The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 57 94 80
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -14
Permanent jobs citing VPN 24 17 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 2.524% 1.220% 1.860%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.81% 9.239% 12.06%
Number of salaries quoted 21 14 21
Average salary £40,000 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% +9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £37,900 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.76%
All Communications & Networking
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
222 184 199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 23.34% 13.21% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 173 148 173
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,800 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
VPN
East of England

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Basildon -8 6 £37,500 +50.00%
VPN
East of England

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 56 (90.32%) Firewall
2 51 (82.26%) Cisco
3 32 (51.61%) LAN
4 29 (46.77%) TCP/IP
5 28 (45.16%) Microsoft
6 27 (43.55%) DNS
6 27 (43.55%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (43.55%) NetScreen
7 24 (38.71%) Juniper
8 23 (37.10%) Disaster Recovery
8 23 (37.10%) Citrix
8 23 (37.10%) VMware
8 23 (37.10%) VMware Infrastructure
9 20 (32.26%) Degree
9 20 (32.26%) Document Management
9 20 (32.26%) SaaS
9 20 (32.26%) PaaS
9 20 (32.26%) Capacity Planning
9 20 (32.26%) Enterprise Storage
9 20 (32.26%) IaaS
10 19 (30.65%) CheckPoint
10 19 (30.65%) Data Warehouse
11 17 (27.42%) Fortinet
12 15 (24.19%) Avaya
13 14 (22.58%) ITIL
14 13 (20.97%) Management Information System
15 12 (19.35%) CCNP
15 12 (19.35%) Active Directory
15 12 (19.35%) Technical Architecture
15 12 (19.35%) TOGAF

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 10 (16.13%) WebSphere
2 4 (6.452%) Web Services
3 1 (1.613%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 10 (16.13%) WebSphere Application Server
1 10 (16.13%) WebSphere MQ
2 7 (11.29%) MS Exchange
3 5 (8.065%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (8.065%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (6.452%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 56 (90.32%) Firewall
2 32 (51.61%) LAN
3 29 (46.77%) TCP/IP
4 27 (43.55%) DNS
4 27 (43.55%) NetScreen
5 11 (17.74%) WAN
6 10 (16.13%) LDAP
7 8 (12.90%) Wireless
8 7 (11.29%) Network Security
9 5 (8.065%) DHCP
10 3 (4.839%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (3.226%) Unified Communications
11 2 (3.226%) Cisco Nexus
11 2 (3.226%) Cisco PIX
11 2 (3.226%) WLAN
12 1 (1.613%) VoIP
12 1 (1.613%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (30.65%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.452%) MySQL
General
1 5 (8.065%) Banking
2 2 (3.226%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (32.26%) Architect
1 20 (32.26%) Solutions Architect
2 14 (22.58%) Network Engineer
3 10 (16.13%) NOC Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Network Specialist
5 6 (9.677%) IT Support
6 4 (6.452%) Support Engineer
6 4 (6.452%) Support Manager
6 4 (6.452%) IT Support Manager
7 2 (3.226%) Network Architect
7 2 (3.226%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (3.226%) Infrastructure Architect
7 2 (3.226%) Security Consultant
7 2 (3.226%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.226%) Network Consultant
7 2 (3.226%) Consultant
7 2 (3.226%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.226%) Network Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.226%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.613%) Network Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 20 (32.26%) SaaS
1 20 (32.26%) PaaS
1 20 (32.26%) Enterprise Storage
1 20 (32.26%) IaaS
2 13 (20.97%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.452%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (4.839%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.613%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.74%) Windows
2 6 (9.677%) Linux
3 3 (4.839%) Windows NT
4 2 (3.226%) Windows XP
4 2 (3.226%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (3.226%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (3.226%) Windows 8
4 2 (3.226%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.10%) Disaster Recovery
2 20 (32.26%) Document Management
2 20 (32.26%) Capacity Planning
3 14 (22.58%) ITIL
4 12 (19.35%) TOGAF
4 12 (19.35%) Technical Architecture
5 10 (16.13%) Identity Management
6 6 (9.677%) Network Design
7 3 (4.839%) Service Management
8 2 (3.226%) Migration
8 2 (3.226%) Network Management
9 1 (1.613%) Asset Management
9 1 (1.613%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.452%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (43.55%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (32.26%) Degree
3 12 (19.35%) CCNP
4 11 (17.74%) CCNA
5 7 (11.29%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (6.452%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (4.839%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (3.226%) MCSE
8 2 (3.226%) CCIE
8 2 (3.226%) SC Cleared
8 2 (3.226%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.226%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.613%) Avaya Certification
System Software
1 23 (37.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (19.35%) Active Directory
3 10 (16.13%) XenApp
4 3 (4.839%) vSphere
5 1 (1.613%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.839%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (1.613%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 51 (82.26%) Cisco
2 28 (45.16%) Microsoft
3 24 (38.71%) Juniper
4 23 (37.10%) Citrix
4 23 (37.10%) VMware
5 19 (30.65%) CheckPoint
6 17 (27.42%) Fortinet
7 15 (24.19%) Avaya
8 10 (16.13%) IBM
8 10 (16.13%) JBoss
9 5 (8.065%) Aruba
10 4 (6.452%) Apple
11 3 (4.839%) Symantec
11 3 (4.839%) NetApp
12 2 (3.226%) Novell
12 2 (3.226%) Draytek
12 2 (3.226%) NETGEAR
12 2 (3.226%) Blue Coat
13 1 (1.613%) HP
13 1 (1.613%) Nortel
Essex, South East
Our client is a global business process outsourcing company and they are currently seeking a Network Engineer on permanent basis based in Essex.Role Purpose:Build production and...
Volt
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
Technical experience is required in all areas of support especially with: - Windows XP/7/8. - Microsoft Office... - Active Directory... - Blackberry and BES. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN. -...
Couno Limited
Salary: From £17,000 to £19,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013