The first table below looks at the demand for VPN skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VPN over the 3 months to 23 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Rank 63 54 79
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +25
Permanent jobs citing VPN 28 18 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 2.443% 2.532% 1.860%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.81% 10.53% 9.479%
Number of salaries quoted 18 18 15
Average salary £43,750 £32,250 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.65% +34.37%
UK excluding London average salary £36,500 £35,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.81% +9.23%
All Communications & Networking
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
259 171 211
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 22.60% 24.05% 19.63%
Number of salaries quoted 219 160 178
Average salary £40,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.71% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £51,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
VPN
South East

VPN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent VPN Salary Trend

VPN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VPN across the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 23 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
Tunbridge Wells +12 7 £45,000 +5.88%
Dartford -1 1 £22,500 -
Maidstone - 1 £42,500 -
VPN
South East

VPN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 37 (75.51%) Cisco
2 34 (69.39%) Firewall
3 26 (53.06%) Windows
4 18 (36.73%) Linux
4 18 (36.73%) Juniper
5 17 (34.69%) F5
6 15 (30.61%) CheckPoint
6 15 (30.61%) UNIX
7 13 (26.53%) WAN
8 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
8 12 (24.49%) CCNP
8 12 (24.49%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (22.45%) LAN
9 11 (22.45%) Problem Management
9 11 (22.45%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (20.41%) VMware
10 10 (20.41%) CCNA
10 10 (20.41%) ITIL
11 9 (18.37%) SharePoint
11 9 (18.37%) HP
11 9 (18.37%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
12 8 (16.33%) SQL Server
12 8 (16.33%) MS Exchange
12 8 (16.33%) Exchange Server 2003
13 7 (14.29%) Network Security
13 7 (14.29%) VoIP
13 7 (14.29%) DHCP
13 7 (14.29%) TCP/IP
13 7 (14.29%) DNS

VPN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 2 (4.082%) CSS
2 1 (2.041%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 9 (18.37%) SharePoint
2 8 (16.33%) MS Exchange
2 8 (16.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (12.24%) Apache
4 4 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (2.041%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (2.041%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (6.122%) MS Excel
1 3 (6.122%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 34 (69.39%) Firewall
2 13 (26.53%) WAN
3 11 (22.45%) LAN
3 11 (22.45%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (14.29%) Network Security
4 7 (14.29%) VoIP
4 7 (14.29%) DHCP
4 7 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 7 (14.29%) DNS
5 6 (12.24%) SAN
5 6 (12.24%) MPLS
5 6 (12.24%) Wireless
6 5 (10.20%) NAS
7 3 (6.122%) VLAN
7 3 (6.122%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (6.122%) ADSL
7 3 (6.122%) OSPF
7 3 (6.122%) BGP
8 2 (4.082%) EIGRP
8 2 (4.082%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (12.24%) MySQL
3 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (4.082%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (10.20%) Finance
1 5 (10.20%) Retail
2 1 (2.041%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 10 (20.41%) Network Specialist
2 8 (16.33%) Network Engineer
3 7 (14.29%) Analyst
4 5 (10.20%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (10.20%) Network Analyst
4 5 (10.20%) Consultant
4 5 (10.20%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 5 (10.20%) Senior Network Analyst
4 5 (10.20%) Sales Consultant
4 5 (10.20%) Support Engineer
5 4 (8.163%) Security Engineer
5 4 (8.163%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (6.122%) Technical Manager
6 3 (6.122%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.082%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Pre Sales Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Security Support Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Technical Support
7 2 (4.082%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.122%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.041%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 26 (53.06%) Windows
2 18 (36.73%) Linux
3 15 (30.61%) UNIX
4 9 (18.37%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (10.20%) Windows XP
7 4 (8.163%) Windows 7
7 4 (8.163%) Mac OS
8 2 (4.082%) Windows 8
8 2 (4.082%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (2.041%) Debian
9 1 (2.041%) Ubuntu
9 1 (2.041%) Solaris
9 1 (2.041%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (2.041%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.45%) Problem Management
2 10 (20.41%) ITIL
3 4 (8.163%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (8.163%) Fault Management
3 4 (8.163%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (6.122%) E-Commerce
5 2 (4.082%) Network Design
5 2 (4.082%) Information Security
6 1 (2.041%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (2.041%) ITSM
6 1 (2.041%) Data Security
6 1 (2.041%) Risk Management
6 1 (2.041%) Communications Security
6 1 (2.041%) Computer Security
6 1 (2.041%) System Testing
6 1 (2.041%) Incident Management
6 1 (2.041%) Service Management
6 1 (2.041%) Change Management
6 1 (2.041%) BCP
6 1 (2.041%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.122%) SQL
2 1 (2.041%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 12 (24.49%) CCNP
1 12 (24.49%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (20.41%) CCNA
3 8 (16.33%) Security Cleared
4 5 (10.20%) CCVP
5 4 (8.163%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.082%) CCDP
6 2 (4.082%) CCSE
6 2 (4.082%) Degree
6 2 (4.082%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.082%) CCSA
7 1 (2.041%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.041%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.041%) MCP
7 1 (2.041%) MCSE
7 1 (2.041%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.122%) QA
1 3 (6.122%) SLA
2 2 (4.082%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.082%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (12.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.082%) XenApp
3 2 (4.082%) XenDesktop
3 2 (4.082%) Terminal Server
3 2 (4.082%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.041%) VMware ESX
4 1 (2.041%) Xen
4 1 (2.041%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (8.163%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.041%) WSUS
2 1 (2.041%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (2.041%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 37 (75.51%) Cisco
2 18 (36.73%) Juniper
3 17 (34.69%) F5
4 15 (30.61%) CheckPoint
5 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
6 10 (20.41%) VMware
7 9 (18.37%) HP
8 6 (12.24%) Citrix
9 5 (10.20%) WatchGuard
9 5 (10.20%) 3PAR
10 3 (6.122%) Dell
10 3 (6.122%) Symantec
11 2 (4.082%) Mitel
12 1 (2.041%) Brocade
12 1 (2.041%) Red Hat
12 1 (2.041%) IBM
12 1 (2.041%) Twitter
Kent
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ComputAppoint
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + negotiable
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ADSL, with newer Technology such as fibre, bonded Ethernet and satellite... Current CCNA/CCNP certification. Demonstrable knowledge of Cisco switches and routers... Network and Equipment management: VLAN/VPN...
Onwave UK Ltd
Salary: £Neg
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Kent
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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