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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the England region.

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Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank166131122
Rank change year-on-year
Down-35Down-9
Matching permanent IT job ads99512193208
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England1.224 %1.520 %1.668 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category8.449 %8.887 %9.804 %
Salaries quoted85110392735
Average salary£35,000£35,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
--6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£52,500£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£31,750£32,750£35,000
% change year-on-year
-3.050 %-6.420 %
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
117771371632722
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England14.49 %17.10 %17.01 %
Salaries quoted98301155927545
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.960 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
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Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-62373£42,500+6.25 %
South EastUp+8333£35,000-
North WestUp+2167£28,500+12.87 %
East of EnglandDown-4756£27,500-24.13 %
West MidlandsUp+2152£40,000+31.14 %
YorkshireDown-3451£25,000-9.09 %
East MidlandsDown-1031£30,000+9.09 %
South WestDown-3420£27,500-26.66 %
MidlandsUp+1010£47,500-
North EastUp+214£60,000+100.00 %
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England 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.

11007 (52.53 %)Firewall
2934 (48.72 %)Windows
3908 (47.37 %)Cisco
4600 (31.30 %)WAN
5598 (31.19 %)LAN
6513 (26.76 %)Active Directory
7504 (26.29 %)TCP/IP
8500 (26.08 %)Cisco Certification
9487 (25.40 %)Windows Server 2003
10484 (25.25 %)Microsoft
11397 (20.71 %)MS Exchange
12350 (18.26 %)DNS
13330 (17.21 %)VoIP
14315 (16.43 %)Windows XP
14315 (16.43 %)MPLS
15311 (16.22 %)Telecoms
16306 (15.96 %)CCNA
17303 (15.81 %)Microsoft Certification
18302 (15.75 %)CheckPoint
19286 (14.92 %)CCNP
19286 (14.92 %)Exchange Server 2003
20269 (14.03 %)Linux
21250 (13.04 %)Network Security
22248 (12.94 %)UNIX
23247 (12.88 %)Internet
24243 (12.68 %)MCSE
25240 (12.52 %)Juniper
26226 (11.79 %)Finance
27222 (11.58 %)ITIL
28219 (11.42 %)Citrix

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
129 (1.513 %).NET
224 (1.252 %)CSS
318 (0.939 %)HTML
318 (0.939 %)FIX Protocol
417 (0.887 %)XML
515 (0.782 %)Web Services
613 (0.678 %)LAMP
710 (0.522 %)XHTML
89 (0.469 %)ASP.NET
89 (0.469 %)WebSphere
98 (0.417 %)OpenGL
98 (0.417 %)DirectX
107 (0.365 %)ASP
107 (0.365 %)SOAP
116 (0.313 %)AJAX
116 (0.313 %)jQuery
125 (0.261 %).NET Framework
134 (0.209 %)MAPI
143 (0.156 %)JSP
152 (0.104 %)Servlets
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1397 (20.71 %)MS Exchange
2286 (14.92 %)Exchange Server 2003
3216 (11.27 %)Exchange Server 2007
4142 (7.407 %)IIS
580 (4.173 %)SharePoint
670 (3.652 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
758 (3.026 %)Apache
856 (2.921 %)Exchange Server 2000
934 (1.774 %)Lotus Notes
1021 (1.095 %)WebLogic
1114 (0.730 %)Lotus Domino
1213 (0.678 %)Tomcat
1311 (0.574 %)SharePoint Server 2007
147 (0.365 %)Exchange Server 5.5
147 (0.365 %)SAS
154 (0.209 %)Live Communications Server
163 (0.156 %)lighttpd
172 (0.104 %)Confluence
172 (0.104 %)CMS
172 (0.104 %)GroupWise
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1197 (10.28 %)MS Office
2179 (9.338 %)MS Excel
319 (0.991 %)MS Visio
415 (0.782 %)MS PowerPoint
56 (0.313 %)Acrobat
65 (0.261 %)Photoshop
74 (0.209 %)QuarkXPress
74 (0.209 %)AutoCAD
82 (0.104 %)DeltaView
82 (0.104 %)CATIA
