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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 63 110 139
Rank change year-on-year
+47 +29
Permanent jobs citing VPN 85 40 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.464% 1.597% 0.852%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.43% 7.055% 3.522%
Number of salaries quoted 83 36 17
Average salary £36,500 £31,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.96% -2.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £40,700
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.76%
All Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
633 567 795
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 25.79% 22.64% 24.20%
Number of salaries quoted 474 416 567
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
Hemel Hempstead +32 40 £34,500 +6.15%
Watford +22 11 £50,000 +25.00%
Hertford - 8 £52,500 -
Borehamwood -7 5 £31,000 +25.25%
Welwyn Garden City -13 5 £37,500 +33.92%
Harpenden - 3 £22,500 -
St Albans -7 2 £25,000 -6.54%
Potters Bar - 2 £29,750 -
Stevenage +12 1 £25,000 -33.33%
VPN
East of England

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 61 (43.57%) Cisco
1 61 (43.57%) Firewall
2 46 (32.86%) Cisco Certification
3 36 (25.71%) Windows
3 36 (25.71%) MS Excel
4 35 (25.00%) Internet
4 35 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 31 (22.14%) Wireless
6 30 (21.43%) MS Exchange
7 29 (20.71%) CCNA
8 27 (19.29%) LAN
9 25 (17.86%) Linux
9 25 (17.86%) CCIE
9 25 (17.86%) Network Design
10 24 (17.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (16.43%) IPsec
12 22 (15.71%) Microsoft
12 22 (15.71%) TCP/IP
13 21 (15.00%) Active Directory
13 21 (15.00%) VoIP
14 20 (14.29%) MCSE
15 19 (13.57%) DNS
15 19 (13.57%) CCNP
16 18 (12.86%) VMware
16 18 (12.86%) VMware Infrastructure
17 17 (12.14%) MCITP
17 17 (12.14%) WAN
18 16 (11.43%) Apache
18 16 (11.43%) PHP
18 16 (11.43%) SQL

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (0.714%) COM
1 1 (0.714%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 30 (21.43%) MS Exchange
2 16 (11.43%) Apache
3 5 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.429%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.714%) IIS
5 1 (0.714%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.714%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 36 (25.71%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.857%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.714%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 61 (43.57%) Firewall
2 35 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 35 (25.00%) Internet
3 31 (22.14%) Wireless
4 27 (19.29%) LAN
5 23 (16.43%) IPsec
6 22 (15.71%) TCP/IP
7 21 (15.00%) VoIP
8 19 (13.57%) DNS
9 17 (12.14%) WAN
10 13 (9.286%) SAN
11 11 (7.857%) Ethernet
12 10 (7.143%) DHCP
12 10 (7.143%) MPLS
13 9 (6.429%) HTTP
13 9 (6.429%) ADSL
13 9 (6.429%) GPRS
13 9 (6.429%) VLAN
14 8 (5.714%) Intrusion Detection
14 8 (5.714%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.43%) MySQL
2 5 (3.571%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.857%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (1.429%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.429%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.714%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.714%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.714%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (0.714%) ClearCase
1 1 (0.714%) ClearQuest
1 1 (0.714%) GCC
General
1 14 (10.00%) Retail
2 12 (8.571%) Finance
3 7 (5.000%) Telecoms
3 7 (5.000%) Marketing
4 3 (2.143%) Electronics
5 1 (0.714%) Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (26.43%) Network Engineer
2 23 (16.43%) Support Engineer
3 17 (12.14%) Systems Engineer
3 17 (12.14%) 2nd Line Support
4 14 (10.00%) IT Support
5 12 (8.571%) Support Analyst
5 12 (8.571%) Analyst
5 12 (8.571%) IT Support Engineer
6 11 (7.857%) IT Manager
7 10 (7.143%) Technical Support
7 10 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (5.714%) Consultant
8 8 (5.714%) Network Support
8 8 (5.714%) NOC Engineer
9 7 (5.000%) Incident Manager
9 7 (5.000%) Network Support Engineer
10 6 (4.286%) Technical Support Analyst
10 6 (4.286%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (4.286%) Team Leader
10 6 (4.286%) Network Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.571%) Computer Science
1 5 (3.571%) Open Source
2 3 (2.143%) Blackberry
