %)Consultant
39 (21.95 %)Network Consultant
48 (19.51 %)Security Consultant
48 (19.51 %)Network Security Consultant
57 (17.07 %)Analyst
57 (17.07 %)Administrator
66 (14.63 %)Network Analyst
66 (14.63 %)Data Analyst
74 (9.756 %)Systems Administrator
83 (7.317 %)DBA
92 (4.878 %)Network Designer
92 (4.878 %)Support Engineer
92 (4.878 %)Linux Administrator
92 (4.878 %)IT Support Engineer
92 (4.878 %)IT Administrator
92 (4.878 %)Linux Systems Administrator
101 (2.439 %)Server Administrator
101 (2.439 %)Senior Systems Administrator
101 (2.439 %)Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
13 (7.317 %)Replication
13 (7.317 %)Clustering
21 (2.439 %)PKI
21 (2.439 %)Blackberry
Operating Systems
119 (46.34 %)Windows
218 (43.90 %)Linux
38 (19.51 %)SUSE
47 (17.07 %)Windows XP
56 (14.63 %)Unix
63 (7.317 %)Windows 2000
71 (2.439 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (2.439 %)Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
13 (7.317 %)Load Testing
22 (4.878 %)Change Management
31 (2.439 %)Migration
31 (2.439 %)Technical Architecture
31 (2.439 %)ITIL
31 (2.439 %)Project Management
31 (2.439 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
15 (12.20 %)Java
23 (7.317 %)PHP
Qualifications
118 (43.90 %)CCNP
118 (43.90 %)Cisco Certification
211 (26.83 %)CCIE
39 (21.95 %)CCSP
39 (21.95 %)CISSP
42 (4.878 %)Degree
42 (4.878 %)CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.439 %)BS15000
System Software
19 (21.95 %)Active Directory
19 (21.95 %)Samba
27 (17.07 %)NFS
32 (4.878 %)ISA Server
41 (2.439 %)Terminal Server
41 (2.439 %)Terminal Services
41 (2.439 %)Backup Exec
Vendors
125 (60.98 %)Cisco
215 (36.59 %)CheckPoint
39 (21.95 %)Blue Coat
39 (21.95 %)Juniper
48 (19.51 %)Red Hat
48 (19.51 %)Microsoft
56 (14.63 %)Nokia
62 (4.878 %)Sun
62 (4.878 %)Sourcefire
71 (2.439 %)Oracle
71 (2.439 %)Citrix
71 (2.439 %)VERITAS
71 (2.439 %)Sage
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