82 (0.104 %)MS Project
91 (0.052 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
141 (2.139 %)RMDS
213 (0.678 %)Microsoft CRM
36 (0.313 %)SAP Business One
36 (0.313 %)3000 Xtra
45 (0.261 %)Dynamics AX
54 (0.209 %)Dynamics CRM
63 (0.156 %)SalesLogix
72 (0.104 %)Summit
72 (0.104 %)SMARTEAM
72 (0.104 %)GoldMine
81 (0.052 %)AWD
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11007 (52.53 %)Firewall
2600 (31.30 %)WAN
3598 (31.19 %)LAN
4504 (26.29 %)TCP/IP
5350 (18.26 %)DNS
6330 (17.21 %)VoIP
7315 (16.43 %)MPLS
8250 (13.04 %)Network Security
9247 (12.88 %)Internet
10198 (10.33 %)SSL
10198 (10.33 %)Cisco ASA
11187 (9.755 %)BGP
12170 (8.868 %)Cisco PIX
13156 (8.138 %)OSPF
13156 (8.138 %)DHCP
14143 (7.460 %)IPsec
15141 (7.355 %)Wireless
16133 (6.938 %)SAN
17110 (5.738 %)VLAN
18100 (5.216 %)EIGRP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1176 (9.181 %)SQL Server
254 (2.817 %)MySQL
336 (1.878 %)SQL Server 2005
420 (1.043 %)SQL Server 2000
518 (0.939 %)SQL Server 2008
611 (0.574 %)Oracle 8/8i
78 (0.417 %)Informix
86 (0.313 %)DB2
95 (0.261 %)OLAP
95 (0.261 %)RDBMS
95 (0.261 %)Oracle OLAP
104 (0.209 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
104 (0.209 %)SQL Server Integration Services
104 (0.209 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
104 (0.209 %)BusinessObjects
104 (0.209 %)GIS
113 (0.156 %)DTS
113 (0.156 %)Data Mining
113 (0.156 %)Crystal Reports
113 (0.156 %)Essbase
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (0.209 %)Visual Studio
14 (0.209 %)Subversion
14 (0.209 %)JIRA
22 (0.104 %)VSS/SourceSafe
22 (0.104 %)Dreamweaver
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1311 (16.22 %)Telecoms
2226 (11.79 %)Finance
385 (4.434 %)Education
478 (4.069 %)Banking
550 (2.608 %)Health
645 (2.347 %)Front Office
741 (2.139 %)Pensions
835 (1.826 %)Government
930 (1.565 %)Marketing
1025 (1.304 %)Insurance
1121 (1.095 %)Law
1121 (1.095 %)Manufacturing
1216 (0.835 %)Financial Institution
1314 (0.730 %)Legal
1314 (0.730 %)Investment Banking
1413 (0.678 %)Auditing
1413 (0.678 %)Advertising
1413 (0.678 %)Back Office
1512 (0.626 %)Retail
1610 (0.522 %)Games
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1411 (21.44 %)Analyst
2303 (15.81 %)Network Engineer
3198 (10.33 %)Support Analyst
4167 (8.712 %)Support Engineer
5137 (7.147 %)Administrator
6121 (6.312 %)IT Support
7109 (5.686 %)Network Analyst
8107 (5.582 %)Technical Support
9104 (5.425 %)Security Engineer
1096 (5.008 %)Consultant
1180 (4.173 %)Senior Network Engineer
1276 (3.965 %)Systems Administrator
1372 (3.756 %)Security Analyst
1372 (3.756 %)Network Support
1470 (3.652 %)Technical Engineer
1568 (3.547 %)Network Security Engineer
1568 (3.547 %)Architect
1657 (2.973 %)Desktop Support
1657 (2.973 %)Systems Engineer
1756 (2.921 %)3rd Line Support
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1203 (10.59 %)Blackberry
272 (3.756 %)French Language
364 (3.339 %)German Language
442 (2.191 %)PDA
531 (1.617 %)Clustering
626 (1.356 %)Thin Client
626 (1.356 %)Fat Client
723 (1.200 %)Spanish Language
822 (1.148 %)Computer Science
918 (0.939 %)PKI
1015 (0.782 %)Italian Language
1112 (0.626 %)Replication
1112 (0.626 %)Client/Server
1211 (0.574 %)Equities
138 (0.417 %)Cryptography
138 (0.417 %)SecurID
138 (0.417 %)Video Conferencing
138 (0.417 %)Visualisation
147 (0.365 %)Mainframe
147 (0.365 %)Streaming Media
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1934 (48.72 %)Windows
2487 (25.40 %)Windows Server 2003
3315 (16.43 %)Windows XP
4269 (14.03 %)Linux
5248 (12.94 %)UNIX
6200 (10.43 %)Windows Server 2008
7176 (9.181 %)Windows 2000
8159 (8.294 %)Windows Vista
9117 (6.103 %)Windows 2000 Server
10105 (5.477 %)Solaris