2 3 (2.143%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.143%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.714%) Firmware
3 1 (0.714%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (0.714%) FMCG
3 1 (0.714%) iPhone
3 1 (0.714%) Social Media
3 1 (0.714%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 36 (25.71%) Windows
2 25 (17.86%) Linux
3 15 (10.71%) UNIX
4 10 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (5.714%) Windows XP
6 6 (4.286%) Mac OS X
6 6 (4.286%) Windows 7
7 5 (3.571%) Windows Vista
8 2 (1.429%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.86%) Network Design
2 15 (10.71%) ITIL
3 12 (8.571%) E-Commerce
4 11 (7.857%) Migration
5 9 (6.429%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (4.286%) Capacity Planning
6 6 (4.286%) Incident Management
6 6 (4.286%) Load Balancing
6 6 (4.286%) Release Management
7 5 (3.571%) Information Security
7 5 (3.571%) CRM
7 5 (3.571%) Product Management
7 5 (3.571%) Mobile Device Management
8 4 (2.857%) Change Management
8 4 (2.857%) Problem Management
9 3 (2.143%) Strategic Planning
9 3 (2.143%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (1.429%) Information Security Management
10 2 (1.429%) Security Management
10 2 (1.429%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.43%) PHP
1 16 (11.43%) SQL
2 4 (2.857%) C#
3 1 (0.714%) Perl
3 1 (0.714%) Python
Qualifications
1 46 (32.86%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (20.71%) CCNA
3 25 (17.86%) CCIE
4 24 (17.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (14.29%) MCSE
6 19 (13.57%) CCNP
7 17 (12.14%) MCITP
8 12 (8.571%) Degree
8 12 (8.571%) MCP
9 10 (7.143%) MCTS
10 4 (2.857%) JNCIA
10 4 (2.857%) JNCIS
10 4 (2.857%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.857%) JNCIE
10 4 (2.857%) CCDP
10 4 (2.857%) CISSP
11 3 (2.143%) CCIP
12 2 (1.429%) MCSA
12 2 (1.429%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.429%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.429%) SLA
1 2 (1.429%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.429%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.143%) vSphere
3 10 (7.143%) VMware Server
4 6 (4.286%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.571%) VMware ESX
6 2 (1.429%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.714%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.714%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (5.714%) Backup Exec
2 5 (3.571%) Cisco UCCE
3 4 (2.857%) Nagios
4 3 (2.143%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (1.429%) SCCM
6 1 (0.714%) SCOM
6 1 (0.714%) WSUS
Vendors
1 61 (43.57%) Cisco
2 22 (15.71%) Microsoft
3 18 (12.86%) VMware
4 15 (10.71%) Avaya
5 12 (8.571%) SolarWinds
6 10 (7.143%) CheckPoint
6 10 (7.143%) Symantec
6 10 (7.143%) Remedy
7 6 (4.286%) Oracle
7 6 (4.286%) HP
8 5 (3.571%) Juniper
8 5 (3.571%) Verint
9 4 (2.857%) Trapeze
10 2 (1.429%) Altiris
10 2 (1.429%) Cognos
10 2 (1.429%) Citrix
11 1 (0.714%) Nortel
11 1 (0.714%) Twitter
11 1 (0.714%) Kaseya
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Switches and Router config - Infrastructure Networking Projects OSPF switching and routing - WAN technologies BGP TCP/IP - Firewalls - Checkpoint This leading national business who operate a number of sites...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
You must have experience networks and systems monitoring tools, understanding of multi-vendor hardware, VPN's, ISP's, experience of delivering against KPI's and deadlines, with excellent...
Latcom Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Borehamwood, South East
Technology support for internal and external infrastructure is also an important part of the role, supporting users, customers and our partners externally.As the Digital Development and Technology...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
You must have experience in networking, VPN's, ISP's, with excellent verbal & written communications skills. You will be responsible for the availability of services from end to...
Latcom Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum + Good Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
You must have experience in networking, VPN's, ISP's, with excellent verbal & written communications skills. You will be responsible for the availability of services from end to...
Latcom Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £38,000 per annum + Bonus + Good Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013