1174 (3.860 %)AIX
1269 (3.599 %)HPUX
1342 (2.191 %)Windows 7
1435 (1.826 %)Red Hat Linux
1533 (1.721 %)Windows NT
1619 (0.991 %)VMS
1718 (0.939 %)Debian
1718 (0.939 %)Mac OS X
1814 (0.730 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1911 (0.574 %)Fedora
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1222 (11.58 %)ITIL
2105 (5.477 %)Network Design
395 (4.956 %)Disaster Recovery
473 (3.808 %)Project Management
564 (3.339 %)Incident Management
655 (2.869 %)CRM
743 (2.243 %)Problem Management
743 (2.243 %)Load Balancing
837 (1.930 %)Capacity Planning
935 (1.826 %)Penetration Testing
1034 (1.774 %)Service Management
1133 (1.721 %)Business Continuity
1230 (1.565 %)PRINCE2
1329 (1.513 %)Supplier Management
1428 (1.461 %)Service Delivery
1526 (1.356 %)Information Security
1624 (1.252 %)E-Commerce
1720 (1.043 %)Project Planning
1818 (0.939 %)ERP
1917 (0.887 %)Data Security
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1182 (9.494 %)SQL
268 (3.547 %)C
338 (1.982 %)Java
424 (1.252 %)PHP
523 (1.200 %)JavaScript
617 (0.887 %)VB
716 (0.835 %)C#
815 (0.782 %)Perl
912 (0.626 %)Shell Script
1010 (0.522 %)PHP5
118 (0.417 %)PHP4
118 (0.417 %)C++
118 (0.417 %)VBScript
126 (0.313 %)T-SQL
134 (0.209 %)VBA
143 (0.156 %)VB.NET
143 (0.156 %)Bash shell
152 (0.104 %)Python
152 (0.104 %)SAS Macro
152 (0.104 %)VB6
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1500 (26.08 %)Cisco Certification
2306 (15.96 %)CCNA
3303 (15.81 %)Microsoft Certification
4286 (14.92 %)CCNP
5243 (12.68 %)MCSE
6106 (5.529 %)MCP
6106 (5.529 %)CCSP
7103 (5.373 %)Degree
881 (4.225 %)Security Cleared
976 (3.965 %)CCSA
1070 (3.652 %)MCSA
1169 (3.599 %)CCIE
1253 (2.765 %)CCSE
1347 (2.452 %)CCDP
1446 (2.400 %)Check Point Certification
1541 (2.139 %)SC Cleared
1637 (1.930 %)CISSP
1735 (1.826 %)MCITP
1829 (1.513 %)CCIP
1922 (1.148 %)CCVP
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1119 (6.208 %)SLA
222 (1.148 %)ISO27001
311 (0.574 %)PCI DSS
48 (0.417 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
56 (0.313 %)COBIT
56 (0.313 %)QA
64 (0.209 %)BS15000
71 (0.052 %)ISO17799
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1513 (26.76 %)Active Directory
2114 (5.947 %)VMware Infrastructure
363 (3.286 %)Terminal Services
437 (1.930 %)VMware ESX
535 (1.826 %)ISA Server
633 (1.721 %)Citrix Presentation Server
726 (1.356 %)Terminal Server
822 (1.148 %)Hyper-V
914 (0.730 %)Postfix
914 (0.730 %)MetaFrame
1012 (0.626 %)Sendmail
1110 (0.522 %)NFS
1110 (0.522 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
125 (0.261 %)vSphere
134 (0.209 %)VMware Server
134 (0.209 %)MailMarshal
134 (0.209 %)VMware Workstation
143 (0.156 %)Novell eDirectory
143 (0.156 %)XenApp
152 (0.104 %)DFS Replication
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
161 (3.182 %)CiscoWorks
258 (3.026 %)Backup Exec
340 (2.087 %)Norton AntiVirus
436 (1.878 %)OpenView
515 (0.782 %)WSUS
611 (0.574 %)ARCserve
611 (0.574 %)MAILsweeper
710 (0.522 %)DameWare
88 (0.417 %)Netcool
88 (0.417 %)SCOM
96 (0.313 %)SCCM
105 (0.261 %)MOM
105 (0.261 %)Unicenter
105 (0.261 %)Nagios
114 (0.209 %)Cisco IPCC
114 (0.209 %)NetBackup
114 (0.209 %)Plesk
114 (0.209 %)SCVMM
114 (0.209 %)WhatsUp Gold
123 (0.156 %)SolarWinds Orion
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1908 (47.37 %)Cisco
2484 (25.25 %)Microsoft
3302 (15.75 %)CheckPoint
4240 (12.52 %)Juniper
5219 (11.42 %)Citrix
6202 (10.54 %)VMware
7177 (9.233 %)HP
8120 (6.260 %)Blue Coat
9118 (6.155 %)Nokia
10106 (5.529 %)IBM
1187 (4.538 %)Nortel
1285 (4.434 %)Reuters
1285 (4.434 %)Bloomberg
1367 (3.495 %)Symantec
1452 (2.713 %)TippingPoint
1546 (2.400 %)Oracle
1637 (1.930 %)McAfee
1734 (1.774 %)Lotus
1833 (1.721 %)Dell
1932 (1.669 %)NetApp